Big Company or Little Company?

[Ant]

Is it better to work for a big company or a little company? What are the reletive advantages and disadvantages of both?

Boring subject I know, but as you may know - I'm looking for jobs after I graduate. :)

[Jezz_S13]

Sod companys, get a job at the Uni. :D

[JB]

Originally posted by Ant
Is it better to work for a big company or a little company? What are the reletive advantages and disadvantages of both?

Boring subject I know, but as you may know - I'm looking for jobs after I graduate. :)

It just depends on the quality of the company. I know people who work for large multinationals who are well happy, feel valued and believe that have a real say in decisionmaking. Likewise I know of people in small businesses who are very unhappy.

You have to make your judgement based upon what YOU see, hear, or feel.

At the end of the day it's your first job so you probably aren't going to have it for long if you've got anything about you (which you have ;) ) so it doesn't really matter.

I always reckon that I learned what to do by watching what those above me didn'tdo, and then doing the opposite of their actions.

[Ant]

Just wondering cos the company I worked for on my placement was reletively small-ish and was really anti-IT - a Director's signature for an £8 keyboard ffs. :mad:

[tim rome]

definitetly a large company, and avoid small family run concerns

[Ant]

Tbh, from where I am sitting - I just want a company that is going to invest in me and give me some good skills (whatever they may be - I'm easy and don't want to limit my horizons by saying I wanna do exactly this or that). From my experience of my placement it seems the chances of getting this in a smaller company are remote (unless obviously an IT company) - or am I talking a load of crap?

[JB]

Originally posted by Ant
I'm easy

Yeah well I'd keep that to myself if I were you.


























Originally posted by Ant
Tbh, from where I am sitting - I just want a company that is going to invest in me and give me some good skills (whatever they may be - I'm easy and don't want to limit my horizons by saying I wanna do exactly this or that). From my experience of my placement it seems the chances of getting this in a smaller company are remote (unless obviously an IT company) - or am I talking a load of crap?

Very much depends and you can't say for sure with any company unless you check them out for yourself. For instance in my company we are extremely flexible and invest heavily inour staff as that is the only way to survive. If you don't help them, reward them and make them feel professionally satisfied they'll go elsewhere.

The company I used to work for (mentioning no names but used to be Stafford's bigest employer ;) ) made me feel about as valued as the clap.

[Ant]

Originally posted by JB



Very much depends and you can't say for sure with any company unless you check them out for yourself. For instance in my company we are extremely flexible and invest heavily inour staff as that is the only way to survive. If you don't help them, reward them and make them feel professionally satisfied they'll go elsewhere.



Wanna give me a job! :D

Seriously though, that sounds so opposite to where I used to work! :mad: In away though, its done me some good since will make sure my eyes are wide open when visiting these companies. :)

[JB]

Originally posted by Ant
Wanna give me a job! : The amount of time you wate on the internet, you must be kidding :D :D :D :D :D




Originally posted by Ant
that sounds so opposite to where I used to work! :mad: In away though, its done me some good since will make sure my eyes are wide open when visiting these companies. :)

That's precisely my point, there's no telling about a place until you see it for yourself. On this issue size doesn't matter.

[Ant]

Cheeky beggar, I've not done much surfin today. :p

[Leon]

Medium is good.
Big enough to give you career advnacement, small enough to be quick moving and flexible.

I've worked in an office of 7 before... hmmm... if it had been better people would have been great...