The office I am now working in is much smaller than my previous one. Far fewer people, although the firm itself is much larger. I also have a much broader range of responsibilities.
So tell me why, after 2 weeks off, I come back to this job and there's almost nothing for me to clean up? At my last firm, I was one of many, but noone could be bothered to handle anything when I took time off, so I had to spend hours (sometimes days) getting caught up.
I am pleasantly perplexed.
Bigger teams breed more compartmentalization and specialization. Therefore in a bigger office, there is a greater feeling of only so-and-so can handle that. In a smaller office, there is more of a sense of needing to step up and handle for each other.
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