The corporations have been putting their thumb screws on labor in the tech market since 2022. Everything you’re describing is a luxury that people have abandoned as they all desperately compete to keep their job

I started working in the mid 90's. It was very common back then to go out for lunch with your co-workers, almost daily! That's a very rare thing now. Back then I was making $8 an hour and you could get a nice meal at a Chinese or Mexican restaurant for about $5.