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Re: How Many Work For A Small Company? [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2008, 05:43
I've not been around in awhile, but I'lll throw my 2 cents in on the "What constitutes a small company/business."

The first page with statistics that were actually on point had stats from the mid-90's, but I really doubt that these stats have changed all that much in the last 10-12 years.

Of the 5,369,068 employer firms in 1995, 78.8 percent had fewer than 10 employees, and 99.7 percent had fewer than 500 employees.

Terp06 - your "small company" of ~2000 employees is actually in the top 0.3% of employers in terms of size.

Another statistic I would like to see but could not find is what % of the population does each range of company size employ? Such as, "Companies with > 500 employees make up 0.3% of the number of companies, but these companies employ 7% of the US work force." I made up those numbers, but it would be interesting to see.
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Re: How Many Work For A Small Company? [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2008, 08:21
jallenmorris wrote:
I've not been around in awhile, but I'lll throw my 2 cents in on the "What constitutes a small company/business."

The first page with statistics that were actually on point had stats from the mid-90's, but I really doubt that these stats have changed all that much in the last 10-12 years.

Of the 5,369,068 employer firms in 1995, 78.8 percent had fewer than 10 employees, and 99.7 percent had fewer than 500 employees.

Terp06 - your "small company" of ~2000 employees is actually in the top 0.3% of employers in terms of size.

Another statistic I would like to see but could not find is what % of the population does each range of company size employ? Such as, "Companies with > 500 employees make up 0.3% of the number of companies, but these companies employ 7% of the US work force." I made up those numbers, but it would be interesting to see.


Interesting insight - thanks.
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Re: How Many Work For A Small Company? [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2008, 23:19
Where would a company with 500 to 1000 employees and $30 to $50 million revenue fall? esp if the company is based in India? small? medium?
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Re: How Many Work For A Small Company? [#permalink] New post   10 Mar 2020, 01:18
The statistics for employees from feeder companies like Goldman Sachs getting into an MBA program are much higher when compared to a small organization. However, business schools have repeatedly said and we have personally experienced, the quality of work experience over the name of your organization wins every time.
Skill sets like leadership, team-work, interpersonal skills, are cliché and over-used but they definitely add up when applying to a business school.
As per the additional information you have provided, missing a feeder company on your resume might not be something you should be concerned with. Also, having a feeder company on your profile does give you some benefit while applying to business schools, but missing the same doesn’t make a world of difference.
Just to cover all the bases, there are schools that have higher acceptance for applicants from feeder companies. In 2019, Stanford GSB enrolled over 120 students that came from feeders like McKinsey, Bain, E&Y, etc.
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Re: How Many Work For A Small Company? [#permalink] New post   06 Apr 2020, 16:06
The statistics for employees from feeder companies like Goldman Sachs getting into an MBA program are much higher when compared to a small organization. However, business schools have repeatedly said and we have personally experienced, the quality of work experience over the name of your organization wins every time.
Skill sets like leadership, team-work, interpersonal skills, are cliché and over-used but they definitely add up when applying to a business school.
As per the additional information you have provided, missing a feeder company on your resume might not be something you should be concerned with. Also, having a feeder company on your profile does give you some benefit while applying to business schools, but missing the same doesn’t make a world of difference.
Just to cover all the bases, there are schools that have higher acceptance for applicants from feeder companies. In 2019, Stanford GSB enrolled over 120 students that came from feeders like McKinsey, Bain, E&Y, etc.
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