I always thought it was an American thing(the asking for passion part) and a culture gap between them and "us" foreigners/Europeans. But it sounds like it's not

I always thought it was an American thing(the asking for passion part) and a culture gap between them and "us" foreigners/Europeans. But it sounds like it's not exclusive to foreigners working with Americans. The way I see it, I bring a lot of experience to the table as well as my passion to solve problems. But it's extremely hard to be passionate for the "vision" of the 20th company trying to revolutionize log processing(when the founders never even did their due diligence) for example. I get that the founders may have had some personal experience that led them to be passionate about a certain problem. But when they ask me to help them in a specific topic they lack experience in and then ask me to be passionate about working the next 2 years doing mundane work I personally think it's incredibly disrespectful towards me or anyone in my position. I used to try to explain why I thought like that, but nowadays I mostly agree with the other people here and treat it as a red flag WRT how complicated it will be to get work done around these kinds of founders.