Your company, does it matter to you?
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haventahybrid said:
The company you work for; does their revenue, size, reputation matter to you?
Almost in the opposite, many years ago I was a valued employee in a small company, this was acquired by a bigger company, which in turn was acquired by a huge multinational. There's no doubting their revenue, size and reputation but I'm now just a very small cog in a huge machine and don't feel anywhere near as valued as I once did. Reputation is important. Revenue, yeah they need to be making enough to keep moving forward and keep you employed but that's my only concern. Size isn't everything as they say 
That said being part of a very big company has brought its own benefits i.e. better pension, share scheme, decent pay, etc.
I work for a relatively small IT reseller and what I do has a direct bearing on the company's performance so I do care about financials (although I look at profit rather than revenue) and I very much care about their reputation too. It helps that I work with a great group of people and I love what I do!
Funk said:
Yipper said:
It matters a lot for men, whose status is usually defined by who they work for.
Say you work for Tom's Plumbers and people will secretly snigger. Say you work for Ferrari, even if you're just a poorly paid mechanic, and people will be wowed.
Yipper post = wrong.Say you work for Tom's Plumbers and people will secretly snigger. Say you work for Ferrari, even if you're just a poorly paid mechanic, and people will be wowed.
Yes it is overly generalized and people are all different - but some people do think that way - and I can understand that.
I find having to some brand clout handy in my industry.
Antony Moxey said:
Nope, only insomuch as it continues to exist and continues to pay my wages.
Yep this. Our place keep doing surveys and scratching their heads why people don't "live the values" and "rate the company" and "feel that we benefit the brand".They can't seem to understand that not everyone defines themselves by their job and cares about who they work for. Including senior highly paid people. I go in, do a good job, get paid well, f
k off home again. The rest I couldn't give a fk about.I think all are important to some degree some more than others. My job affects my happiness as I am there 8 hours a day 5 days a week, if I am not happy there I am hardly bouncing through the front door in the evening full of beans lol
Size for me in my type of job is important as it allows more flexibility to craft the role I want and also not have revenue targets directly associated with me (although I still have some). Size and revenue are generally coming hand in hand but understand some don't, on the whole one exists with the other though. Reputation? Really doesn't matter so much if the company operates in an industry that is not consumer facing - 99.9% of the people on here will never have heard of the company I work for so reputation in terms of what other people think, not that important, reputation in the industry amongst industry peers, yes maybe a bit more important.
Size for me in my type of job is important as it allows more flexibility to craft the role I want and also not have revenue targets directly associated with me (although I still have some). Size and revenue are generally coming hand in hand but understand some don't, on the whole one exists with the other though. Reputation? Really doesn't matter so much if the company operates in an industry that is not consumer facing - 99.9% of the people on here will never have heard of the company I work for so reputation in terms of what other people think, not that important, reputation in the industry amongst industry peers, yes maybe a bit more important.
haventahybrid said:
The company you work for; does their revenue, size, reputation matter to you?
No.What I want from the company I work for is to have my work respected and appreciated. Also training and advancement opportunities, but if I'm getting the first part right, these should follow.
Vocal Minority said:
Funk said:
Yipper said:
It matters a lot for men, whose status is usually defined by who they work for.
Say you work for Tom's Plumbers and people will secretly snigger. Say you work for Ferrari, even if you're just a poorly paid mechanic, and people will be wowed.
Yipper post = wrong.Say you work for Tom's Plumbers and people will secretly snigger. Say you work for Ferrari, even if you're just a poorly paid mechanic, and people will be wowed.
Yes it is overly generalized and people are all different - but some people do think that way - and I can understand that.
I find having to some brand clout handy in my industry.
My other half cares who she works for. Not the size, but the contribution they're making as an organization.
I work for a huge company in tech, but noone really knows the brand. I don't care, at all, other than welcoming the fact people don't know much about them, so don't quiz me on their products, or give opinions about how they do business.
So, for my sample of 2, only women care who they work for.
Vocal Minority said:
Funk said:
Yipper said:
It matters a lot for men, whose status is usually defined by who they work for.
Say you work for Tom's Plumbers and people will secretly snigger. Say you work for Ferrari, even if you're just a poorly paid mechanic, and people will be wowed.
Yipper post = wrong.Say you work for Tom's Plumbers and people will secretly snigger. Say you work for Ferrari, even if you're just a poorly paid mechanic, and people will be wowed.
Yes it is overly generalized and people are all different - but some people do think that way - and I can understand that.
I find having to some brand clout handy in my industry.
Look at how important the women that sell bags in Selfridges think they are etc etc etc.
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