Is it easy to adapt and get into the system when moving from a startup to the corporate world, given that your work and progress may be more prominent in startup more than corporate?

I'm very interested to hear similar experiences of moving from a startup to a corporate

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Sometimes the processes and procedures can be far more strangulating and asinine. And there is usually significantly less room to suggest improvements. At least in the F500s I have worked in

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No. Corporate will not respect your increases in responsibility at a startup unless you join them after business school.

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