I've been getting a lot of pressure from leadership about how the recent hires have not been a true fit to the 'company culture'. I'm not very sure what our culture is because everyone works day in and day out. I haven't seen a smile on a single employee here apart from when they're in the cafeteria getting themselves coffee. There are no team outings whatsoever, and just in general, a serious lack of camaraderie/friendship. How do I politely ask what the so called 'culture' is..?

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Just keep it simple and straightforward. “Could you help me understand how leadership defines our company culture? I want to make sure our hiring and team efforts align with those exact values.”

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You have already observed your company culture. As with systems that are haphazardly created to solve narrow and isolated problems (rather than deliberately architected as an integral part of a larger system referred to as a business), the company culture was not designed, but is an “inconsequential” afterthought.

Culture doesn’t mean something positive everywhere. You might be in a unique position where you can try promoting some of those things to “help the new-hires” even though we all know it’s not some new issue.

thats so rough lol im sorry

Oh, when they say company culture, they mean their personal preference. They’re really saying they don’t like who you’ve chose and we need a reason why we don’t like them.

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