• Unaware7013@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    A smaller company means smaller salary and bigger potential to have to fill in the cracks as management decides to not backfill.

    I moved from a 10 person map to a hundreds of employees map/hosting provider and doubled my pay for minimal extra work. My team isn’t much bigger than my previous team, but I don’t have to work nearly as hard being a JOAT vs staying in my lane and passing off stuff that’s out of my primary knowledge domain.

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      1 year ago

      I had quite the opposite experience: my last job was for a big company (800+ employees) I had a shitton of work with the downside of being extremely repetitive and alienating, just a small cog inside a huge machine.
      Now it’s just me and my boss. Of course I’m a JOAT and I have more responsibilities, but that makes the work way less boring and I feel more appreciated for what I do every day. I earn a little more than before and I have the upside of having learned many new skills that make me a more valuable asset on the work market.
      I’m aware that not all kinds of job allow you to do this, tho.