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SamClukkers · Lowered Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 774 Location: Belgium

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Kustombart · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:23 pm Post subject:

Hey Pimslet,

Even when I was in school, I didn't like the big companies. They are impersonal and very divided into departments. I did my "stages" (don't know what it's called in English) at Burton and Bart Ebben (small citroen specialist and dismantler). They didn't like it at school because they said the level of thinking in a small business is less than in big companies.

Bullcrap!

Just because there aren't millions of euros flying around doesn't mean that nobody thinks or cares. In fact, I have found that people in small businesses are far more devoted to quality and innovation.

The school made me choose one stage at a big company on one of their lists. I chose the Citroen Importer in Amsterdam. Ended up in the technical department, testdriving the then-new C8 and C3. It was great but confirmed my belief that my place is not in a big company.

If you feel like this, do not be put off your ideas by people saying that you are wrong. Not many people are suitable for work in a small company. Which is a good thing because otherwise, these companies wouldn't be small any more.
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Shedspeed · Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:52 pm Post subject:

I agree 100%.

I have worked for large companies in the retail sector and in the lesuire industry, they do not give a fuck about you as a person, if they could make you a slave they would, for them its all about £££$$$£££$$$ and nothing else, the companies are set up to destroy and break people to make them work and beleive in the company, I hate that, I work in a smal company with just 4 other guys, its great, we all know each other well and the boss knows us and understands us for real human beings with families and feelings, My mother works for huge retail store chain. They treat her like she is worthless and I cannot stand to see the way they use people and threaten them.
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Kustombart · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:29 am Post subject:

Lets take over the world and make everyone work in small companies. We will force happiness on the world.
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sivipas · Snailer Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 99

I agree on that. 3 years ago, I started my own small business (I'm a landscape architect). I am the only employee and I'll do my best to keep it that way (although I collaborate with many people). I do small projects, but most are projects I really like, have the freedom to express my creativity, and consequently I enjoy my work and feel happy when I'm in my office. I would never trade that for more money that my friends who work in large companies make.
It also seems to me that small companies in general think more than the large ones, because the chain of responsability is different. I can't actually afford to make a bad project, or to make a mistake I wouldn't correct. I'd be dead overnight. That is the advantage of working in large companies (at least in my proffesion) - it is easier to escape a mistake, whereas I have to face it, financially or otherwise. But it is the price I am willing to pay.

Pimslet · Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject:

hello,

I'm thinking the same than you.
Most of the student in my school want to earn lots of money. i'll just be laugthing at them, seeing them making a boring work for 40 years just to have money.
What i want is to be happy making my job and being able to do what i like.

Small compagnies are interresting because guys working in, have a lots of know how, and the lack of money face to big compagnies helps you to develop big knowledge and to find simple and cheap solution that ofen are same or better quality than complicated and expensive ones.

I made my 1st application in a small compagny building car prototye LMP2 for "les 24h du mans", it was wonderfull you can see everything, there was only a few employees and during the WE there we were 20 volunteers, coming just because they were fond of.

Hope that it will be the same in my end studies application, they seem to be quite cool, altrought that it is the best french motor compagny.
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