How to find the right company culture for you?
By Cham Posted Date: June 13, 2017
What exactly does ‘Company Culture’ mean? – Company culture can be described as amongst others, the values, behaviour, dress code and philosophy of a company. Each company will have a different sort of work culture and a combination of the above is what contribute to the unique work style, atmosphere and policies of a company.
The company culture or work culture should be an important consideration when it comes to your job search that is after job requirements, role and pay. The company culture will reflect on how employees treat each other, the way the employees get their work done and even the physical work environment itself (closed desks/booths or collective open work spaces for example).
The company culture can have an impact on job satisfaction and hence is something every job seeker should consider.
Although many companies promote their positive work culture online via their websites, social media pages or blogs, the best time to take note of their culture is during the on-site interview (if you get shortlisted to that stage).
Listed below are some tips to help identify what the best company culture is for you
When reflecting on past roles:
- Think about what you liked and didn’t like about the workplace culture
- Ask yourself about how people behaved (your co-workers and management)
- How did they celebrate success?
- Where they goal driven and motivated to help the business succeed?
When visiting a company for an interview:
- Look at people in the office, how the behave and dress
- Do they look stressed out or relaxed?
- Try to speak to an employee and ask them questions like:
- What they like about working at the company?
- How they get things done as a team?
- What do they do when they have a problem?
- How often do people get promoted or bumps in salary?