Lunch is no longer free for Googlers working from home, among other highly coveted company perks

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Now that Google employees are working from home, they will no longer be able to expense food or fitness expenses.

Google GOOG, -0.28% GOOGL, -0.26% for years has prided itself on an extensive offering of employee perks including on-site massage therapists and free gourmet cafeterias.

But now that those employees are working from home, they will no longer be able to expense food or fitness expenses, CNBC reported on Wednesday.Google denied that the policy was a new one, with a spokeswoman telling MarketWatch that employees have not been allowed to expense meals or snacks since the company moved to work from home in early March.

Like other media platforms, Google has been hurt due to a substantial decline in advertising revenue, particularly travel and entertainment, MarketWatch reported.

 

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Can not belive people(millennials) are complaining about Not getting their FREE lunch anymore. Just ridiculous!

Boo fkn hoo

Working from home may become the new norm, more time to be with families. But denying food and fitness benifits, that's wrong. Big companies should be the ones paying not small business.

No but you can get tax breaks when working from home. Which would probably be more dollar wise than those benefits.

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