Do you agree that a work environment/culture is defined by the people who are a part of it?

Do you think that during the interview stage, an employer can characterize the work environment as different than it is in reality?

If you say yes to both of these, then I don't understand the disconnect.

Maybe I can summarize another way:

- It's not possible to really know what a work environment is like until you actually start working there. To deny this is to deny that other people at the company play a role in the work environment. Since you don't have control over other people, you don't have control over the work environment.

- Therefore, characterizing a decision to accept employment at a particular employer, as evidence of one's own superior ability to predict what the work environment is like is... misguided?

Job hopping until you find a work environment that fits is a good idea. But this is trial and error. It's not the result of a superior ability to sniff out work cultures before accepting employment.

My last question is: how did this line of reasoning offend you so deeply to suggest that I'm projecting insecurity?