Large companies have a lot of bureaucracy which may come in handy when you need a new key to the closets in your new office, or it may be soul crushing at the end of the year getting something approved when everyone is on holidays.
One of the temporary positions that existed at our company was that of intern. It was a position that was usually in sync with the type of study the student was doing. Of course in order to keep this position, you must be a student and copies of various school papers must be submitted in a timely manner for your internship to continue.
Our intern was named Konstance, she was actually a very detail oriented individual had a very well rounded background. She always seemed to have some interesting bit of information about any topic but she was not boastful, and if she knew more than someone else she never showed it. In general a very pleasant individual with a lot of promise.
It was in one of the bi-weekly team meetings that the group leader made a very special point in telling Konstance that he had extended her position for the next year and that she need not worry about it. Some short time later somebody from the HR department sent her an email saying that her internship would be terminated early next year.
Konstance contacted the group leader who said that the reason for this was because she had not submitted all of her paperwork in a timely fashion. Konstance went to the HR people in tears asking what was missing and please please don’t cancel her internship. The HR people informed her that all of her paperwork was up to date, the problem was that the group leader simply did not send his acceptance for her for the next year.
When approached he appeared to be quite surprised that this was the case and promised to send his acceptance to HR. The acceptance forms were never signed, Konstance was forced to leave shortly thereafter. Some of the people who work at big companies are just petty dictators.