present a "certain" culture (although not original - copied by COO directly from Davita) characterized by promoting collaboration, positioning you as SME (particularly if you have oversight of a department), "give" (very few "earn" anything) you a "voice" & "seat @ the table", emphasize metrics in performance management but choose when to use or not to use depending upon who knows what .....reality is jess_rob make all decisions, often times w/o informing of significant changes (the budget process & due diligence on acquisitions-especially Cogent- could be SNL skits), repeatedly set unrealistic expectations (seemingly memories are erased of new sites losing $250K monthly) ......arrival of COO & his vision of "culture" in 2011 has resulted in incredibly political environment Key people that have built the company have left & to advance/survive, is well known must be either FOR or FOJ