Disagree. I have worked at Google, other startups and middle sized companies.
By far the least productive place per employee was Google. Not that the average employee was stupid but the average output per engineer was comically low. A lot of Googlers take it very easy there and work 10 to 5.
And to be more on point, I met definitely more than a couple subpar employee that would be fired after a couple months in a startup.
And to be more on point, I met definitely more than a couple subpar employee that would be fired after a couple months in a startup.