I work for a small family company. The owners and higher-ups are the family, and have always said the employees are like a family. Anyone who has worked for a company like this knows how utterly bullshit this is.
Anyways, we were have a little 'pow-wow' on how to be a more effective team, which evolved into everything that I (not family)need to be doing better. They mention that my personal interests need to stay out of the office. I was never overboard, but maybe once every other week I would be excited about a creative endeavor, and share it with a couple of people, taking maybe, maybe 5 minutes of time. I spent the meeting taking notes so I could improve, but I do believe there is always something to get better at.
After the meeting I hear them talking in the hall about how as long as I get my paycheck, I don't care about the company. I am pretty on top of my stuff, I make the company money, I take calls after work when I need to. And you know what, now I don't. I don't need the crappy attitude and talking behind my back. They don't want a person, they want a computer program. I hate small family companies.