The workplace is changing. As a 39-year-old myself and being in the ad/marketing industry for more than 17 years, I’ve seen a lot of change within the tech & creative industry, especially within the past 10 years. But these days, the internal trends and the way tech companies look at their internal structure appears to be leaking into all verticals.
In my work experiences, I arrived on time every day, worked as hard as I could, and if I did a good job, every once in a while the boss would come down to my level, hand me an ice-cold beer or pop (we call it soda in Cali) and say something along the lines of “good job today!” Every once in a while he would tell me some stories about how when he was younger he had good work ethic and blah, blah, blah. I just wanted to go home at that point.