Definition: Company culture is the personality of a company and defines what a company, from an employee perspective, is like to work for. Company culture includes the company mission, values, ethics, expectations, goals, and work environment.
Some companies have a team-based culture with employee participation on all levels, while other have a more traditional and formal management style.
For example, Google describes the company as still feeling like a small company even though it has grown tremendously: "At lunchtime, almost everyone eats in the office café, sitting at whatever table has an opening and enjoying conversations with Googlers from different teams... Every employee is a hands-on contributor, and everyone wears several hats... no one hesitates to pose questions directly to Larry or Sergey in our weekly all-hands (“TGIF”) meetings – or spike a volleyball across the net at a corporate officer."
