I think seantang is right in the sense if you are a successful person, no matter where you end up with, you will achieve big things. A worthy person appreciate what he was given and work hard to make himself to become a great man. It's more to matter of opportunities whether you are given or not. It is indeed true that people will usually respecting employees from MNC but they might not be knowledgeable than those who work in so so company.

I have 2 relatives:

1) One who work in MNC as a manager earning a very good pay plus good benefits. However, he also got to work under a lot of work pressures. In the other hand, he is also entitled for oversea trip(incentive trip) and also all the beneficial training plus seminar for his self-development. Organizational politics somehow very stiff and bosses keep on changing. He got to adapt to different bosses styles of doing things in a fast pace.

2) One who work as a CEO in a local so so company that more in furniture business. I'm not quite sure about her salary but from what I heard was her bosses tell her don't get pregnant too fast after she had get married. Her boss worried that the company business will be affected. I was kinda shocked listening to bosses interrupting the employee's personal life. And, later she got pregnant. She didn't go to office but she still got to work at home and I supposed this is not going to happen in MNC right?

Both of my relatives don't have high qualification, however scenario 1 would be earn more respect than the 2nd one. Human being is very materialistic. Everyone will think the first one earning a better pay as he is driving City and the second one just a normal employee in the company because she is driving a Myvi (with a Kelisa at home).

Sometimes it's subjective to determine which is better. I have talked to the second relative and asked her why she would stay in the company and why not expose to the outer world. Her answer was she need to take care of her family and the outer world is not suitable for her. She is happy with what she is having now.

There are a lot of issues to look at despite income, benefits and others.