I tried to work in a structured and bureaucratic environment once and was so useless because I want to change everything all the time, and wasn’t used to “have your manager talk to her manager”, or people trying to blame their errors on others, or trying to get their job. When I saw the lady who did payroll checking everyone off on a long sheet of green and white paper even though they were paying for Kronos and just not using it right, but she protected her job and didn’t want it to change, and people there would make others look bad instead of helping them, in an effort to look better themselves in comparison, I cannot function in that world.

I’ve only worked at startups, and the good part of that is that everyone is trying to do things better, easier, I don’t get mad if someone sees a better way I could do something, and they don’t have to have their manager tell my manager. And everyone helps everyone, nobody is protecting their job because there is always too much, helping others is how you move up here.

(And yes I know this is a personal difference, not saying it’s a better work environment for everyone, or even better for results. Accounting is its own type of work, too - I try to solve problems and get the software to do what a machine does better than a person. The kind of accounting where you are doing what a machine can, is dreadfully boring. I have often thought help desk at my work is the best job. They troubleshoot, and set up equipment, it’s got a good balance of work. )