“Workplace culture is a cult without the honesty — at least cults admit they're demanding your complete devotion”
Agree
- Total loyalty expected for partial compensation
- Identity subsumed into company brand
- Question the mission and face excommunication
- Rituals and values indoctrination required
Disagree
- Shared purpose isn't inherently cultish
- You can leave jobs easier than cults
- Culture provides belonging and meaning
- Professional boundaries exist unlike actual cults
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