As they say, one person's trash is another's... I'm generally turned off from job posts with long run on sentences and adjectives that make it read more like the plaquette in an art gallery than job description. In a similar manner spare me the platitudes about how fun the office is, how every tuesday is fresh fruit day, how there is free coffee and a ping pong table. The people you really want to work for you are the one's that already went through the "work is a place to make friends and meet people" phase and want their work to just be a professional and challenging. Work is not just the next guided life-stage after the cocoon of college. but, that is just my opinion and I know that for many a funny post and list of perks are what they want. Just know that one method does not fit all.
It depends. I have worked in various places. Some were very sociable, other everyone went straight home to families. If I was considering a job in a new location, I think I would definitely factor in a "fun sounding" environment.
I agreed with your comment until my mind went through the places I have worked. One employer was quite in the middle, mainly go home to families, but with enough trips to the pub and social activities to make it interesting. Unfortunately the work environment was awful. Aggressive management style. Code quality was pretty much ignored. Really high turnover, despite working with some pretty decent people.
