When I was with that small company I had some similar benefits. It really helped because we had a couple of ferrets that needed regular feedings every 3 and a half hours. So the boss suggested that I bring them in and take care of them in the office. There is no way I could do that here. In larger companies there's usually dress codes, less flexible hours, no bar meetings etc. Typically they tend to be less responsive to specific individual needs and a lot more bureaucratic. I also think that larger companies are really risk adverse. Just to get the MX upgrade took so long that by the time it was approved, MX7 was already out. Now to get approval for that upgrade I'm expecting that MX8 or Mx9 will have been released.
larry On 4/14/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I work for a company on the other end of the spectrum. We have only two > developers here, and a total of five employees. I long to work for a > larger company that can provide more benefits, etc. Jim, why is working > for a large corporation so bad? Just wondering if I have a "grass is > greener" complex. > > Of course, working for a small outfit does have some fantastic benefits. > I bring my dog to work with me every day, I come and go as I please, I > have no set hours, I work in jeans and a sweatshirt, we have a bar in > our office, and every other Friday we go to the local pub for a "staff > meeting". But not having health insurance or a nice big salary sucks. > > Ray > > Michael Greenberg wrote: > > Jim, > > I can honestly say yeah I enjoy where I work (most of the time) and I work > > for a company higher up the chain yours (number 42). Ive worked in the > > small sector as well, but I see it like this. Any company big or small is > > going to have its own wierd set of rules and politics. > > > > I dunno...just my 2 cents.... > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Apr 14, 2005 10:28 AM > > To: CF-Community <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > > Subject: Working for Big Ass Companies > > > > As much as I hate my job I get a perverse pleasure in numbers... my company > > has hit number 68 on Forbes "Global 2000" list of companies. > > > > I mean I knew were big, but it just really hit me how big. There are more > > people working here than live in many countries. We're not quite so big as > > General Motors or American Express, but we're bigger than Intel, Disney and > > McDonalds. > > > > And all this time I thought it just FELT like I was working for a monster. > > Gawd, I gotta get a new job... > > > > Anybody else work for huge companies and actually enjoy it? > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:153963 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
