23 Reasons Why It Sucks Working For A Big Company

Working for a big company, or an MNC, has its perks. It also has a downside. I personally don’t prefer such establishments so much. Let me elaborate why. Here are 23 reasons why it sucks working for a big company:

1. Timings – Strangely, it’s a problem if you arrive even a minute late, but it’s no problem when you spend 8 hours extra or leave at 4 in the morning.
   
2. Holidays – Are we back in school that we write letters and get approvals for leaves? And only an idiot could’ve made the rule that adds Saturday and Sunday as holidays too if you take a leave on Friday and Monday.
   
3. Dress Code – I want to be comfortable when I work. I want to wear shorts. I want to take off my slippers. But I can’t do that because I’m not wearing any shorts and my slippers are at home. It’s tough to take off a suit, and frankly, too much effort.
   
4. Hierarchy – Again, are we back in school that we have to refer to our seniors as Sir and Madam like we used to call out our teachers?
   
   
5. Politics – A wise politician was once asked why did he leave his comfortable MNC job and he said this “There was too much politics going on there…”
   
   
6. Policies – Companies have more policies than the nation of India. Be it regarding leaves, late coming, dress codes, internet, etc. There are just way too many of it, more than half of which are usually not followed.
   
   
7. Rules – Don’t eat at your desk. Don’t click pictures. Don’t make noise. Because this is a concentration camp.
   
   
8. Taxes – The bigger the company the bigger the amount of tax that’ll be cut from your salary. PF would be compulsory, gratuity will mature only after 5 years and taxation overall will be a bitch.
   
   
9. The Corporate Feel – It sucks. Plain and simple. I don’t want to head into a block of concrete and work as a suit wearing slave.
   
   
10. Meetings – The favourite pastime of senior management. A meeting for anything and everything. A junior took a dump twice in the same day? Let’s hold a 4 hour long meeting.
    
    
11. Processes – What’s with all the paperwork and processes, man? I know it’s a required when the size of a company grows but it’s such a pain in the ass and what a royal waste of everyone’s time.
    
    
12. Restrictions – You can’t browse the Internet. You can’t log on to Facebook or Twitter. GOD! As if I don’t have a smartphone with me and I can’t do these things otherwise! Also, you can't smoke lest you start a fire!
    
    
13. Locations – Have you noticed how these new and upcoming places are all outside the city? Be it Gurgaon, ITPL, Hinjewadi, Navi Mumbai; it’s all lifeless.
    
    
14. Culture – What culture? You can’t overshadow the hours of slavery we all put in by making a stupid Rangoli!
    
    
15. Intolerance – These places are so strict that even if you crack a sexist joke, they’ll probably fire you. It’s a joke for heaven’s sake.
    
    
16. Comfort Zones – What’s up with these? I know it sounds good that you got bean bags and beds. But we all know what it’s actually for. You want us to work day AND night. Wait. I should get my bags and move into the office.
    
    
17. Non-Existence – In a pool of 1500 people, nobody knows your name.
    
    
18. Morning Rituals – The worst part of the day is in the morning when you feel like a labour when you swipe/punch your card to let the machines know you have arrived.
    
    
19. HR – A job that can be done by monkeys. Plain and simple.
    
    
20. Creativity Killer – Restriction is the key. Do you job and nothing else. That’s the mantra. Creativity is for junkies.
    
    
21. Foreign Influence – When foreigners come and take a dig and tell you how amazing you guys are. We are just doing double the work in half the time for half the money. What do they understand?
    
    
22. Skill Murderer – Time to make the learning curve go down.
    
    
23. Humanity – Thanks to all the politics and the cut-throat competition, you forget you are human.