Agreed, but offering free food, transportation, health care, cell phone, etc is an awesome & possibly economical perk.

Most of that stuff can be paid for with pre tax dollars as opposed to having to pay for it yourself with after tax dollars.

The place I used to work paid for my phone, breakfast, daily lunches, insurance and metro card. My only fixed costs each month were groceries, dinner, rent, cable/internet, minor personal items & student loans.