text: Even some large tech companies with HR departs have a "frat house" environment... and it's intentional! They setup open-concept offices with billiards tables and host pub crawls after work, all in an effort to make work "fun". But it backfires. Not only is the "frat house" environment a problem for many women, many men leave once they "grow up". Consider these facts about Google: the median employee leaves the company after only 1 year, and the median employee age is in their 20s. Google is not unique in those statistics.
  
  Personally, when I graduated I thought cubicles were "lame" and so I worked at a "fast and loose" startup. But the novelty quickly lost it's luster, and I grew to appreciate the professionalism and steady hours of a traditional work environment as my personal life and family life developed outside of work.