that explains a lot
Why haven't you ever worked for a big company? Most people have. Small companies work the way capitalism is supposed to work for the most part beyond outright nepotism stage of mom&pop stores. It's simple probability. Bigger companies offer more opportunities to hide inefficiency and pull strings to get ahead than more transparent small companies. If you are avoiding working for a big company you ought to ask yourself why. Perhaps deepdown you really do realize there's something wrong with the way big corporations are being run.