4 ms·
Isn't that mostly corporate US and Asia? I love this type of directness; no sugarcoating inconvenient facts. If someone's ego gets damage because of that, that
by alwyn 3y ago
Isn't that mostly corporate US and Asia? I love this type of directness; no sugarcoating inconvenient facts. If someone's ego gets damage because of that, that sounds more like a them problem, in my eyes. Then again I am Dutch so we live and breathe directness...
- DragonStrength 3y agoI think it's primarily West Coast US, and it's the culture of the area to be passive aggressive versus direct. It's unfortunately had a huge impact on current tech corporate culture as a result of where the industry is located.
- freedomben 3y ago> it's the culture of the area to be passive aggressive versus direct. Absolutely nailed it. This is exactly what it is. It definitely does feel a lot more common on the west coast than the east coast (I'm in the west). I love a lot of people on the west coast, but it can be refreshing sometimes working with east coast people :-)
- DropInIn 3y agoYea to me what the prior commentor suggests is nothing more than deception/lying through a form of omission... If the message isn't clear then they don't hear it, with the only reason you don't so that you can say you said something when shtf all while ignoring that your indirect statement effectively ensured the continuation of the problems... Blunt honesty is the only way to effectively and efficiently run an enterprise. We really need to address this culture of Feeling Over Facts...
- xerxesaa 3y agoIsraelis also tend to be very direct in my experience working with them. I'm not Israeli (in fact, I hold a passport for a country that doesn't even recognize Israel), but it's something I've always admired about working with people from the region. I think the Israeli culture is really good at cutting through fluff and focusing on getting things done.