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In my experience if the company is amazons size yes it is like that. Smaller family run companies treat their employees/prospective employees much better in my experience. It is not always the case but I from my direct experience it has been. I am so sorry this has happened to you.

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I somewhat agree, but I have had bad experiences at micro companies as well (companies under 75 employees)

My experience the sweet spot is privately held corporations above 200 employees below 1000-2000 employees. Privately held is a key part, all publicly traded companies suck IMO

Can confirm. I have spent some time trying all kinds, and below 2k, not public and preferably founder and majority shareholder as CEO is just perfect.

You have to focus on actual value, and empire-building is kept to a minimum.

I could not find any tech company like this. all these silicon valley startups just focus on IPO and getting a huge return from stock market.

I think a lot of it depends on management, their views, and what they prioritize. I, too, have had really good experiences at orgs between 150 and 850 employees, but that may partly be due to not having been there during "belt tightening" times.

I've also had some good experiences at bigger companies, but the issues tend to be different.

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