Housecleaning, Then Dinner? Silicon Valley Perks Come Home

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It's nicer to have a job where you don't have to work so many hours that there's no time to clean your own house or make your own dinner.

These perks seem like a way to continue to grab extra hours from employees lives while making it seem a little less odious. And that's why they're not just giving their employees the value of the perks as cash -- which would be simpler for the employer and much move valuable to the employee, since they could spend it on something they might actually need.

Really? If the equivalent cash is being paid as the cleaning service costs you'd rather pocket it than just not be bothered to clean? I think I'd be happy to spend that money on cleaning and it's probably cheaper with write-offs for the company to get the cleaning than give you that salary. The article made it sound like this just gave employees more time to do things they actually enjoyed like spending time with their kids versus cleaning their house.

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