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I don't have any data to back up this theory, but I believe that the trend towards less recreational benefits is due to an aging engineering talent pool. But until we make this jump as an industry we'll continue to see ping pong tables and ddr machines.

It won't happen quickly but I believe that the median age of engineers will dramatically increase in the next decade. We won't be looking for ping pong tables, we'll be looking for day cares.

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It seems like you are implying that current and soon after generations of young folks aren't going to be entering the engineering/software trade in droves. Considering that's where a lot of the well paying, available jobs are currently, it seems like everyone and their sister will be vying to become developers

Sure, the transition isn't happening rapidly, but the agism you see in engineering now, isn't going to last long. You aren't a better engineer when you're younger, so by default the more experts in the field that are older will naturally cause a power shift from 20 somethings to 30 somethings.

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