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Should I go to a big factory or a small company during the graduation season?

I believe that many people will be more painful when choosing a large or small company. People outside want to enter, and people inside want to get out. As for choosing a large or small company

This is different from person to person, different stages can have different choices

It is not necessarily right to enter a large factory, and it is not necessarily wrong to enter a small company. To learn things and gain experience, you still have to rely on yourself. The company just provides a suitable platform

If you can create value, then stay, if you cannot create value, then leave. the internet is like that

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Dachang

High salary, good benefits, high risk resistance

Many people have the impression of big factories that they have high wages, decent work, good benefits, endless snacks and tea every day, and even three free meals, which is very superior

All of them have an annual salary of one million. It is undeniable that in a large factory, the salary is higher than that of a small company, but it also depends on the specific job position and rank. Big factories have a rank division.

Not all employees in large factories have high wages. Some positions, such as: administrative personnel, HRBP, finance, etc., there is no discrimination in the occupation of the position, the ceiling is so high

Generally speaking, which business team of the company brings more benefits to the company, then the salary of the team members will be relatively higher, and the right to speak will be greater

Non-core business corner departments, as auxiliary, will be cut off bit by bit when the company's profitability is sluggish

In the past few years, many Internet companies like to engage in middle office, which is very popular and empowers various departments of the company.

Some departments that are separated from the profitable business, you will find that in the past few years, they have been slowly diluted and dissolved

Now it is more about small team operations, as soon as possible, can reduce cross-departmental communication between teams, and reduce it.

It is more that the teams of various departments can be independent, create value independently, and bring income to the company, rather than internal friction with each other

Seven or eight rounds of entry interviews, several months, and a few minutes for handover after resignation

Standardized workflow and abundant resources

Compared with small companies, large companies have a relatively complete system and can systematically improve themselves. You can see how those powerful bosses work, how to allocate company resources, and how teams work across departments.

A product, from product research, requirements review, front-end and back-end development, testing, joint debugging, online, and how colleagues in the department work as a team

Some people say that a big company is just a screw, and a small company can grow rapidly. This is relative. In terms of development, the team in a big company also needs to be independent. Sometimes, you may only Doing a relatively simple part, it's just someone carrying the weight for you

Generally speaking, if a company wants to set up a project, then the project is from top to bottom, specific to a certain person, and each person's division of labor and responsibilities are different

The top-level bears the success and failure of the project, and the risk recognized by the boss

The middle-level is responsible for communicating, sorting out business, and deploying employees

The front-line employees at the bottom are responsible for the specific execution and implementation.

A module or a system will be in charge of by a classmate, everyone has their own tasks, and they need to be responsible to the end, otherwise it will affect the progress

In a small company, you may need to do everything, and finally find that you can’t do anything well. Some things you are not familiar with can’t be made up in three or two days. It is very important to divide the boundaries of work tasks.

If you do the front-end work, then you should do the front-end work and interface with the back-end. Don’t take on the back-end work. I don’t know how to do it myself, and I’m not familiar with it. I also say that I can write and do it.

In today's Internet companies, the division of labor is very detailed . For those who do not have a detailed division of labor, they will write about the front-end and the back-end later, unless they are technical experts who have been working on the front-end and back-end for many years.

Otherwise, this is digging a hole for yourself. Now companies are all about division of labor and teamwork. Whatever you are good at, do what you are good at, do tasks, and do things. You must have a sense of boundaries

The company is very taboo about talents who know everything and are ambiguous, and basically won't let him take on big responsibilities.

Why Byte is called an APP factory, as long as one thing comes out, the replication ability of the big factory is very strong

Take a look at the chatGPT in 2023, you can see the degree of competition of the large models of various companies. The most important thing for a big factory is talent. The assembly ability is very strong

An app can be produced in as little as a week from research, development, testing, and launch. Large manufacturers have a lot of resources and trial and error costs. Among many products, if one of them can be released, it will be fine.

In small companies, many agreements are verbal, and some do not output any requirements documents, prototypes, requirements reviews (whether the business is reasonable), whether the technology can be realized

Just a word, no matter what technology you use, anyway, I just want to achieve

In a large factory, any requirements and functions need to be reviewed, and product managers, technical managers, and testing, front-end and back-end, and operations will all participate together.

Starting from the demand background and commercialization goals, the person in charge of each module will express their opinions and confirm that there is no problem and it can be executed. Then, everyone can execute it according to the agreed time.

In big factories, there will be a certain buffer time for you to sort out, but it will not be too long. From development, joint debugging, testing, to online, there will be some time, and it needs to be completed within the specified cut-off time.

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Dachang Gold Plating

I think this is one of the most important reasons why many people choose a big factory.

Although going to a big factory is also a part-time job, but having such a period of experience, it is more for me to see how a big factory company makes money, what is the work process of a big factory, and how an enterprise makes money

How does it work? Although I may just make some leftovers in the company, the company will continue to operate after I leave, and I can't stay in a big factory for a lifetime, but the experience in a big factory will undoubtedly increase my career. curriculum vitae

For example, when two people apply for a job, one person has worked in "BAT" with multiple work experiences, and the other has worked in a company whose name has never been heard before, and all of them are small companies with dozens of people.

