A large company has a bigger staff, which provides opportunities for mentoring and support from co-workers. The public sector is also traditionally a good employer for visually impaired people. Small and medium size companies tend to be less friendly, often due to a tighter budget and less staff resources, making it more difficult to tailor tasks. This might be a problem, since a growing number of companies fall into this size group. There are many ways in which the government has tried to smooth the way for disabled people to find employment.
All measures have both good and bad sides.
The pension system can provide both incentives and deterrents to employment for visually impaired people. Co-operation between training organisations, government organisations, labour unions and companies would be of value when considering these issues. The use of information technology can help to prevent exclusion, for example due to distances, while offering opportunities to work and study from home. At the same time it can serve to exclude visually impaired people by confining them to their homes, possibly due to poor skills in mobility due to lack of use, fewer social contacts and maybe even a reduction in transportation services. Information technology has created a number of new professions.