Employees on the verge of riots with low wages calm down with 8 pizzas

He was sharpened by excessive labor for his cheap salary, and when he ordered eight large pizzas for the employees who were on the verge of mob, he seemed to calm down without incident.

Does it mean that pizza is effective when complaints are about to explode?

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Potential Employee Uprising Quelled With Free Pizza | The Onion --America's Finest News Source

This actually happened at a design office called Cobalt Media, and an email announcing salary cuts arrived to everyone on Friday morning, and 20 minutes later, a free pizza was delivered.

Until then, everyone had been working hard and complaining had been on the verge of exploding for several weeks, and it seems that this email was the decisive hit and it was about to explode.

However, when the pizza was delivered, all the requests for discussions requesting a wage increase were drowned out. In addition, 2 liters of Pepsi Coke arrived, and the employee who was thinking about a strike was silent.

Is this a sign of sincerity at least to convince the employees of the situation where the company has to make a difficult decision, or is it a new means of suppressing that if you eat pizza, you will be satisfied? Judgment is divided ...

* This is a kind of satire