The recruiter is definitely inclined to the first partner, because you have been in "BAT", it is equivalent to "BAT" has helped to do the screening, just like those who can go to byte, can stay for three to five years, There must be two brushes

It's not that every employee in a big factory is very good, some are great and some are mediocre, but the chances of getting good employees from a big company are higher

It is undeniable that many big factories and famous enterprises like to go to 985 and 211 colleges and universities to recruit, because the college entrance examination has already done a layer of screening. Relatively speaking, their learning ability and quality are better than those of ordinary schools. students should be strong

Of course, it does not mean that there are no excellent and powerful people in general schools, but it takes a lot of effort and energy to get into some good companies at the same time.

Disadvantages of big factories:

(1) high pressure

The pressure of large factories is usually relatively high. From time to time, it is reported on the Internet that some employees of large factories often work overtime due to excessive work pressure, and then what kind of news, right, every year

Some people say that working in a big factory is very leisurely, as long as you go in, you can sleep peacefully.

An owner of a large factory said: " If you want to get an annual salary of one million, each of these people has an indicator of tens of millions."

When a small team of dozens of people sit together for a meeting, the annual target is to give the company an output value of several thousand w. It is conceivable that the pressure from top to bottom is not small

Just like a small front-end and back-end development team with more than a dozen people, if the average salary is 20,000 per person, the monthly expenditure alone will cost 200,000 in labor costs. In a year, several million expenditures are needed

Behind the high salary and high benefits, there must be a lot of pressure. If you can't finish it, leave

Therefore, in general, companies will optimize their teams to varying degrees at the beginning, middle, and end of the year , and generally start with those with high wages and high replaceability. Because the cost is too high

Therefore, the mobility of Internet technical talents is relatively high, so it is not difficult to understand. Some companies frequently recruit and replace people, in essence, they want to reduce costs . Strong sex, great mobility

( 2) Difficulty in promotion

It is usually more difficult to be promoted in a big factory. After all, one radish and one hole, if you get mixed up in the leadership of a big factory, it is impossible to leave at will. For the airborne executives, there are some, unless the company is very dissatisfied with the current one, otherwise, it will not change blood at will

If you want to be promoted in a big factory, you must first understand one word: that is "boil!"

(3) Dead Sea Effect

Large factories are also prone to the Dead Sea effect

To explain this term a little bit, that is, some excellent employees left angrily due to some unreasonable things in the company, and some ordinary employees would not find it easy to find a better job if they wanted to leave, so they chose to continue to endure Leave

After a long time, people with average ability became leaders, and those with ability couldn't bear this situation. As a result, the company slowly became a dead sea

This dead sea effect exists. Those who have worked in large factories or medium-sized companies have this experience to some extent. Ali has invested hundreds of millions in listed companies. The company has more than 3,000 people, and the scale is not bad.

Then when the requirements were reviewed, a bunch of old employees gave feedback that the prototype drawing was not good-looking, and all kinds of unreasonable...

After a long time and many times, people want to escape...

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small company

profit:

I was deeply poisoned by a small company, and I didn't expect the "benefits" of a small company for a while

But if you think about it carefully, there are still advantages, such as the following:

(1) Easier to reach the rights center

Large factories are usually system-oriented, while small companies are people-oriented.

In small companies to reach the center of rights, there are two paths

If you have not been working for a long time, then you can show your talents to your heart's content and let the boss discover you. Reach the right center with your abilities

If you are already a veteran in the workplace and have accumulated a certain amount of funds, then you can talk to your boss directly about cooperation and become a partner. Get to the right center with your capital

(2) Be able to work according to your own ideas

This is also a reality. Small companies are usually easier to delegate power than large companies. After all, technical freedom

If you want to have your own ideas in a big company, you often need to go through layers of approval. But small companies are different. In many cases, as long as you can convince the boss or management with reason and evidence, then the future things can be carried out according to your ideas.

Disadvantages:

(1) Unprofessional ability

It's normal for a small company to be unprofessional. Sometimes a "product director" doesn't even know what the product manager does. There are many things that I have to ask the younger brother how to do and how to carry it out.

Usually this is the leader who stayed in the company for a few years, worked in the business for a few years, and then adjusted the organization and became a "product director". Anyway, it is all due to myself, and it is not done. That's the brother's fault

You still expect him to take you? Don't have an accident and let you take the blame, it's good...

(2) The system is not perfect

Here is an example, some small companies have meetings all day long, and then the boss talks for five hours alone, including 30 minutes of business, and the remaining four and a half hours, talking about life, philosophy, Mao Zedong Thought, and Deng Xiaoping Theory, chatting about homework, chatting about gossip

All kinds of bragging things are not done like this. How did they do it in the previous company?

During a meeting, the room is full of people standing, but when it comes to real work, only those few people

I don't know if anyone has had the same experience...

in conclusion

So, if you are new to the workplace, I recommend you to go to a big factory 10,000 times. You can not only acquire solid basic skills, but also get the trust and endorsement of a big factory

Try to enter a large Chinese factory before the age of 30, because it will be much more difficult to go after 30+ .

Some people are very skilled, but restricted by age, education, EQ, etc., their luck is not so good. As a result, they have been depressed and frustrated.

If you are after the age of 30, when you have the ability or capital, you can try to be a partner in a small company

Or simply be independent and capable, and develop products by yourself. If you have technology, connections, and ideas, then start a career.

In short, whether you choose a large company or a small company, no matter what, it will be condensed into experience, which will eventually make people grow