--- title: Big Tech reins in the perks - The Hustle description: Abundant office perks are no longer a given. image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/849707462-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-09T235201.452Z.webp --- # Big Tech reins in the perks ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: March 10, 2023 Updated: October 11, 2023 Over the course of a few weeks in January, then-Google employee Nicole Tsai posted cute clips highlighting many of the perks available at the company’s LA office. ![Big Tech office perks](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/849707462-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-09T235201.452Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=849707462-HS-News-Brief_2023-03-09T235201.452Z.webp) One post [showcases](https://www.tiktok.com/@nicolesdailyvlog/video/7190639321853070635?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7207248656322496043) a slide, hand-rolled sushi for lunch, and a happy hour Tiki bar. A top comment reads, “Daycare for adults.” The next day, Tsai posted [another TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@nicolesdailyvlog/video/7191207916429610286?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7207248656322496043) titled “A day in my life getting laid off at Google.” Unfortunately, and unexpectedly for her, Tsai was one of the 12k employees Google cut in January. #### **“The pingpong tables have turned…”** *… The Wall Street Journal*’s Anne Marie Chaker [said](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perk-cession-is-under-way-at-some-companies-9cb04e9c) on the broader subject. The tech industry has long been known for lavish office perks introduced to attract and retain top talent. - A 2022 survey from MetLife found 31% of tech workers consider pet insurance a must-have benefit, compared to 18% of all employees. But abundance and job security in tech is no longer a given. In 2022, 1k+ tech companies laid off 161k+ employees, according to [Layoffs.fyi](https://layoffs.fyi/). Already in 2023, 471 companies have laid off 127k+. While cutting office perks risks disappointing some staff, it can also be an easy cost-saver in tumultuous economic times. Facebook — which cut 11k+ workers in November and [could](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/07/meta-planning-thousands-of-more-cuts-after-widespread-layoffs.html) slash thousands more — recently cut free laundry services. Twilio has cut sabbatical, wellness, and book budgets. And, in January, Google let go of [31](https://www.businessinsider.com/google-layoffs-california-massage-therapists-employee-perks-alphabet-jobs-workers-2023-1?r=US&IR=T) in-house massage therapists. 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