> The reverence for a company that does, in the end, "just" process payments
It is funny how the more unimportant the company is, the more this kind of reverence is expected.
For me there was a stark contrast between two jobs I had:
Consultancy where I worked on software for local government that millions literally depend on? Keep your work-life 100% separate.
Marketing startup that spammed Google with crazy amounts of SEO-spam? Lots of instructions from HR to ask about personal matters in 1-on-1 meetings, weekly 2h mandatory confraternization followed by free beer, random CEO speech about his favorite topic for 1h every month.
At least with those specific examples, it could just as easily be startups being inexperienced and more susceptible to silly fads.
All the best to the author of the post, hopefully they can find more meaningful work.