▶ Your Answer : It is often said that working for a large congromerate is better than working for a small company. However, I firmly believe that small companies has two advantages that large ones do not possess. One is related to possibility to success and another is associated with the level of stress. To begin with, a smaller company gives people the chance to be promoted quickly. This is attributed to the fact that the smaller company is, the less number of competitive workers exist. With a great number of capable coworkers, people will have a difficulty in being paid attention by superiors. According to a study conducted by Seoul National University of Korea in 2009, there was a huge difference between two groups of employees in proportion with which they are promoted in company. Employees in a small company that had less than 50 employees got promoted two years earlier than those in a large company since they were recruited. The researchers showed that the major reason for this is that in a large company, there existed a huge amount of competition among numerous brilliant coworkers. Thus, an individuals could not easily get an opportunity to show one's ability. This implies that smaller companies can help employees get promoted more quickly than they expect. In addition, working for smaller companies enables people to live a healthy life. This is due to the fact that compared to a large company, a small one tends not to give stressful situation such as severe competition with coworkers and satisfying several superiors to go onto the upper position. These situations keep employees being exposed to the high level of stress. Moreover, stress is one of the main factors of diseases through weakening the immune system. According to a test conducted by University of California at Los angeles of the United States in 2001, a test on mice showed that life span was shortened when they regularly underwent a series of electric shocks. Interestingly, the researchers found a link between this and human beings who suffered from periodic stress. This experiment means that high stress levels coming from severe competition in a large company can cause employees' health condition to be damaged. Judged by this, working in a small company is better for people's health. In brief, given two choices to work for a large company or small company, I had better work for a small company without hesitation. This is because, it can be better for employees' health and give more opportunities to success. |