Short rant on Large Orgs

I've been buried inside the bowels of one of the country's larger financial players, working with management solutions.
I have never been a big fan of the large organizations; I have always maintained that there were too many layers of bullshit, petty empire-building and people being assigned to roles, not because they had any aptitude or interest in it, but because they had been there so long.
I've worked at government clients in both Canada and the US, and the madness, bureaucracy and waste in those environments has nothing on what happens in a large, profitable FI.

I am glad I spent almost a decade in a variety industries working for small and medium businesses. I learned a lot doing that.
In a large environment like this, I think I would have lost more than I would have learned.