Quote: (03-24-2014 02:08 PM)Alpha Hunter Zero Wrote:
The problem with startups is just that, they're startups. These companies are just starting out with little to no experience under their belt and clients are antsy about investing money and services into a company that's not yet ripe. On top of that there is never any guarantee that a new company won't go belly up. At least with a corporation you have a chance at some job security and hopefully saving up some serious money while gaining experience at the same time provided you want to start a company in a related field of work.
You bring up a good point. The startup I was working for was pretty well establishd as far as startups go, we were at teh point of having venture capital companies looking at us. Job stability wasn't really a big issue although when things crashed in 2007 most of our advertisers were car companies and we kinda suffered, a few hihg up people got laid off.
Many people work for startups not solely for the money but in the hopes the company goes public and you get rich with company stock. A true startup is generally just a couple people. When teh company I worked for started it was like the CEO and 2 employees he poached from his old company. I think I got hired on at like 39 employees, when I left there was 129 employees. I wish I would have stuck it out at the job longer but my problem I started an internship/contract employee status with another girl who was an idiot. I felt like they didn't wanna hire me on and not hire her so basically I kinda got lumped in so our progression was at the same pace even though I was leaps and bounds ahead of her.