I feel like these are crazy different magnitudes though. Buying a team of 10 the most expensive pizza in town is like $150. Giving that same team noticeably better healthcare costs…
* $3000/mo to cover employee paid premiums.
* $5k-$30k/yr to fund everyone up to their individual deductible.
* $5k-$100k/yr to fund everyone up to their individual oopm
* $36k/yr to fully find everyone’s HSA.
I think there’s a lot of cheap low hanging fruit that makes people happy like pizza, beer, snack, and soda and it’s not like the choice is one or the other.
Pizza parties and healthcare are different ends of the spectrum. Bad healthcare is simply declining an offer, it's part of the compensation package being presented. A pizza party is fine for showing appreciation (better than cheap swag), I would run from a company that adds this in their compensation package though.
Yes! Give me better healthcare! I don't care about snacks and coffee. If I was healthy I could afford these things myself.
Even worse, using it as bait to return to office. "We're having a pizza party in the office today!" (Now a Waffle Party I might come in for)