Is it better to be a cashier in a big company? How about working as an accountant in a small company?

In fact, this is a career planning problem, which can also be understood as

Going to a big company or a small company after employment? PS: First of all, we should be clear about our position, whether we are fresh graduates or have worked in the society for 3~5 years, or have known something about our industry.

1. First of all, let's analyze the advantages and disadvantages of working in large and small companies and the impact on job-hopping in the future:

The division of jobs in large companies is detailed, and most of them only need to do their own jobs well, so they can train people professionally, but they don't know much about cross-job skills unless the company arranges job rotation opportunities. The work experience of a big company usually makes people easily recognized when they change jobs. Many people require working experience in a big company when they are doing management. Large companies are more suitable for people with high academic qualifications and stable lives.

Small companies are sparrows. Although small and comprehensive, but there is no clear job responsibilities, you have to do everything yourself. Although they work hard, they can learn more and adapt to the environment when they change jobs, but small companies are usually not well-known, which is not conducive to your work ability being recognized when you change jobs. Small companies are more suitable for people who like entrepreneurship and challenges. Yes, large companies usually have a clear division of labor and clear processes, and it is easy to train themselves into professionals. In addition, large companies have more money, and individuals are more likely to survive on the platform of large companies, but they cannot grow because there are too many levels of large companies. Small companies are mixed, some will grow into future industry overlords, but some will close down within three years. Small companies have no clear division of labor, no one to give career guidance, and everything has to be solved by themselves, so they are often easy to become problem solvers, but they are not professional enough.

Second, the big company career planning case:

1, the troubles of big companies

Xiao Huo graduated from a famous university in Shanghai and studied mechanical engineering for four years. After graduation, I was able to enter this large state-owned enterprise through layers of screening and interviews. At that time, he was young and warm-blooded, and he wanted to make great achievements in this mechanical field. He worked hard and got a pretty good job answer sheet six months after he joined the company, and the boss praised him even more. However, as a state-owned enterprise, the operation of business and technology is relatively fixed, so for Xiao Huo, who is already familiar with his work, such work intensity can not meet his strong thirst for knowledge and requirements for professional and technical practice. He wants to do more, which is a good thing. Actually, it is not. As a state-owned enterprise, there are some shortcomings in post setting. Everyone is stuck in one place and can't cross the line. Doing a good job is loyalty to the leader. If it goes beyond the range set by yourself, not only will the boss be dissatisfied and think that you are restless to do your own thing, but it will also attract strange eyes around you: "Boy, do you want to please the boss or take my job?" ! "Xiao Huo discovered this" strange circle "only after one or two failed attempts. What is even more helpless is that there is no discussion on seniority. In the next year or two, all of them are "mistresses". Promotion is not measured by performance, but by the length of working hours. In desperation, Xiao Huo chose to spend the rest of his energy outside to "recharge himself" and spontaneously learn more knowledge to enrich himself. In fact, his real idea is to read a good book, accumulate more experience, and then jump ship to other big foreign companies in a year or two. To put it bluntly, he regards his current job as a "springboard" for job hunting-although this is not Xiao Huo's original intention.

Comments: In the company, employees who usually complain are the least liked by the boss, and may even be "fired". Because they always see other people's mistakes and shortcomings, they attribute a setback or failure in their work to colleagues' uncooperative or even boss's criticism, and never review and reflect on themselves. Of course, there is no such thing as learning from experience. Such employees not only do nothing in their posts, but once they encounter some setbacks, they will also greatly affect the working mood of their colleagues around them in words and actions, and fall into a state of loss, anxiety and negativity, which is unacceptable to a company.

