To my mind (according to my experience), the first thing which should be done is to get to know WHAT IS YOUR JOB, your specific, what should you do not to inhibit  the work of Company and do your work on time. As for connection with staff it is parallel...:))))

Life is choise. We can choose to work in someone's places or we can create our own environment. If we have difficulties in somebody's places like obey their rules, maybe it's better to go out from that places. And we can create our environment. We determine the rules then we make our new working system. And it earns money. So, we can enjoy our life by our rules. hehehe,,just try to be open minded..  

According to my experience u should try to be just yourself and do not pretend to any thing else..u can realize that attract others.

I don't want to say that all corporation are the same, but certain pattern is exist.

Whether it is stupid or claver games of corporations they are aimed to convince you to spend more of your life time and energy to their behalf. They are trying get more that they deserve (as much as possible and as cheap as possible). They would invent any fairy tail for that. I want to play my own games (as you put it) but not ones of corporations. But of course it is only my opinion. I don't know about respect itself, but I certainly admit that every human have rights which have to be respected. Every person have right to play his/her games unless these games don't effected me. If so, I can decide to spoil it a bit (if necessary).