Mint Images/Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here . A bummer for benefits It's no secret that the era of generous employee perks is fading. Free food, on-site laundry, and gym subsidies are all becoming less common. Even full-time remote work is becoming increasingly rare. Amid all the cutting, I really thought certain benefits like paid time off and parental leave would be untouchable. I was wrong. Earlier this month, my colleague Polly Thompson reported a bombshell scoop that Deloitte plans to pare back or cut several core benefits for some of its employees. Internal documents and a meeting recording revealed the consulting firm is planning cuts to parental leave, PTO, pensions, and IVF funding for workers in internal support roles such as admin, IT support, and finance. And it's not just Deloitte. Zoom is also scaling back its parental leave.…