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Asked by base520durr on 4 Nov 2025.
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Richard Birch answered on 4 Nov 2025:
Small companies are better by far, but its a matter of what you want. My colleagues in big companies seem content enough, and often have better pay deals. Personally, I found the work impersonal and the relationships with higher management based entirely on productivity. In a small company, I was allowed to diversify; to ‘have ideas’ and try out new things – which has led to avenues of income that would never have been anticipated otherwise. Of course, not every idea worked, but my relationship with my boss is very different: we depend on each other and I’m not simply working for a faceless shareholder.
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Martin McMahon answered on 4 Nov 2025:
There is a difference in the support you receive no matter what is the size of the company you work for, and that is because each company is entirely different. From the boss to your colleagues, support can come from many people, and sometimes not at all. Global corps can have awesome support in one country and terrible support in another. Some small companies have the best support in the world, where others don’t even consider it necessary to support their workers.
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eleanormerson commented on :
Yes – it depends what you want which is better for you. I worked for a large multinational. The equipment we had access to was fantastic and there were lots of other people to bounce ideas off. They also allowed me to do a bit more research work that would maybe take several years to give benefit. The smaller companies, there is more urgency, and often you are working on things that are problems right now. That can give more pressure, but is also nice because you feel you can make a difference to the company immediately. There is less access to equipment and resources generally though.