"Larger company that is trying to keep startup mojo is special kind of hell - mostly due to ugly politics that emerges. You cant manage small group of people th

"Larger company that is trying to keep startup mojo is special kind of hell - mostly due to ugly politics that emerges. You cant manage small group of people the same way as big one and vice versa." My company is on that path. It's merging the bad parts of startups like overambitious deadlines and lack of organization with the bad parts of big companies like bureaucracy and lack of flexibility. Management seems happy but from a worker's point of view we have relentless pressure to deliver mixed with a huge layer of politics. It has become really unpleasant over the last few years.