I work for a very large corporation, one of the largest in the entire world. It's an international, multinational corporation that has a presence in just about every country in the world. It's a diverse multinational corporation that makes a wide array of products for an array of diverse industries.
Some people simply don't want to work for large companies. Among the reasons they don't are; people can get lost in the masses of employees, workers are not individual people but a number in a sea of numbers, people are cogs in a massive machine and can't make a big contribution, advancement is difficult because there is so much competition, red tape and bureaucracy eliminate any possible of nimbleness and creative thinking.
Some of these have a grain of truth and some have more grains than others. I will admit that it is difficult being nimble when one must turn the rudder of a large ship with significant momentum. Of all the arguments against working for a large company, that is the one that holds the most water.
The opportunities, for me, far outweigh any drawbacks. I enjoy working in a large, global organization because they have significant resources and a myriad of opportunities available to the ambitious. The financial resources can be used to investigate in technologies not in the mainstream, get top of the line equipment to perform one's job, travel to locations the world over.
As for being an insignificant, small, itty bitty cog in a big machine, keep in mind that the disruption of the one cog throws the large machine out of whack. The little cog's ability to have an impact is limited only by the little cog's imagination. The little cog can have a big impact by overachieving, by over delivering on projects, by adding creativity to solutions, by being a team player that helps the team achieve more than expected, by seeding new ideas. In fact, the best way to ensure you are employable in a large or small company is to not be an average employee.
In my current position, I interact with people from all over the world on a daily basis. I get to work with Indians in India, Italians in Italy, Swiss and German in Switzerland. I have had the opportunity to travel to all three of those countries on business something that would be impossible in a small company with limited resources. Though I have not availed myself of the opportunity to move to a new State in the US or to another country for work, those opportunities do exist. They exist because large, international corporations have roots that draw sustenance from the most fertile lands in the North and South and East and West whereas, small companies root systems are limited by lack of resources.
Widening my exposure to the world by interacting with other cultures is important to me because I grow as a person. So, for me, the ideal company as my employer is a large, international, multinational corporation.
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