Well, that sounds like an obvious thing the company should care about. It has been offered to employees and lowly workers since 50 or even 100 years ago...

>where the employee eats during the day (cafeterias)

Any place where people spend 1/3 of their day or more has cafeterias. Even court houses and public government offices in most countries. Obviously a company would HAVE a cafeteria. What else would be going on, have employees take a walk around every time they wanted a soda or snack? Especially in places like some US cities, where you need to drive for 5 or 10 minutes of suburban sprawl to find some food choices.

>if the employee is fit and healthy (gyms, wellness centers)

Again, that's for the employee. Who is sitting 8+ hours straight on some desk coding or doing office work, and needs some exercise for their health.

Daycare, on the other hand, is not for the employee, it's for their family members.

For childcare, the benefit to the non-apple parent is financial plus whatever benefit they get from making it more convenient for the apple parent to drop off their kid for daycare.

For transportation, the benefit for a non apple family members is financial plus whatever benefit they get from making it more convenient for the apple employee to get to work.

They are not meant as services to boost the family finances though -- but to keep them at the company premises more.

> Childcare is a benefit to all the parents of the child - in most cases, only one of which is an Apple employee.

This is only relevant to my reply if someone you're saying that Childcare doesn't benefit the company in the same way a gym membership does, i.e., keeping the employee around longer. I don't think you're saying this, so I still don't understand the point of your reply.