2, marking time in big companies

Miss Liu used to work in a large-scale beauty salon in Pudong, Shanghai. Two years' experience has made her take shape. The boss also hopes that she can continue to work hard and be promoted to a beautician as soon as possible. At this time, an opportunity appeared in front of Miss Liu-a Sino-foreign joint-venture cosmetics company was ready to go all out to enter the beauty market in Shanghai, and it was urgent to recruit two salesgirls who knew more about the business and had certain skills. Fortunately, Miss Liu got the job. Although the company's development in Shanghai has just started, it has a good reputation in Beijing and many big cities, so Miss Liu is also very happy to get this job. Four years have passed, and the branches in Shanghai have gradually grown, and they can also occupy a place in the current beauty industry. It can be said that such brilliant achievements cannot be separated from Miss Liu, the pioneer of opening the DPRK. Now she should have a good position in the company and be rewarded and promoted by the boss, right? No, to the surprise of others and myself, Miss Liu is still in her original post. In the past four years, her colleagues who joined the company at the same time have either been promoted early or their wings have grown, leaving for a better company, and only she has stayed in the same place. Of course, she is full of puzzles and doubts-"Why? I've worked hard for so many years and devoted myself to my work and company. Why haven't I had a chance to get promoted? I did what my boss asked me to do, didn't tell my little sister a little secret, and didn't do anything that violated the company's regulations. If I had been in my old beauty salon, I would have been promoted two years ago. Why? "

Comments: A young lady who once worked hard with Miss Liu and is now the director of the promotion department gave some reasons after listening to her difficulties. It turns out that Miss Liu's work attitude of "only caring about her own snow and not sweeping others' tiles with frost" is no longer a suitable work attitude. She runs on the track given by her boss year after year, without learning or breaking through, and will soon fall behind in the highly competitive beauty industry. Her business experience is very valuable, but without innovative and breakthrough work attitude, how can she undertake the work of managing others?

Three, the small company career planning case

1, the whirlpool of small companies

Xiaoli used to be an office clerk in a state-owned enterprise. She was very dissatisfied with the way she read newspapers all day and founded a guild. When she was young, she wanted to learn more, so she jumped into a private paper company and became the office director. For Xiaoli, this is a new attempt. The salary given by the boss is not low, which is more than twice the original salary, but over time, various problems and contradictions have surfaced. In the office under her jurisdiction, except herself, all the others are relatives of the boss. One is the boss's niece and the other is the boss's cousin. It can be said that these two people are given for nothing. The little girl paints fashion magazines all day, but typing a document is full of typos. Asking my cousin to deliver documents always requires three invitations and four reminders, and it is common to be late and leave early. It's nothing that all the office work falls on Xiaoli alone. Because the family composition in the company is too strong, Xiaoli always has to worry about complicated interpersonal relationships. Moreover, because the company's various systems are unclear, Xiaoli has been wearing several hats, and personnel and finance are not in her charge. Sometimes she goes to meet customers as a trade representative and makes a guest appearance in business negotiations. What is even more puzzling is that the company has implemented a flexible working system, which should have been a good thing, but it has led to the trend of other employees coming early and leaving late in front of the boss. By the end of the year, the average enterprise will give employees a raise or reward according to their performance in the past year. In Xiaoli's company, there is no reward mechanism and no one comes to inspect her work performance. The generous welfare promised by the company has become a dead letter. As for the chance of promotion, it is even more ridiculous. Key positions in the company are controlled by relatives or cronies of the boss. The nepotism between the management of small companies is dominant. Unless they leave and make room, there is no room for promotion at all. After staying in such a company for a long time, Xiaoli feels indescribable tired.

Fortunately, at the beginning of this year, the boss's son returned from studying business administration abroad and joined the company. He made great reforms as soon as he took office. Formulated many rules and regulations on personnel, welfare and rewards, dismissed many incompetent family members, and let Xiaoli see the hope of the company. Otherwise, she will definitely leave again.

Comments: A good enterprise should have a clear organizational structure, and professional managers should be used to promoting the enterprise through the organizational structure. In large companies, the division of labor among departments is relatively clear, and the connection and communication between departments are also well done. Sometimes, in a small company, it is common for a person to have several jobs under the condition of unclear job responsibilities, and it is common to drive ducks to the shelves at critical times. If your small company continues to implement "team decision-making, family supervision and parental responsibility system", which leads to various problems in the enterprise, you may wish to consider your own way out. In this case, either submit to humiliation or the best policy.

