The veneer of certain companies that promote their “cool” atmosphere and healthy work environment is starting to flake off. There’s a name for this approach, practiced by many companies – “well-being washing” – and it’s no longer going unnoticed by employees. Even when it comes to remote working.
“At first, the atmosphere looked great: foosball and a young team,” says a former employee of a French tech company on the Instagram page “Balance ta startup” (meaning “Call out your startup”). Then very quickly, she becomes disillusioned: “In fact, [it was] a nightmare.” Intensive work weeks to reach objectives, long hours and overtime without the slightest compensation, drug use, openly shaming some managers...