Reply #5: The more I read of this article...

[skypilot]

...the more these places sounded like the first circle of hell. A little fun in the workplace can be a good thing, no doubt, but "coercive joviality", as the article eventually got around to describing it, is something that I'm probably too old to tolerate. There are days when you simply want to put your head down and do your work and environments like the ones described in this article sound terribly intrusive. There also seems to be something a bit passive aggressive about it. I wonder how the employees who aren't up for the constant "fun" fare with their bosses and coworkers.