Ups, if this is you take away, then I've done something wrong.
Let me correct that: The order of columns in an index matters, not the order of conditions in the where clause.
If you have an index on <companyId, userId>, and you query with a userID only, that index wont be used. But if the index was <userId, companyId> then that index would be used. Or if you supplied both userId and companyId in your query, then either index would work.
Surprisingly, it could be used in some circumstances, just not for the regular seek.
If the index is small (compared to the base table), the DBMS may decide to perform a full index scan (instead of the full table scan), especially if your SELECT list doesn't contain columns which are not in the index.
And Oracle can employ so called "skip scan" if it realizes that the number of distinct companies is small. This is essentially a separate seek under each distinct company.
where id in (select id from company)
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