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Currently working at a startup where a lot of recent hires have come from large organizations. All of them cite "bureaucracy and red tape" as reasons for joinin

Currently working at a startup where a lot of recent hires have come from large organizations. All of them cite "bureaucracy and red tape" as reasons for joining a small company, but at least half of them have set about establishing exactly the sort of bureaucracy and red tape they claim to be fleeing. I think that large company experience is valuable, but you probably don't want to be the startup they're cutting their teeth on. And if you're going to absorb those types of people, best to do it gradually. Make sure they don't comprise a majority of your workforce.

doctor_eval 5y ago
Thank you so much for writing this, you could easily be talking about my current company. I'm actually losing the battle against bureaucracy, and feeling pretty lost. Despite my long experience, the more I push back, the more I seem to reinforce the idea that I don't know what I'm doing - because I refuse to waste my time on bullshit. I'm the founder, and you'd think I'd have a say, but I don't. Yet I've been doing this for long enough to know that, at least, I'm less wrong than they think. At least I'm not the only one to experience this! But I have no idea how to tackle it.