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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by nondeveloper on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @08:52PM (#26976176)
It would be interesting if Googlers were presented with this set of options: 1) work from the office with the included perks or 2) work remote and keep the resulting savings to the company as a bonus.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by paxys on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:37PM (#26976494)
Perks cost a lot less to the employer due to wholesale pricing and the fact that very few employees actually use all of them. Employees opting for the latter option won't get as much as they think.
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Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo... by cobookman on Thursday April 29, 2021 @12:11AM (#26977364)
and taxes. Buy lunch yourself, its on after-tax wages. Employer buys you lunch, it is a tax write off for the employer.

Income tax at the marginal tax rate can reach nearly 40% for some of these workers. So that $10 lunch would require a pay-raise of nearly $17 to break-even.

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