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Generalist at 100-strong firm or Manager alone in 40-strong firm?

Hannah

I am four years into HR and currently work in an office of 45 with one other HR person (my manager). I want to leave in order to grow and have more autonomy.

I have secured interviews at two places. One is the same size (c.45) but I'd be People Manager and setting up the department. The other is a generalist role with a company of 110 (although just under half work remotely in Europe satellite offices) and there is a small but established department which is well-respected by senior management (so they tell me).

Which would you advise is the best opportunity for me to grow?

It feels scary to start a department myself - no safety net, perhaps a little lonely in the role, not sure of senior management buy-in and could be loads of autonomy or could be more limited.

But does the larger company give me the benefits of being larger, if many employees are remote rather than in the office? And the department is still quite small.

I don't want a much larger company as I don't want to be pigeon-holed - I like the variety. 

I don't really have time to attend both interviews - which would you say is best?

Thanks

Hannah

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  • Unfortunately you can only answer it yourself - any advice would be based on our experiences and personalities.

    Personally, the experience of setting up a department, making it work, watching it grow and potentially expand would give the satisfaction, along with autonomy from a HR perspective would excite me.

    I wouldn't be put off by being pigeon-holed, I've worked in companies of 200 and of 4,000 and there are pros and cons to each, you could have more HR responsibility in a small organisation but less business responsibility (e.g. family-owned, where only one opinion truly matters!)

    In summary...no advice but good luck on your decision!
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  • Unfortunately you can only answer it yourself - any advice would be based on our experiences and personalities.

    Personally, the experience of setting up a department, making it work, watching it grow and potentially expand would give the satisfaction, along with autonomy from a HR perspective would excite me.

    I wouldn't be put off by being pigeon-holed, I've worked in companies of 200 and of 4,000 and there are pros and cons to each, you could have more HR responsibility in a small organisation but less business responsibility (e.g. family-owned, where only one opinion truly matters!)

    In summary...no advice but good luck on your decision!
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