Working in a corporate office does not appeal to me one bit. Actually, any corporate job... nope. As
@The Clark and
@Apple fanboy pointed out, office culture is quite disgusting.
But, what am I to say, I've never done it, so I have no experience. I just hear from you guys and some other people. My parents work in the schools, not at companies, so I don't have any immediate family who has, either. A few extended family members work at large companies (in finance and law), but from what I understand, they love it.
It depends on the large company, the context, and, above all, it depends on the actual atmosphere at work.
I've had some superb bosses, and some truly dreadful ones. That makes a difference.
Moreover, for much of my work life, - especially (strangely enough) in academia, I have had (the privilege and pleasure of) an office of my own (and Decent Brother also enjoyed that in his previous job, when he worked as a lawyer with the local authority).
For some people - especially those of us who tend to be somewhat introverted by character, nature, or temperament, this is something that makes an environment where one is working with other people an awful lot easier, as you have your own private space, a place where you can close the door on others.
The modern office - and I am always amused, reading the drivel that companies write - the "our workforce are our greatest treasure..." type of tosh - when, by the way they actually run their companies, they make the modern office environment, with its open plan offices, an absolute nightmare yet remain baffled why so many workers have become wedded to the idea (and reality) of wfh - is a horror, but it does not need to be as bad as that.
Unfortunately, choices were made (choices based on, derived from, what was profitable, not on what was best practice for staff or customers) that ensured that such outcomes were all but inevitable.
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