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I feel like this taints his motives. Prior to this post employees might have felt that Calcanis really cared about them.

"Working at Mahalo is sweet. We get Aeron chairs, 2 monitors, free food, free coffee, and free sodas."

It's still a sweet deal, but it just doesn't feel as nice when you learn that he was doing these things more for the bottom line.

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Those things aren't mutually exclusive, they're actually quite complimentary. Nice working environment = happy, more productive employees = better for the bottom line.

Also, I wouldn't want any employee working for me that thinks to themselves, "Gee, I thought this company was being good to me but it turns out they're trying to make money." It's the whole point.

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