Your free snacks
Your mental health app
Your Mac
Your fancy office
Your team outings
Your work anniversary shoutouts
Your "unlimited" PTO
Your All Hands
Your leadership webinars
Your ping-pong table
Your swag-filled welcome kits
Your "Best Places to Work" badge
Your employee satisfaction surveys
They don’t mean sh*t if your managers are toxic, if people are afraid to speak up, if promotions are given to favorites, if people dont grow the way they want to grow, if burnout is rewarded, and if leaders don’t live the values they preach.
Sure you can reel people in with all those.. but here's the thing: People see through the BS - either with time or with experience.
Take my word for it.