Why I work for a big company and am just happy about it

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

I cannot agree with the categorical statement that working in large companies is bad. Here is my experience, and tell me where I am wrong.

First of all, in a nutshell. Working in large companies is great, and it's a fact. That is why most of the graduates of the most prestigious universities are looking for work there - in large international and Russian companies. It is enough to go to a job fair at some famous university, and you will clearly see which employers are most crowded with people. And if somewhere at the fair there is a free table, it means that a representative of a small business is sitting there.

Large companies simply have more money. And this is reflected in everything. On salaries, the availability and size of the social package, working conditions, training opportunities for employees. When I worked in small companies, my salary was unstable, I was paid semi-officially, I basically did not know what a salary on a bank card was, but I will not say anything about pension contributions at all. There was, for example, a case when I had to help out the owner of the company by urgently lending him a certain amount of money so as not to disrupt the production process (there really was no money, and I was very sick of the business).

I'm not even talking about those areas of business where the company needs to have its own service department and a warehouse with spare parts. When it’s a small company, it’s not easy to keep even one service technician, let alone send him for training in Europe or the USA. Moreover, even if he learned it with his last money, he would still leave to work for a large company after some time. After all, there he will be offered a salary, which here does not shine with all the desire, and the work will be, frankly, without such "hemorrhoids."

Or take, for example, a case when I worked for a small publishing firm. The newspaper was typeset on the only more or less efficient computer, on which one literally had to pray. As a result, one day, right before submitting the issue to print, the program glitched, and we had to re-create not only the issue, but recreate the publication template itself! This is what poverty is. After those few years in the industry, I can say I hated the publishing business and did not want to return to it for a long time.

Availability of ready-made materials for almost all occasions. Since I worked with clients, I constantly needed to provide them with some materials or documents: commercial offers, contracts, catalogs, equipment descriptions, etc. When I worked in small companies, as a rule, every time I had to do it all in a new way. Request foreign suppliers, translate into Russian, calculate customs clearance, prices, etc. The next day, I had a new client with a different request, and I had to do the same job again. When I got a job at a large company, my delight knew no bounds: everything I needed for work was already ready for me! And in such a quantity and choice that earlier one could only dream. Work - I don't want to!

A separate topic is corporate events … Perhaps someone will say that corporate events are not important. Like, we are not working for them, and you don't have to go there at all. Agree. But do you know how I once celebrated the corporate New Year in a small company? The “corporate party” was held in a small wreck, intended for demolition (and indeed it was later demolished), in which all of us, even elementary, had nowhere to sit. Sitting on the couch literally on each other's knees. And they made toasts so that next year we could live to celebrate the next NG in the restaurant. Yes, not all small firms have such squalor, but this is a real case from my experience!

Prospects for further employment. If you have worked for a large company for some time, it will be much easier for you to get a good job further. Do you like small business? Please! They will also take it with pleasure. A new line on your resume will give you credibility in the eyes of almost any employer. And you will not be asked: "And what does this firm" Pupkin and K "do in general?" When I applied for a new job, that was exactly what happened: “HR people” were attracted by loud names in my resume. And they didn't ask me much about lesser-known (although quite decent companies).

Prestige, name, brand. When you meet with friends or meet someone, people usually ask where you work. And if it turns out that you work for a company whose name everyone has known since childhood, it gives you weight. People perceive you as a more successful person, strive to maintain a good relationship with you. After all, you can become a potential client for them (and it is always very prestigious to have a large brand among your clients). Or, for example, they value you as a person who can help get a job in a well-known company.

Of course, working in large companies has its drawbacks, like everything in this world. Someone may be more suitable for a small company or their own business. But that is another story.