[wbill]

One small company interviewer was aghast when I asked if they had failed to meet payroll, on time, in the last two years.

Great question! I'll need to file that one away for my next search.

I'm in a smaller (but growing) company now. Higher stress, but waaaaaaay less bureaucracy. Which, is the big draw from my perspective. I can't stand people that sit and fiddle if there's an issue to be solved. I used to fill out paperwork in 'quintuplicate' (is that a word? Five separate forms to fix a problem, at any rate, plus meetings and emails...). Now, if there's an issue to be fixed, the question is *not* "IS the paperwork filled out properly?" but is "Why haven't you fixed it yet?".

I love it.

[ASOC]

YUP! One reason I am looking at much smaller companies. They also tend to *share* $ucce$$ with all employees.

OTOH, when they crash, it can leave a mess.