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Yes, this clarity is actually good - you come in knowing that the company has no culture, and you're not family. All performance, no illusions. Better than bei
by dilemma 10y ago
Yes, this clarity is actually good - you come in knowing that the company has no culture, and you're not family. All performance, no illusions.
Better than being propagandized to love your terrible job.
- atemerev 10y agoThere _is_ a culture at GS, or any other investment bank, and it is designed to bring in the right sort of people. I never worked at GS, but I do work in finance and some elements of this culture I enjoy. E.g. at my last place, we had no perks, ping pong tables, gym discounts, fancy office etc. (the office building was cheap ex-factory floor at the suburbs), but the salary was above the market. I liked it, "don't tell me what to do with my money"
- dilemma 10y agoYou're right, all groups of people have norms. I used culture to mean the fluffy, icky, non-true kind of talk about what management values.
- SkyMarshal 10y agoThat was the culture at my first job out of college - no perks, but above-market compensation. I look for that everywhere I work now too, and instituted it at my last startup. Everything else just seems childish cargo-cultish BS by comparison.
- gkop 10y agoUnfortunately in the US the tax system means perks can be substantially advantageous to both the employer and the employee. Otherwise I too would prefer salary over perks.