Looking at the photo for this article, all I can say is that I'll chip in an extra $10 on my AdWords bill for this month if you guys will send someone out to clean that sign off. I don't know, maybe I've just been in Japan too long, but I see that and I immediately think "organizational decay".<p>(My company -- and a few American companies I know, including Disney -- would have had the CEO out front with a bucket of soapy water within 10 minutes of seeing that photo run.)
Well it had to happen sometime. But I doubt the frugal measures like removing free lunches will have a huge impact on motivation. Given that the employees have been rewarded during good times, the expectation may be that this frugality is only a short term blip.