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Deciding whether to go with a large or small company may actually be one of the most important decisions you make while job hunting, especially if it's early in your career.
Here is my perspective
Criteria |
Small companies |
Large company |
|
Meal break deduction |
-30 min for 9 hours work - 45 min for > 9 hours work |
|
|
Salary
scale |
Market
average |
Little
higher |
|
Learning
curve |
High |
Low |
|
Employee
interaction |
High |
Low |
|
Company
Agility |
High |
Low |
|
Overtime
paid |
No |
Paid as
off days |
|
Offer
better benefits |
No big
benefits |
Many benefit packages and Bonus |
|
Job
stability and security |
Low |
High sense
of stability |
|
Changing
departments |
Possible to change departments without leaving job |
|
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Personal
development & growth |
High |
Low |
|
Visibility of Failure at work |
High |
Low |
|
Different
/ varied responsibilities |
High |
Low |
|
HR
Departments |
HR Departments may not even exist |
Always would have HR Departments |
|
Sleep Rooms
|
Non
–existent |
Yes- in
some companies |
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