“I knew I was the only poor person at my tech startup because they always ordered extra catered lunches, and at the end of the week someone would just throw them away if I didn’t take them home.”
Startups brag about free snacks as a culture perk. For one employee they were groceries. Her coworkers spent three-day weekends in Greece and threw out the leftovers. Tech loves to talk about diversity and never counts the class line.