How to Spot a 🗑️ Company “Culture”

Doing something for the ‘look’ of it.

A typical day in the office.

Optics, one of the most despicable realities of corporate America.

For those of you who never heard this term before, it means..

pretending to do something that doesn’t matter to prove something to someone that shouldn’t care, but does.

Where the quality of your work comes second.

The business world is where you will find the worst offenders — in a culture built on fear, resentment, and moodiness.

Some typical examples include:

• changing the tab open on your monitor when someone walks by
• moving your mouse so you don’t show up as “Away” on your work messenger when working remote
• expectation to stay late/come in early when there’s no necessary reason to, even when there’s little to do
• sending emails late at night to act like you’re still working
• being obligated to dress up even for informal, internal meetings
• and many more…

Essentially, optics is anything that is obligatorily done that doesn’t actually matter for the success of…