🏓 Perks are evolving

Plus: Money interviews, Uber for goats, Dude Perfect, and more. [View Online]( [The Hustle] New research suggests starting high school later in the day could reduce mental health issues, proving what teens have known for years — school starts way too early. In today’s email: - Anti-perks: The perks that nobody wants. - Chart: The last piano makers. - Finances: On-the-street interviews about money are blowing up. - Around the Web: A frustrating game, accessible websites, why reading helps you sleep, and more cool internet finds. 🎧 On the go? [Listen to today’s 10-minute podcast]( to hear Zack and Rob talk office perks. For years, tech companies have offered pingpong tables, beer fridges, and snack bars. But do workers actually want this stuff? The big idea [workplace perks]( Zachary Crockett What the heck is an anti-perk? If you’ve applied for a job in tech, you’ve probably seen that they come with a long list of perks. Companies use everything from pingpong tables to beer fridges to attract talent. But a recent viral Twitter thread [suggests]( workers don’t even want these things, per Protocol. “Anti-perks”… … are perks that sound good but don’t actually matter to workers. The biggest offender? - Unlimited vacation, which doesn’t really work unless the company encourages employees to take time off. Other perks that drew feisty replies include free booze, free massages, and special-purpose rooms (e.g., fitness, nap, and meditation rooms). So what do workers actually want? Recent [research]( suggests workers are more interested in perks that align with their values. A few examples include: - Location-agnostic pay, which encourages employees to work from wherever they want. - Generous leave policies, including more time for maternity and paternity leave. In short, as remote work continues to trend, benefits that require office visits don’t carry the same weight that they used to. But… not all workers are on the same page. Some Google employees recently [pushed back]( when the company cut costs on travel and events, causing billionaire CEO Sundar Pichai to drop a major rebuttal: “money ≠fun.” [Share on Facebook]( [Share on Twitter]( [Send as email to a friend](mailto:?subject=The%20Hustle%20wrote%20something%20I%20think%20you%27ll%20like...%0A&body=What+the+heck+is+an+anti-perk%3F%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fthehustle.co%2F09282022-anti-perks%3Futm_campaign%3DAnti-perks%26utm_content%3D09282022-anti-perks%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Ddaily%0A%0AYou%20can%20subscribe%20with%20my%20link%20here%20to%20get%20the%20latest%20in%20tech%20and%20business%20daily:%0A [View on our website]( TRENDING [eyeball wearing a hat] Huh? Dude Perfect, a sports-oriented YouTube collective, [unveiled plans]( for a $100m HQ with a 330-foot trick-shot tower. SNIPPETS The S&P 500 hit a two-year low on Tuesday, down ~24% from its record-high close on Jan. 3. Robinhood [released]( a beta version of its Web3 wallet to 10k users. Robinhood Wallet will allow users to trade 20+ cryptocurrencies without fees. Substack [launched]( its own reader app for the web, which includes an uncluttered feed and keyboard shortcuts. The NBA [relaunched]( its app with a TikTok-like vertical video feed that includes a “For You” tab with personalized highlights. Calendly has [acquired]( Prelude, an interview scheduling platform. It’s the $3B+ calendar company’s first acquisition. Yikes: Six US and Australian Uber Connect drivers [told]( NBC News they’re afraid customers use the courier service to transport drugs. Video game conference E3 will [return]( in person in June 2023 for the first time since canceling due to covid in 2020. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully [crashed]( into an asteroid on Monday, hopefully something it could repeat if one was headed toward Earth. The SEC is [suing]( three ex-MoviePass execs, claiming they misled the public about its business model. Meanwhile, OG founder Stacy Spikes is [trying again](. The story of Woot: What did Matt Rutledge do after selling his daily deals website to Amazon for $110m? Waited an arguably respectable length of time… then launched three competitors. The full story is inside [Trends](. chart [piano]( How one of America’s last piano manufacturers stays alive Inside an old brick building in Haverhill, Massachusetts, you’ll find one of the last vestiges of a once-formidable industry. Entering the six-story structure is like going back in time: Stacks of kiln-dried maple line the walls. Artisans carefully tinker with tuning pins. A light tinkling of classical music rises above the whir of 100-year-old machines. - Not long ago, piano factories were one of America’s largest industries, employing tens of thousands of workers. Today, only two remain: Steinway & Sons in New York, and this place — Mason & Hamlin. Over the past century, nearly all American piano manufacturers have been eradicated by foreign competition and the rise of competing technologies. But Mason & Hamlin has survived largely by turning to the past, drawing inspiration from a bygone era of artisanry. [Read the full story. →]( Free Resource Five business podcasts to binge Google “top business podcasts,” and you’ll find four of ours above the fold. We’re growing something big. We don’t plug the HubSpot Podcast Network each week, but our creators steadily drop bodacious content. So, to round out International Podcast Month, we’re sending five of our in-house faves. Press play on our latest shows: - [My First Million](, with [Shaan Puri]( + Hustle founder [Sam Parr]( - [Being Boss](, the money + mindset series for creative pros - [Finding Founders](, for uncut chats with low-key legends - [iDigress](, the Webby-nominated business growth podcast - [Parents Making Profits](, for the parent-preneurs out there Enough excellent audio to get you through the week. [More prolific podcasts →]( Money Talks [interview]( People are opening up about their finances… on the street It used to be considered rude to ask how much someone makes. Not today. Lately, street interviews where people are asked about their salary, rent, and bank accounts have grown enormously popular. One brand in the space… … Salary Transparent Street, was founded by Hannah Williams, who started the project after realizing how often she found herself underpaid at work. - In her [rapid-fire videos](, you’ll hear from all kinds of Americans, on the street, about their salaries. Williams [quit her job]( making $115k as a senior data analyst and, as of July, has made $22k+ through the brand. She now sports an Indeed company-branded mic, and offers guides, a newsletter, and other resources. Outside of salaries… … creators have been conducting impromptu street interviews about: - Rent: Caleb Simpson [goes around]( NYC asking people how much they pay for rent, then tours their apartments. - Balances: Creators like Chris Stocks and Cody Premer ask people about how much money is in their bank accounts. One woman, with ~$40k, said she made the money [uploading]( pics of her feet on FeetFinder, a site for buying and selling foot content. New side hustle, anyone? 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