I work for a European company. I often laugh at the different attitude and demeanor of our people overseas. Few examples:
1. Email Americans at 3am CST and say "I need this by 9am today" for items that take three days to produce. When you say "i need a few days" they respond with "Please complete asap, but i do not need it for 5 days." We do this at least twice per month.
2. Tell Americans that they do not get holidays off and should take PTO. Neglecting that their benefits package is 40 PTO days and USA is 15 PTO + 7 Holiday.
3. All video calls have presentations ... our USA video calls have zero presentations within internal meetings.
4. Ask about getting individual raises and bonuses on company-wide state of union calls. I am talking a few hundred people and "Oliver wants to know when he will be getting an increase in salary." or "When do i get my Christmas Bonus" - only 10% of the company is eligible for incentive pay...and they allow public questioning over it. Happens on all company wide calls...never upsets the managment.
What do your foreign companies and co-workers do that make you confused.
1. Email Americans at 3am CST and say "I need this by 9am today" for items that take three days to produce. When you say "i need a few days" they respond with "Please complete asap, but i do not need it for 5 days." We do this at least twice per month.
2. Tell Americans that they do not get holidays off and should take PTO. Neglecting that their benefits package is 40 PTO days and USA is 15 PTO + 7 Holiday.
3. All video calls have presentations ... our USA video calls have zero presentations within internal meetings.
4. Ask about getting individual raises and bonuses on company-wide state of union calls. I am talking a few hundred people and "Oliver wants to know when he will be getting an increase in salary." or "When do i get my Christmas Bonus" - only 10% of the company is eligible for incentive pay...and they allow public questioning over it. Happens on all company wide calls...never upsets the managment.
What do your foreign companies and co-workers do that make you confused.