Nobody gets to bring their "whole self" to work. Not unless “theirself” never steps outside social protocol for an office. It's a con. They want your mental in

Nobody gets to bring their "whole self" to work. Not unless “theirself” never steps outside social protocol for an office. It's a con. They want your mental investment, but what extra leeway do they give you to be yourself beyond what you already had? Being yourself especially doesn’t exist in tech. Everything is so non-conformist conformist. I can't even have a conversation as myself at work. My roommates work in the trades, how I talk to them at home would get me fired so fucking fast if I tried it at work.