This is—no joke—one of the main reasons why tech companies feed their employees on campus.

Probably helps with the IRS audits: oh, it’s not an employee benefit, it’s an employer benefit!

I don't get that. I don't bring my laptop to lunch even in the office. Prior to this job, I had neither a laptop nor (paid) on-site lunch.

The GP is pointing out that companies may improve security by providing employees food on-site which reduces the exposure of business information to people who do not work for the company (insofar as people with access to the on-site food are a proxy for people employed by the company).

Awesome, did you work at Nike or Intel?

I worked for New Relic, although, no joke, probably 90% of the people on my block worked at Intel or Nike!