Google's "free food" is not free
Maybe Im just a calculating, cold, emotionless engineer but when it comes to pay packages Ive stopped caring about the fancy 'perks'.  I only try to gauge how much Ill get paid, how much Ill enjoy the work and learn, and how many hours Ill be putting in.Ive seen perks too many times used against employees.  (The following rant is nothing towards Google - never worked there.)- Free food and onsite amenities usually is a sign that they want you there for extra long hours and that you'll probably need to use that stuff.- Unrestricted vacation days can mean you don't really get any vacation because its always crunch time.- Fancy employee outings are not so thrilling to me - I like my coworkers but I already spend the majority of my waking hours with them.I'm not trying to completely debase the value of these things - I'm just saying that in terms of negotiating salary I weight these types of perks at 0 or negative dollars.