The Corporate Environment Mystery

Even after gaining your dream corporate designation, salary and perks, you can feel jaded of facing the same routine life daily. It can also be difficult for you to pin-point where the lacunae lies, but still you can be certain on not finding yourself at ease in this situation.

So where's the Problem?

The organizational culture, beliefs, attitudes and behaviours are often neglected and are tacit. These are however, those factors which unite and drive the workforce in an organization.



So in order to avoid surprises, you should be clear with what you expect from a company's culture. Is it a sociable company, a formal company, or the one having a good blend of work-life balance that you prefer?

It is only then that you should go into the interview. If you have a contact in the organization, you can gain that inside information vital for your decision. If not, be open to ask the interviewer about the inside action, and take notice of the formal and informal information that you get.

Some questions you can ask to learn about a company's culture:

• What are the set of cultural values that the company promotes?
• If the company doesn't have stated cultural values, refer to their mission statement.

What needs to be done to flourish in this company?

Does the interviewer prefer risk-assuming, entrepreneurial or a team oriented employee. You can also relate the personality factor or employee achievements that are appraised, to a company's culture.

Please explain the work-environment in this organization?

In this question, you can intend to observe the solidarity among employees, the career progression opportunities or the complimentary breakfast system that the company has.

How frequent company meetings happen?

This question is important to understand the concern that management bestow in keeping its employees informed.
What sponsorships or philanthropic activities does the company actively participate in?

You should also be feeling at ease with the activities the company publicly supports, whether the it encourage its' workforce to participate in programs like run for a charity or for other social causes

Also, your values and expectations should reflect the cultural ideals, in the questions asked to you during the interview.
Take a glimpse in and around the office to observe the corporate culture and take a note of whether the layout promotes inter-departmental communication, concerted work practices, is there uniformity in the office-space allotted to different ranks of employees.

You should remember that instead of a carry-on in unfit culture, you can perform better in just the right kind of organization. Again its' a two-way process, the organization and the employee both work for each other.