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RE: Corporate World vs. Small Company: Considerations?
Subject:RE: Corporate World vs. Small Company: Considerations? From:"Secara, Maggie" <MSecara -at- sjm -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:17:59 -0700
Amy, I'm never happier than when I'm in a smaller "cozier" environment
full of really smart people in blue jeans. Where the CTO, for example,
is still engaged in day to day processes on the software version of the
shop-floor. (As long as it's not a start-up! God deliver me from the
entrepreneurial spirit of micromanagement!) A small division of a big
company isn't too bad, either.
If you can afford to take the financial cut--and if the company has a
solid base--I'd say go for it.
Maggie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amy P.
> I'm being offered a position in a smaller office setting with
> 1980s decor and a beautiful commute through trees instead of
> construction and blight. The company is developing new
> scientific instrumentation that seems to be cutting edge,
> highly technical, and doing well. They will train me to use
> the products and consider me part of the engineering team. I
> like the homey, brainy, low-key atmosphere. That said, they
> can't match what I'm making, and will likely come in
> $10,000-$20,000 less.
>
> Money may be the bottom line, but I want to take into account
> the working environment, too. It *seems* so nice to go
> smaller and more casual right now. But corporate obscurity
> does have its benefits.
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