Rigid public sector vs. processes in a global company

It really is a difference — even day one casts a spell on you. Comparing it to my first day at NBÚ/NÚKIB (from an employee's perspective) is night and day. Everything was prepared for us, we got a huge amount of information and then we just went to work! No reading directives... But it doesn't stop there. Overall I feel much more respected in a corporation — as in, the expectation that I'll shape my day the way I want to.

At the office I have everything I need. What I don't have I can fairly easily order and wait for it to arrive in a few days. That's how easy it is. No painfully long approval loops, planning, waiting... I need a drive? I order one (yes, the manager has to approve it — but they understand our needs and are the only link in the chain).

I also can't overlook the option to take a break at work — going to the gym, playing table football... it's great. You stare at something for an hour and you're no longer sure what it is. So you get up, do some exercise, it gives you a kick and you go back to solving the problem. A simply comfortable workplace with lots of natural light.

One massive difference is the size of the organisation — public sector bodies are, with a few exceptions, fairly small. A global company has thousands of employees, I know a handful of colleagues by name. Though I do say hello to all of them: Ahoj!/Hi!