And the problem here is the lack of agency of the individual people. Larger companies run everything through committees, even ad hoc ones (i.e. "meetings"). The

And the problem here is the lack of agency of the individual people. Larger companies run everything through committees, even ad hoc ones (i.e. "meetings"). The approval chain is long and slow. My favorite anecdote was when the company basically told us that we could not talk directly to the person next to us, and had to route everything through the project systems. Small companies, more folks are "on the line", and thus more engaged in the entirety of it, rather than their own little niche. Similarly, you have more access to people for discussions, problem solving, etc. Yea, "it's interruption". And that's just where you need to learn personal boundaries on the individual level, rather than corporate structured boundaries that simply dropped on the team. In large companies, more and more people are "doing their portion", "not my job", etc. I'm not suggesting everyone needs to work insane hours and burn the midnight oil, but it's the ability of build a local culture rather than have on mandated upon you from up high. When you're empowered and have agency, you're (I am) more motivated to participate and grow and engage instead of checking my boxes for the weekly TSP reports.