If I was a betting man I would bet you work for a small company (99employees or less). Odds are I would be right half the time. How did I come up with those numbers? Using some math and stats I found on the Internet.
About 24% of the working population are public employees (i.e. employed by government). The remaining 76% are employed by private companies with just a hair under 70% working for a company of less then 100 employees.
Share of Total Private Employment by Size of Business, 2015
That means if 100 employed people are reading this blog post at the same time then:
- 24 are Public Employees
- 7 work at Large Companies (500+)
- 15 work at Medium Companies (100 – 499)
- 54 work at Small Companies (1-99)
Pro tip for job seekers: don’t just apply to large companies. Apply to small companies you never heard of because they hire a lot more people.