It’s my last day of work and thought this post would be fitting. Enjoy!
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Originally posted on August 24, 2011
As a person with a work history mostly at small non-profits, I have noticed that things in Corporate America look a little bit different.
You know you work for a big corporation when…
- You wander around for 5 minutes after work trying to remember where you parked your car that morning.
- You don’t work in a building; you work on a campus.
- Your office location is 6 digits/letters long, with designations for building, floor, wing and hallway.
- You don’t know what 99.995% of the people do who work there.
- There are thousands of people working at the same company you’ll never even see, much less meet.
- Your campus has its own coffee shop, cafeteria, fitness room and conference center.
- You have co-workers in 12 different countries.
- There’s a person for everything. (No odd jobs here!)
- The marketing department actually has (and uses!) a brand manual and AP style handbook.
- Rebranded assets include company cars, conference rooms and hallway signage.
- There are indoor walkways connecting each building.
- You have 7 different bosses (did you get the memo?).
- Your company has its own softball league, no outside participants needed.
- You need a security badge just to go to the bathroom.
Do you work for a big corporation? Any insights you’d like to share?
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