Let's be honest, it's a golden cage ("une cage dorée"), and for most people it takes leaving to realize just how toxic and sterile a culture it really is. Most managers are too busy covering their backsides or competing with their own colleagues for resources (or the boss's attention) to pay any attention to developing their teams. And the meetings, the endless meetings... All of which is not to say that it's a bad place - just that it isn't nearly as special or different as it thinks it is. As you walk away, you can almost feel the smugness dropping away from you...