I like Free Lunch.
I don’t read too much into it – pizza is pizza, sandwiches are sandwiches, burgers are burgers.
It’s a fun time to hang out and chat with people.
From a manager’s point of view, it takes nothing to create this environment – $100 – $150 – depending on the size of your team, if you look at what they earned you in OT this week, you’re still saving $4k.
Sometimes you work for a place that doesn’t have $4k, but they have $150 to say thanks.
I don’t think a free lunch replaces your salary, but I do think it’s the easiest thing you can do to say thanks to your team when it’s all you’ve got.