Intel scraps coffee stations and phone benefits as financial pressures mount

"The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31575530

> This comment is one I still remember from 9 years ago (from the top of the May 2013 thread).

> Then one day a guy came in with a hand cart, loaded the coffee machine on it, and rolled it away. A week later the layoffs started. [...]

> In other words, the free sodas are the proverbial canary in the coal mine. When they die, it's time to get out if you don't want to die with them.

The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (2009) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31573108 - May 2022 (198 comments)

https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-ear...

This is a sign. Coffee stations are one thing, but phone benefits will impact people's ability to coordinate. Intel needs a wartime CEO ASAP.