Anyone work in a tiny company?

[Rudey]

I don't mean 100 people...I mean like 4 or 5. Also it doesn't count if you work in a dentist's office or something like that

I'm trying to negotiate certain things but I feel stuck. I couldn't find topics on other message board about this so if anyone can relate let me know.

-Rudey

[AlphaFrog]

14...with 10 employees who are out in the field all day, and only 4 of us in the office.

[AOIIBrandi]

My last job was 4 people including me. I left because the other three were a Father (owner), his daughter, and her best friend since high school - yeah I had no hope of getting in with that crowd.

The one before that was 50 people, but like AlphaFrog 45 of them worked in the field all day and the owner considered them a necessary evil.

[33girl]

Before I was here, I did. Not only was it tiny, it was family owned. So if your experience is anything like mine, you're probably stuck.

[Rudey]

There seems to be no room for errors in these environments. The focus is always on you if something goes wrong.

Plus, there is no structure. You seem to leave in the middle of the day to play basketball or just take a day off but it gets confusing. Even if we're small, we have 2 offices and I'd like to be able to work out of the other one - even if it's part time.

Seriously this is the most difficult environment I could imagine working in. If anyone has any idea how to approach the office thing, let me know.

-Rudey

[adpiucf]

Lack of structure in the workplace is my number one pet peeve. In my experience, it indicates lack of long-term strategy.

[JenMarie]

Originally Posted by Rudey

There seems to be no room for errors in these environments. The focus is always on you if something goes wrong.

This is what I hated when I worked for my small company. Granted there were about 6 of us total on payroll, 3 of them were working a warehouse on print presses, one was out making deals and one was either locked in his office or running errands for the company.

So that left me alone in an unsecured office. I did have some strange customers and I was left alone to deal with them. It sucked.

And since I was the sole designer, all backlash came back to me. And if the market was slow there was NOTHING to do. I spent a lot of my time on Greekchat back then.

[mu_agd]

Originally Posted by Rudey

There seems to be no room for errors in these environments. The focus is always on you if something goes wrong.


-Rudey

The company I work for is only 3 people and I feel this way a lot.

I also find that I can't just get up and run an errand unless I say something because it is noticed very easily when I'm not at my desk.