I disagree. At Amazon, I never saw anything free in the break room except drip coffee. Stock has soared 6 times in 6 years.
At a startup, we always had free lunches every day (virtually anything you want) despite up and downs in the business.
At a startup, we always had free lunches every day (virtually anything you want) despite up and downs in the business.
It's the changes of perks, that predicts managements stance on future prospects.
Amazon didn't change perks, so at best Lefkowitz’s Law predicts management is not bullish, not that management are fearing for the future and nothing about the state of the company [1]
Similarly, nobody starts a startup without being bullish about the companys prospects. Thus the law predicts start-ups often have good perks.
[1] or at least, the law is always 1 step removed from predicting the state of the business. E.g., if management have a bleak outlook, it is probably because things are indeed bleak.