i work in big company n small company before....
both oso stress....
but for me, big company is better cuz salary better and really can home on time.
while small company might still have politic, but really more work to do but the work to do might not gain any knowledge, just tat small company lack of people so 1 person really do more work......

Actually it really depends on the industry you're working in. Sometimes smaller companies has better perks in terms of pay and career progression.

Normally people will go for big one first. If cannot thrive or unwilling to work anymore then go small.

I am from IT and I am in dilemma, what if the small company pays ALOT better than the BIG company that I am going to join.

small company
- high status
- more responsibilities

big company
- senior programmer
- should have less responsibilities
- bonus

I agree.And if you ask HR from MNCs, most of them will tell you that they would prefer to hire candidates from MNC background rather than some SME.Besides that, opportunities for overseas posting is there compared to SMEs.While I do agree working in SMEs you learn a lot becos you pretty much have to do everything and anything in the company, the prospects of you burning out is also much higher.