Autumn Marathon

Postcard from the Edge (3)

Our friend has left the small company where he started working just over a month ago.  He explains -

“Certainly, the adjustment from large IT products corporation to a small light manufacturing group was a big one.  There were lots of positives in the lack of red tape, the ability to work across functional lines and learn new skills.  However, in small business even more than in a corporation, you realize that your success depends on the owners’ and on your colleagues’ work.  It is a “partnership” in the true sense if not the legal meaning of that word.  And I quickly came to realize that the owners of this firm were not managing to ethical/legal standards that are very important to me and as a result they had not been able to attract class-A employees to the organization.  This was very disappointing since the industry is very promising and is an area for public/private investment under the Federal stimulus package.  We reached a point where I realized it would be either “fish or cut bait” and I decided to continue fishing in other waters.”