5 questions that reveal if a company has a healthy workplace culture

“How do you know if a company’s culture is good?” Last week, a friend who’s looking for a new job asked me this. She’d been doing a few interviews, and was trying to figure out what questions to ask during her interviews to discern if a potential employer’s workplace culture was healthy. In each interview, she’d ask a version of: “What’s it like to work here?” Without fail, the person on the other side of the table would tell her: “It’s great!” But is it really? How do you know if a company’s culture is what they say it is? Instead of asking “What’s it like to work here?” these five questions are what I recommended she ask at the end of her next interview… <blockquote> #1: When is the last time you had a 4-hour block of uninterrupted time? </blockquote> Our most productive, creative work happens when we have a large block of uninterrupted time. Yet how many workplaces make that a reality regularly for their employees? Ask a question about the last time your interviewer had an uninterrupted period of time to get work done and listen closely to the answer. Your interviewer may scoff and tell you: “We like to stay busy, busy, busy — meetings all the time, messages constantly on Slack…” Or she may sit there, a little stumped by the question, before slowly answering: “Hmmm… I’m not sure.” Both bring to light a clear truth: The company does not have a culture that values a calm environment where employees’ time is protected for them to do real work. <a href="https://medium.com/signal-v-noise/5-questions-that-reveal-if-a-company-has-a-healthy-workplace-culture-491db31b2f28">Click Here</a>