What is your criteria for selecting a company as your employer interms of company size, environment etc. I’m not asking about direct job related criteria (job responsibility) though. I want to change my job so looking for some advice.
**What should i observe in a company?? should I look for the similar things that I looked last time (see below)?? **
what is your experience, working in a corp or a giant?
what is your experience working for a small company?
A couple of the reasons, that made me decide working for my present employer were,
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its a small company of about 63-65 employees. so i thought that it would be easier for me to show my presence - more chances were that my upper mgmt would know what i was doing, how was I at my work.
And it worked. -
It was my first job so ofcourse not a Vice President sorta work but I was hired by my company’s CEO to work direct under him. And I thought of it as great opportunity. Ofcourse, when the company’s decision maker checks your work and really starts trusting you etc, its the best thing for your career growth. Getting promoted is easier. The VPs or big managers are not involved so less chances of office politics etc.
And it worked too.
So these things worked for me. I started getting big projects from the beginning and etc etc. Now I am considered to be an imp employee of this company.
A few things changed though - the CEO retired, the hierarchy chart was changed and there was a Dept. Mgr above me and a VP above us. I was told that the reason of my colleague to be promoted as a Dept. Mgr was her seniority (# of years) in this company. Ok. I feel that its ridiculous to promote someone on the bases of the numbers of years but not the quality of your work. I really don’t care whatever changes they make.
But my problem is that now my authority level is reduced (i work as a product mgr. I need certain authority to make certain decisions), am the victum of office politics (I’ve been given stupid stuff sometimes that stops me to work on the things that are more imp, now my work goes to upper mgmt via dept. mgr (yea, sometimes with the stamp of her name).
I talked to the new CEO and my VP - nothing has changed even though they promised. I am sure, they know what I mean but they don’t wanna change the things around - thats another story.
Overall, things are not that bad here but I don’t feel that am gonna get much chances here. I think, am in a hurry of going up & up.
Now I’m thinking of changing my job as I have some experience, I feel comfortable and ready to go up in the hierarchy, better salary or atleast away from the stupid politics.
Plz advice. Thanks.
… and am writing it while sitting in my office 
