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Chennai Dental Hospital — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:32:00 +0000

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By: ADAIDM

ADAIDM — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:40:15 +0000

The economy sure changes things. In this day and age, anyone who has a job, period, is lucky, no matter if the company is large or small or even on the verge of bankruptcy. I was working at a dental practice for sale, and glad to have the job, until the company finally went under. Now? Freelancing is the best way to make money. Not quite an entrepreneur per se, but still my own boss.

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brip blap » Blog Archive » Consulting — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:21:47 +0000

[...] So when I sit down and do the mental math, consulting beats traditional employment. I have a lot of trouble with my consulting company. Some of the marketing people who identify clients are intolerable, and one of them is simply a bad person who I can’t tolerate. But until I finally work up the gumption to go it alone (and I will, eventually) it’s not a bad way to live. I view my current consulting company as a good stepping stone to the life I plan to live, where I will have no-one but myself in the corporate chain of command. Then I will be both the intern and the CEO. [...]

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By: Scot Herrick

Scot Herrick — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:12:38 +0000

The key theme in these 17 comments is: it depends. It depends upon the current manager and culture in the big corporation. It depends on how expansive or limited opportunities are in the small business.

Without the data in front of me, the largest variables in job satisfaction have to do with the person's manager and whether the employee believes the work they are doing makes a difference.

If you take those two criteria, the frame becomes: where do I consistently find good managers and does the work I do right now make a difference?

That can be both large and small companies.

Large companies re-org more frequently, so the manager criteria is more problematic. In small companies, a bad manager is a bad manager and there is less ability to maneuver to fine a good manager. The work you do contributes? Large or small, it is dependent upon culture.

I just don't think this is about size of company, having your own company, or whether it is a small company.

The criteria is: manager effectiveness and engagement in the work.