Maybe it’s just the tech industry, with its high pay and good benefits, but I sometimes feel a sense of entitlement from coworkers. As a point of reference, I’ve heard complaints about the $1000 office allowance not being enough to buy everything you could need. Most places I’ve worked would scoff at providing an office allowance you can keep.
Since going public, there has been a much greater emphasis on profitability (understandably). As time goes on, I fully expect this to encroach on some of the more generous employee benefits. For example, during the COVID pandemic the company ceased matching 401k contributions for a few months as a cost saving measure. When the match was reintroduced, it was cut in half.
Another example is the employee bonus structure. Recently, they have changed the bonus structure from quarterly cash bonuses to annual bonuses of $30% cash and 70% stock grants (RSU) that don’t vest for a year. Presumably, this will save the company money, but it is less useful to employees.
None of this is a deal-breaker, but the days of splurging on employees with private equity money is over.