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Work Culture Cognitive Dissonance: My Friend Works for a Great Terrible Company
I was chatting with a friend last night who is having a REALLY tough time at his new gig. He heard awesome things from friends who work there, the Glassdoor reviews were stellar, and the perks seemed great. But now that he got in the door he‘s shocked, and feels like something has to be wrong with him. He absolutely hates it there, and feels extremely guilty for feeling that way about a job so many people would kill to have.
Is he ungrateful? Overly picky? A mutant? How could this possibly happen?
His cognitive dissonance is stemming from his conflicting ideas that it’s both a great place to work, and a terrible place to work. Our brains want things to fit into clearly defined buckets. We want things to either be “good” or “bad”, being both at the same time doesn’t compute and often causes a lot of stress and guilt. But in reality, his conflicting beliefs about his workplace are accurate, because no two people experience a workplace in the same way.
I LOVE working remotely. It allows me to have 100% focus on my work, without any side conversation interruptions. I also love being able to switch up my workspace at any time since I can work from any location with an internet connection.Using Slack as my primary communication method is perfect for me, because I…
