[tleb_]

I have trouble understanding how people work for such big companies. Of course if the scale is 1000 employees "the company" cannot care about you; it is an institution not a bunch of people anymore. There is no upper layer to blame, the structure and scale themselves are the culprit.

I decided against that and work in a small company. Work-life balance is nice, we are friends and we all care (at least some bit) about the company itself. That is, because "the company" is us.

[throwaway7ahgb]

Risk / Reward balance.

The place I work at is cut-throat. The company says that we are NOT a family, we are a team (Like professional baseball). Some people are better at other teams (Aka not fit for this company and get traded).

However they pay very well (Cash and benefits) and I can handle it. The people that cannot should work at places more like USPS or smaller shops.

[kcb]

This is worse than the typical family speal. I hope you realize it's just another tactic of the same manipulation. Trying to provide a sense of superiority to it's employees to justify working conditions. If you can't handle it, "go work at USPS" is especially telling.

[resource_waste]

The pay is absurdly good and the experience is literally worth $100/hr more than small businesses.