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

‘‘Meta’s management theme for 2023 is the year of efficiency,’ Mark Zuckerberg said last month. On Tuesday he announced a further 10,000 job cuts.’ Photograph: Zuma/Alamy Stock/Alamy

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?