A Cold, Unwelcoming Culture Where Friendliness Is Treated as a Flaw - Anonymous employee News Corp Employee Review

I’ve come from over two decades in corporate environments, working with all types of personalities, and I have never experienced a workplace this cold. If you try to be friendly, you’re told you talk too much. Mornings are met with barely a hello, and privately you’re told to back off for “disturbing” others, even when all you’re doing is being polite. Under pressure, mistakes are met with being cornered and questioned in a way that feels hostile rather than supportive. Management is never satisfied, yet constantly leans on you for updates, with no warmth or guidance. On my welcome lunch, I had to pay for myself — not a coffee or gesture from my manager. Team members gossip to management to stay relevant, despite claiming they care about your success. When a close family member passed away during my time there, I received no empathy — only a suggestion to access the EAP service, and a warning not to discuss it because it made others uncomfortable. By the end, I left feeling unvalued and walked out like I was a threat, with no goodbyes, no thanks, nothing from management except instructions on returning company items. If you want a place that values warmth, camaraderie, or even basic human decency, this is not it. You have to be numb to survive, and friendliness is treated as a weakness.