What are your thoughts, opinions and experience on this matter?
Some background,
I have an opportunity offered at a small (10 people) engineering services firm and an opportunity of returning to the company I interned for 16 months at a large (2000 people) manufacturing company. Both are offering good and comparable compensation, the small company is offering 2k more per year and 1 week more of vacation. Both have full benefits, but being a larger company it probably has better packages?
I'm a mechanical engineering student from UofT, graduating end of April, and both positions involve work I enjoy, or seem to enjoy. From what I read/hear they say to jump ship every 3-5 years to advance your career. If that's true would having more experience in the larger, well-known firm be advantageous on my resume compared to the small company that nobody has heard of? Or because I already have 1.5 years from the large company, I can diversify my experience with the small company?
I'm sure everyone will have different things to say!
Some background,
I have an opportunity offered at a small (10 people) engineering services firm and an opportunity of returning to the company I interned for 16 months at a large (2000 people) manufacturing company. Both are offering good and comparable compensation, the small company is offering 2k more per year and 1 week more of vacation. Both have full benefits, but being a larger company it probably has better packages?
I'm a mechanical engineering student from UofT, graduating end of April, and both positions involve work I enjoy, or seem to enjoy. From what I read/hear they say to jump ship every 3-5 years to advance your career. If that's true would having more experience in the larger, well-known firm be advantageous on my resume compared to the small company that nobody has heard of? Or because I already have 1.5 years from the large company, I can diversify my experience with the small company?
I'm sure everyone will have different things to say!