Eric M Russell (7/29/2015)

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I've worked for large organizations that were saturated in "corporate culture". Thanks to social media, this kind of thing is becomming more common. Also small start-up companys preoccupy themselves with culture and image as well, although probably at a more superficial level, more for the sake of publicity and getting their brand mentioned in the media.

Honestly, however, I'd rather not have my email inbox spammed with a dozen daily invitations to volunteer at a pet shelter or reminders to take some sensitivity training course. It becomes annoying. I'm a responsible adult and a professional; just give me an interesting project to work on.

Privately owned, medium sized IT organizations... they're not so much into this type of thing. They tend to be very focussed and product oriented. I'm sure management at these companies wish they could focus more on culture, but they're just too damn busy building solutions and innovating. Honestly, that's my preferred environment to work in.