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Not knocking the quality of German products, but I work in biotech and I've noticed German companies that I've worked with to be inbcredibly slow. We purchase c

by ksk 6y ago

Not knocking the quality of German products, but I work in biotech and I've noticed German companies that I've worked with to be inbcredibly slow. We purchase custom fabricated equipment and other supplies from all over the world and German companies often are slow to respond to technical questions about products and other sales related inquiries. Its almost feels like they're doing us a favor by giving us their time. Maybe its cultural expectations, but meanwhile local US suppliers are way too pushy, but at-least we get our questions/concerns addressed quickly. Couldn't resist a small dig here, but German cars are well known to be money-pits. :)

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
Diz iz because ze Cyber is absolute "Neuland / Terra Incognita" for us. Even our (current) chancellor said so in public ;> https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/neuland https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/neuland Also maybe ambiguities between metric/imperial measurements, area of competence, having to ask around to be safe, waiting for answer/confirmation, and so on?
- ksk 6y ago
  Well there are lots of little things that I noticed. One example - I found that there wasn't a 'point person' who could quickly get us answers. We're used to having a go-to person who will nag internal team-members and make sure the customer is taken care of. We were shuffled across different teams for no apparent reason which slowed things down. There just seemed to be more internal inflexibility/bureaucracy than we're used to here in the US. We did end up buying equipment from the company in the end, so I might travel there sometime soon and experience the business culture first-hand.
m463 6y ago
I don't know - my friends who work on a wide variety of cars say porsche is near the top. I guess the thing is - they're competing against cars that are not designed to come apart. Is it a sea-change to the models of televisions and computers that are designed to be purchased and disposed of at the end of their lives?

by ksk 6y ago

LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago

Diz iz because ze Cyber is absolute "Neuland / Terra Incognita" for us. Even our (current) chancellor said so in public ;> https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/neuland https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/neuland Also maybe ambiguities between metric/imperial measurements, area of competence, having to ask around to be safe, waiting for answer/confirmation, and so on?

ksk 6y ago
Well there are lots of little things that I noticed. One example - I found that there wasn't a 'point person' who could quickly get us answers. We're used to having a go-to person who will nag internal team-members and make sure the customer is taken care of. We were shuffled across different teams for no apparent reason which slowed things down. There just seemed to be more internal inflexibility/bureaucracy than we're used to here in the US. We did end up buying equipment from the company in the end, so I might travel there sometime soon and experience the business culture first-hand.

m463 6y ago

I don't know - my friends who work on a wide variety of cars say porsche is near the top. I guess the thing is - they're competing against cars that are not designed to come apart. Is it a sea-change to the models of televisions and computers that are designed to be purchased and disposed of at the end of their lives?