It’s Just Getting Tougher: As Funding Recedes for Startups, Cushy Perks Vanish. Posted by September 1, 2016 Leave a comment on It’s Just Getting Tougher: As Funding Recedes for Startups, Cushy Perks Vanish. A large numbers of lucky millennials joined the workforce when fast growing startups were awash with investor cash, confusing them about how much austerity is normal in business.