rendered paste bodymysql> explain select c.* FROM companies AS c JOIN users AS u USING(companyid) JOIN jobs AS j USING(userid) JOIN useraccounts AS ua USING(userid) WHERE j.jobid = 1;+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+------------------+------+-------------+| id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra |+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+------------------+------+-------------+| 1 | SIMPLE | u | index | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | NULL | 2 | Using index || 1 | SIMPLE | c | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | test.u.companyid | 1 | || 1 | SIMPLE | ua | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | test.c.userid | 1 | Using index || 1 | SIMPLE | j | eq_ref | PRIMARY | PRIMARY | 4 | test.c.userid | 1 | Using where |+----+-------------+-------+--------+---------------+---------+---------+------------------+------+-------------+4 rows in set (0.00 sec)