Isn't that also tale old as time? The word salary is believed to have come from either rationed salt or compensation for salt purchases issued to Roman soldiers, and free lunches were always present in every IT worker's dream office during 2000s-2010s.
Old as time? Roughly, though the intensity of the insecurity has varied greatly with period / location / social circumstances.
Opinions may vary on the IT workers' free meal benefits. My impression is that the richest firms added breakfast, and dinner, and laundry service - and were sometimes accused of hoping that employees would live in the office and work 20 hours a day.
FWIW, Wiktionary expresses doubt on that origin for "salary" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salary Vague memory: It's a topic that an ancient historian could lecture on for a few hours...and still conclude "doubtful".
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Isn't that also tale old as time? The word salary is believed to have come from either rationed salt or compensation for salt purchases issued to Roman soldiers, and free lunches were always present in every IT worker's dream office during 2000s-2010s.
Old as time? Roughly, though the intensity of the insecurity has varied greatly with period / location / social circumstances.
Opinions may vary on the IT workers' free meal benefits. My impression is that the richest firms added breakfast, and dinner, and laundry service - and were sometimes accused of hoping that employees would live in the office and work 20 hours a day.
FWIW, Wiktionary expresses doubt on that origin for "salary" - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salary Vague memory: It's a topic that an ancient historian could lecture on for a few hours...and still conclude "doubtful".