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While there are no hard and fast rules that define how small and large businesses operate, there are some things that you generally can count on to be different between them. If you lost a job with a large company, you’ve lived in a world where you could expect that your job included a decent benefit package, overtime pay, a nice office, and other perks that you probably took for granted. If you expect to find all or most of these things when you join a small company, you’re probably going to be disappointed. You may also be disappointed if you expect to earn the same salary you did in the past.

The president or owner or the principals of the small company, who often risk everything they have to establish it, may not have many of the things that you may feel you’re entitled to, like security, benefits packages, and so on, so it’s unrealistic for you to expect to have them.

You’ll probably wear more hats in your job than you have in the past, and you could be much more involved in the important decision-making processes affecting where the company is going. You may have an opportunity to pick up some stock options if the company is planning to go public. You may become a telecommuter and perform most of your work from home, and be expected to supply or help to purchase the PC that you need to do this. You may be a contract worker with no benefits included in your compensation and no buy-out or golden handshake at the end of your employment, even if you’ve worked with the company for years.

You may also have opportunities to advance your career — a thing that may never have happened with a large company. Your contributions could have much more influence over the success or failure of the company. You may be expected to provide leadership in guiding the company in new directions, and that could be a new role for you.