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> untaxed comp that minimizes the time employees need to spend thinking about food during the day

The meals still exist. They're just not free. So they still dont need to spend time thinking about food. And the company is reimbursed for it.

Obviously it's worse for the employee. But it's not some "own goal."

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> The meals still exist. They're just not free.

Evidently Twitter are expecting to serve less of them, otherwise they wouldn't be decommisioning what appears to be a commercial kitchen.

My guess is that Musk still hasn't got rid of all the staff he wants to lose. And I suspect that the ones he's already lost weren't the ones he was hoping to lose.

I smell panic.

This might also be, “we fired half our employees and expect to make half as many meals.”

It seems somewhat short sighted if Elon really plans to turn Twitter into a WeChat like he has mentioned. Though he throws so much crap at the wall and very little sticks so who knows. It just feels like if you are going to keep the space then it makes sense to just mothball a few/parts of kitchens instead of trying to get a megar return by selling it off.

(Effectively) reducing comp while also telling employees to be hardcore and work longer hours seems counterproductive.

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