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by locococo 504 days ago
At a high level culture is about how people operate within. It's not good or bad per se but rather how your personality fits into that working style. For instance some companies put a big emphasis on ownership, which means that everyone will be chasing work like a hungry animal to get it done.

This attracts people with ambition and drive, which as a consequence also makes the workplace toxic if there are too many ambitious people.

My take is that culture requires balance, you need different personality types to create that balance in a team and end up with a good culture.

All this to say, the more a company talks about culture the worse their culture is.