Not only had American given out what the workers viewed as lavish perks at a time when the airline was asking them for cutbacks, but it appeared to them that Mr. Carty had delayed the securities filing by at least two weeks to hide information that might jeopardize the votes.
As a result, telecommuting is often viewed as a perk to be handed out after employees have proved their worth.
But alcohol is still viewed as a perk by the military, important in recruitment and an important part of keeping morale high.
What's more, many of the trappings of the first class treatment they enjoy actually serve to disorient them further the constant travelling from one place to the next, the perpetual flow of booze (and it is perpetual), and the disconnection from their real lives that is often viewed as a perk.
Much of the Clippers' recent success has been because Sterling no longer meddles in the team's affairs; enfeebled by age, he has seemed content to devote his remaining energies to the lascivious pursuits that he's long viewed as the chief perk of N.B.A. ownership.
During the tech boom of the late 1990s, Mr. Perks recalled, they were often viewed as money that companies disbursed to shareholders after they had run out of more creative ways to invest it.
The world liked me that way too -- the perks and privileges of being viewed as straight tumbled into my life from the moment I said, "I Do".
In the late 1990s, Mr. Stone reports, a new executive "cut a rare office perk, free Advil, which he viewed as an unnecessary expense," setting off "a near insurrection among employees".
When viewed as a means to get people together, a lot of ridiculous perks start to make sense.
Mr. McClendon's handpicked board was widely viewed as little more than a rubber stamp whose members were kept satisfied by rich compensation and generous perks like the use of company aircraft.
