I agree, the culture of a company is more than bits of paper and org charts.

The largest org I ever worked for was 500+ but even there, the effective org size for me was around 50.

Ever since then I have worked for small orgs. I like the chance to make a difference. I like knowing everyone. I like having a finger in every pie.

I'm on the management team but since we only have 30 staff at HQ and a few others spread around the world we have a really flat org. I have a team below me and the CEO above. Nothing else in the way at all. Feels good and (sometimes) exposed but at least you know where you stand.

Having said that there is still a bias towards the atom arranging disciplines as opposed to the electron arranging ones. You can see arranged atoms, arranged electrons are less visible.