This kind of thing is bound to make people like the 37signals guys angry. It is truly sad that a non-business can afford to spend money like this.
Life is unfair. Time to work.
Life is unfair. Time to work.
Sure this office might help them hire great workers and it might make them more productive at work, or it might be a boondoggle funneled to the founder's wife because they've raised over $100M. If you were an investor in Twitter, would this office make you feel good about how your money is being used?
My objection was his claim of "unfair!". Invocations of fairness are the resort of people who don't understand a system.
As far as working there is concerned, an employer with no revenue and $150M in debt doesn't sound very promising. Sooner than later, the hollow art decor office must come to haunt some people.