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Ask HN: Do you love where you work? (>=medium size companies)

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I think it's getting harder to find accurate info about company culture (Work/Life balance, workplace politics, ethical practices, managers who care vs will do anything to get ahead, executives who are in-touch with the day to day of the company.) Recently entering the job market again, I would really like to know, those of you working in medium to enterprise sized companies: Does your company have a good culture? Do you love working there? Bonus if you can tell us the company name.

Edit: Clarify what I mean by Culture.

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Please define what you mean by "info about company culture."

What is "company culture" for you?

edit: why the down-vote? I am asking so we can provide better help. Plenty of evidence that it is very different what it means based on context, geography, and industry.

* "Company culture is undeniably a buzzword" https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/company-culture/

* "Company culture is a buzz word often bandied about by companies wanting to look like they care or wanting to appear current." https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/company-culture-buzz-words-ju...

* "Why Company Culture Is More Than Just a Buzz Word" https://www.recruiter.com/recruiting/why-company-culture-is-...

Edited OP to clarify, but mainly this. Work/Life balance, workplace politics, ethical practices, managers who care vs will do anything to get ahead, executives who are in-touch with the day to day of the company, do you get treated like a real person or a cog in the machine?

thank you.

* company: 65K employees, US based international conglomerate, most are remote

* work/life balance: remote. I have been remote for the last two decades. I can take time here and there for personal things to be taken care of, as long as delivery, budget, etc. are done. Standard holidays (9 to 10), and PTO matching industry.

* workplace politics: this is unavoidable as companies grow, ranging from a low murmur to straight out face stabbing.

* ethical practices: highly regulated. none seen.

* managers who care: yes, in general it is to our benefit to keep our staff through positive reinforcement, including promoting them in other areas if they want to switch teams.

* in-touch exec: mostly, but c-suite tends to deal with high level strategic activities not tactical details.

Hope this answers your questions.

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