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"Just a quick question to all you folk, after reading the thread on sharing hotel rooms i just wondreded if you think is best to work for a: Small family run company?? OR Blue Chip Company?? i own a small company and THINK !!!! all my employees are well treated, well paid, and happy at work. "for me, it's a small company i am not one for running to set protocols, i need somewhere i can spread my wings to get the optimum long-term outcome we all see each other as people not just colleagues and all mix in to get the job done some have come and gone, but most stay round i've been with this company 11 years and in this sector that's almost heading for a guinness world record ! | |||
"Just a quick question to all you folk, after reading the thread on sharing hotel rooms i just wondreded if you think is best to work for a: Small family run company?? OR Blue Chip Company?? i own a small company and THINK !!!! all my employees are well treated, well paid, and happy at work. "In my experience a small company is by far the better work environment. | |||
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"Civil service. Apparently we are all workshy layabouts who take longterm sick for an ingrowing toenail, get paid pots of cash, have job security for life and then a gold plated pension at the end. (PS I'm being sarcastic!) "cool... i start in 10 days time.... | |||
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I feel there is not much chance of that happening in a blue chip company BUT i may be wrong as i have now been doing this for 24 years..... Not sure what being an employee is like anymore.
But the interaction with the lads is why i love my job !!!  | |||
"The company I worked for (the same one that I discussed on the room sharing thread) is a multi-million pound business but when I joined them 17 years ago I was it's 5th employee and the two guys who owned the business then were ex-BT time served engineers and kenw the problems engineers faced. They also knew that a well paid workforce was a stable workforce and we earned well in those years. Unfortunately time catches up with everyone and those two lovely old men retired and sold the business to the younger third director, who, once he gained full control of the company, changed it into what it is today. Sure it's a bigger company, but it's by no means a better company." I feel its always the same ..... the owners of small companies know the job inside out!!!! once that goes it just becomes a money making machine its why they get bought over!!!! | |||
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"From a bosses point of _iew.... I can interact with the lads, understand what they want & need. and then hopefully where possible make sure the things happen. from there point of _iew "I FEEL" they can talk to me knowing if they need anything i will try and help out. My foreman will come into the office and spend his days off chatting and discussing work for hours !!! i feel its a good sign of a good working relationship between us.
I feel there is not much chance of that happening in a blue chip company BUT i may be wrong as i have now been doing this for 24 years..... Not sure what being an employee is like anymore.
But the interaction with the lads is why i love my job !!! "Sounds great, can I have a job please | |||
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"I used to work for a very large, extremely successful multi national company which promoted its self as the premier choice with our industry,,,, ( A claim accepted as being totally valid by most of our competitors) Working for that company was an absolute pleasure in every regard,,,,,,,, Until we merged with one of our competitors who previously promoted themselves as the cost effective budget provider within our industry,,,,,, Thankfully the terms of my employment contract were ring fenced for five years from the date of merger,,,,, during which time the new company promoted its self as the world largest provider of service with our industry…. Luckily I was able to retire at the end of my five year ring-fenced term having watched the terms and conditions of my colleagues contracts eroded to a level where they now resented the company we then worked for…. "Sounds very familiar, hear the same thing time and time again, the main reason being is that most companies already run on very tight budgets, so the only way a new boss can actually improve dividends for his share holders is to cut costs and the easiest way to cut costs is... you got it, wages and pensions. We have a thing called TUPE which is supposed to protect workers in take overs which it does but only for 90 days. What is the point of that! | |||
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"I used to work for a small blue chip company that i left four years ago. Small companies give you lots of role exposure and the opertunity to see actual growth. Howver the hr policies or lack of them made me leave. I currently work for a multi national, there are good things. Proper holidays, decent contracts. However there is an endless supply of red tape beurcracy. At moment i will stay but looking elsewhere to see what comes up "Same position here. Also so many managers, if a worker can't/won't do his job he's fired, if it a manager, they give him/her an assistant, or push them sideways. We had one manager off for 9 months with stress and they only came back so they could take their holidays. | |||