2. Passers-by of small companies

Xiao Chen is a graduate of Information College of a key university. In the year of graduation, like many classmates, he struggled for his job in the talent market. Finally, he got two Offer, one is the technical support of a famous IT company, and the other is the technical director of a private enterprise. To tell the truth, Xiao Chen hesitated for a long time in these two jobs. Big companies have the advantages of big companies, but the brothers who are also doing technical support there shake their heads in the bottom work of teaching customers how to use software every day. Going to a small company always feels a little condescending. What finally made Xiao Chen decide to go to a small private enterprise was the warm welcome attitude of the general manager of that unit. The general manager always smiles and says, "Xiao Chen, the company's information technology system will be perfected by you, which makes Xiao Chen feel enthusiastic and has great ambitions for the company. But it backfired. After going to work, Xiao Chen hoped that the general manager could provide further details about what he wanted the computer system to do and whether he wanted to program the payroll function into the system, but the other party was always vague. Finally, the general manager took him to an empty office, pointed to the big cardboard box on his desk and said, "There is a computer in it. Can be installed and can be played with. "

Xiao Chen opened the carton and saw that it was a small personal computer. Xiao Chen gently explained the limitations of this small and slow computer to the general manager. He thinks this computer is not suitable for complicated statistical analysis and high-speed data processing, but the general manager told him that due to the limitation of liquidity, the company can't buy a mainframe at present, so it can only be used as a project. Finally, Xiao Chen worked out a salary settlement program with that microcomputer. After finishing this job, he jumped to another computer software development company.

Comments: In the sense of modern management, a good enterprise organization often has a perfect enterprise system, rich human resources and hardware development resources. Compared with large companies, small companies have a more serious problem besides the confusion in system and personnel, that is, the shortage of resources. In a big company, enjoying the cool under a big tree has an intangible reputation, tangible office conditions, welfare insurance and training opportunities. The problem of small companies is lack of resources. Therefore, if an individual's talent and ability are limited by the conditions of a small company, he may wish to re-plan his career expectations, make full use of the existing resources of the enterprise to maximize the play, or find suitable opportunities to give full play to his talents.

Fourth, the size of the company.

In fact, "big company" is a vague concept. What kind of company can be called "big"? Everyone will have their own different judgment standards. In my opinion, the so-called "big companies" are enterprises and companies listed in the world's top 500. In such a large company, there are relatively mature and systematic operation modes, long-term corporate culture, perfect management system and strategic decision-making level ... Especially in the training of company employees, there is a systematic and reasonable development plan tailored for everyone, which is often long-term. It is for this reason that the salary offered by large companies in recruitment is usually not very high, generally slightly higher than the market average. On the contrary, small companies have begun to take shape, so in order to quickly enhance their image and further develop, they are likely to offer higher attractive salaries to attract and recruit talents. However, due to the lack of systematic management mode and operational experience, companies often ignore the training and re-development of employees after taking office. Therefore, in terms of employee training, large companies are "looking at the long term" and small companies are "aiming at the present".

The choice of verb (verb abbreviation) "big" and "small"

At present, there are two job-hunting mentality: one is to go to work in a big company, why? Good treatment and welfare; One is to start a business in a small company, because it is usually "screws and nails" in a big company, and it is difficult to improve quickly in a short time. Small companies are different, and personnel transfer is more flexible. Moreover, the entrepreneurial experience of "wearing several hats" there may become an advantage in holding a high position in a big company in the future. In fact, these two ideas are incomplete. In the choice of big companies and small companies, the most important thing is to look at your future career.

If you are ambitious and want to do something according to your ideal, it is wise to choose a small company, so that you can get in touch with different work fields and encounter various problems that may be encountered in starting a business. All this can be an exercise and tempering of one's own ability, and also leave valuable reference experience for one's future efforts. On the contrary, if you are an office worker who yearns for a white-collar life, then a job in a big company will be more suitable. Some college students who are new to the workplace may think that after working hard in a small company for a few years, and then jumping to a big company with this experience, they can do management directly instead of starting from the bottom. In fact, this understanding is a misunderstanding. Because each company has its own management concept and operation mode, especially between large companies and small companies, this difference is more obvious. Because the company's philosophy and market pursuit are different, such work experience may not be mechanically copied. Therefore, only by recognizing your career orientation can you find a direction that suits you. There is no absolute difference between "big" and "small".

Ps: Whether it is a big company or a small company, everyone has their own goals and ideas, and they all have their own suitable direction. What suits you is the best. ?