So I’ve never worked at a big tech company with all of the insane amenities, but I did work at a very large insurance company that had recently built a new corporate headquarters. The area had a bunch of trendy restaurants, fancy looking office spaces, apartments and what not. We just didn’t have all the free stuff.

But even still, the amount of actual work that happens in those environments is shockingly low. I noticed pretty quickly the Pareto distribution in who did the majority of the work. The rest of the cogs held pointless meetings all day, every day.

It nearly drove me to a mental breakdown because I genuinely want to be productive.

So I guess my point is, the problem is way worse and way more widespread 😅

All the stuff you mentioned is also completely bonkers though.