> Over time, I began to notice a direct correlation between the size of a company and the amount of infighting it generates. Apple was markedly worse than Roblox or HP; those, in turn, were far worse than mid-sized companies, which themselves were far removed from the relative simplicity of startups.
Mirrors my experience pretty much exactly. When companies get large enough they effectively become crucibles of competition within themselves, just like an any other market place. Your team is either growing or it's on the verge of being cut.
Somewhere around the 1k-2k employee mark is when it feels like knowing everybody at the company becomes impossible. Beyond that you're no longer surrounded by teammates and people you know, instead everybody is just the competition.
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> Over time, I began to notice a direct correlation between the size of a company and the amount of infighting it generates. Apple was markedly worse than Roblox or HP; those, in turn, were far worse than mid-sized companies, which themselves were far removed from the relative simplicity of startups.
Mirrors my experience pretty much exactly. When companies get large enough they effectively become crucibles of competition within themselves, just like an any other market place. Your team is either growing or it's on the verge of being cut.
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share reportSomewhere around the 1k-2k employee mark is when it feels like knowing everybody at the company becomes impossible. Beyond that you're no longer surrounded by teammates and people you know, instead everybody is just the competition.
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