Looking for advice from anyone that worked at a large company in product management and switched either to a startup or a smaller company, or even to another large company. I find myself getting very frustrated with process getting in the way of progress. Is this true of all large companies? And is it better to have the ambiguity of no process at all at a smaller company?

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No. Chaos is not better than process.
Startups under 50 people, it's fine. Anything over 200 people, it's not unstructured, it's chaos.
Processes evolved for a reason.
If you do quit for a mid sized startup, it'll feel like you are reinventing the wheel (or the seat belt in this case).

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Agreed, I've been in the startup chaos before and hated it. I'm okay with processes as long as they are open to revisiting/revamping if someone has a good suggestion

I went from a 65k person fin-tech to a ~2k startup. Different problems. While there's more freedom and flexibility, there are also structural problems which the larger, older firm had already solved for. Won't say one is better than the other. Bigger place often has more horizontal resources available to speed things up, but influencing change can be slower.

Pros and cons. Grass isn't necessarily greener, just a different shade from a different angle.

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I find larger companies frustrating due to the amount of red tape and hoops they require you to jump through. There is little autonomy when everything you do has to be signed off on by 10 different people. This is why I much prefer smaller companies.

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Also, it’s nice to work at a rest and vest type big company after grinding in startups for a while.

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I personally thrive in chaotic environments, my best work is done under pressure. Which is why I like being a startups. But luckily, I haven't experienced anything too chaotic.

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