The perk-cession is here. You lose free food and laundry, but you could have a more satisfying life? | Stefan Stern

With fewer add-on goodies to offer staff, big firms may have to think about workplace culture and a better work-life balance

• Stefan Stern is co-author of Myths of Management and the former director of the High Pay Centre

Three-course dinners, access to wellness centres, even free dry-cleaning - for years the goodies that came with a job in the elite tech sector were more than mere accessories - they symbolised your membership of an exclusive club.

Now, as some companies begin what the Wall Street Journal has called the perk-cession, is it time for a conversation about what office workers really want from their jobs in a post-Covid world?