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I did some work for a Large Company. One Monday I try and log in, and my hyper-secure laptop won't let me do anything. Try a few more times and then call my imm

by davidw 5y ago

I did some work for a Large Company. One Monday I try and log in, and my hyper-secure laptop won't let me do anything. Try a few more times and then call my immediate manager, wondering if they've let me go or something. Nope, they're aware of the glitch and are working on it. I hang out and wait. Call again before lunch. Nothing. Still nothing at the end of the day. I call again the next morning. "Still working on it". I go for a nice bike ride at lunch time but otherwise hang out hoping it'll get fixed and I can continue doing my work. In the end, it took them an entire week to fix it, and since none of it was my fault, of course I got paid. No one seemed to really mind that a week's worth of senior engineer salary was just gone. Except for me, I guess - I like coding and building stuff and fixing bugs and making things work. I prefer startups, although I'd love to find a small stable company - one that's doing well but growing a bit at a time via revenue. Those are some of the best places I've worked.

theshrike79 5y ago
Mid-size companies are where it's at. The huge ones (1k+ employees) are way too big and unwieldy and you'll get lost in the bureaucracy and get fed up with all the people promoted based on the Peter Principle. Good stuff if you want a peaceful-ish place to work at, maybe you have small kids at home and just want to work 9-5 and bring zero work home. In small ones (dozens) you tend to become the smartest person in the room too quickly, you also usually need to be a jack of all trades and have very little advancement options. On the other hand you can do all the cool stuff and break stuff =) Work-life balance usually doesn't exist. Mid size corps (hundreds of employees, but way under 1k) are the sweet spot in my opinion. Large enough to have some structure, small enough to not have too much red tape if you need to get stuff done. You can also do lateral moves easier, change specialties or maybe even get some team leading experience.
- cm2012 5y ago
  100% this

by davidw 5y ago

theshrike79 5y ago

Mid-size companies are where it's at. The huge ones (1k+ employees) are way too big and unwieldy and you'll get lost in the bureaucracy and get fed up with all the people promoted based on the Peter Principle. Good stuff if you want a peaceful-ish place to work at, maybe you have small kids at home and just want to work 9-5 and bring zero work home. In small ones (dozens) you tend to become the smartest person in the room too quickly, you also usually need to be a jack of all trades and have very little advancement options. On the other hand you can do all the cool stuff and break stuff =) Work-life balance usually doesn't exist. Mid size corps (hundreds of employees, but way under 1k) are the sweet spot in my opinion. Large enough to have some structure, small enough to not have too much red tape if you need to get stuff done. You can also do lateral moves easier, change specialties or maybe even get some team leading experience.

cm2012 5y ago
100% this