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Fcuk the source! It's true for most Asian companies and I myself have worked for one; have done that, been there. There was a time(many years ago when I was a
by fakeer 13y ago
Fcuk the source!
It's true for most Asian companies and I myself have worked for one; have done that, been there. There was a time(many years ago when I was a fresher in that company and was sent on site) I used to to hear NOO, YOOO NOO GO HOME. YOO DO WORK. FOOD NO. WORK FIRST THEN GO HOTEL FOR FOOD. WHAT TIRED? MY ENGINEERS WORK 48 HOUR IN A LINE AND NO TIRED and just the sight of any person with tiny eyes, little nose and yellowish/whitish pale colour[1] made me feel like I should scheme to strangulate him/her somehow.
What I was shocked to see that my manager was not alone. Almost(I could've avoided this word) everybody in the company was a workaholic. Felt like they were born this way and expected us to be the same. Though work on travel visa is one thing, work (backbreaking work) on business visa is such a standard procedure that nobody gives a damn anymore!
[1] I am deeply sorry to write this and ashamed to admit this but this was how I felt. It's true!
- Maven911 13y agoI have heard of the stories of an army of huawei engineers being sent on site and working non stop, packed 20 in a hotel room. Do you think this gives them a huge competitive advantage
- Volpe 13y agoThis is just an outright racist rant... I don't even see the point you are making... Most Asian companies... Just from your experience with one. You seem to just be a bigot. :(
- rayiner 13y agoIt's a racist rant, but Huawei is just the incarnation of all the negative Chinese stereotypes. One of my buddies does a lot of business with them, and they're awful to deal with, shady in dealings, try to get out of paying whenever possible, etc. Business culture is not uniform throughout the world, and business culture in Asia (ex-Japan, maybe ex-Korea) and the Middle East is generally not as polished and civilized as business culture in the West.
- Volpe 13y agoThey are different cultures, it's not about polish. They think differently, thus they act differently. You are talking like the British/Romans spoke of themselves in the empire days... We are a bit past that now. No one needs your civilisation or your manners... They might need your money though. ;)
- rayiner 13y agoFirst, some things are objective. Try being a woman working for Middle Eastern business-people and say it's "just culture." Second, Rome won in the end. The people that conquered them ultimately took on their culture. So it will be with Anglo-American culture. Even if in the future India and China are dominant, their culture will come to resemble ours. Indeed, that phenomenon has already been happening in India for 200+ years via British colonization.
- Gigablah 13y agoYou speak of culture like it's some sort of sports competition. Curious mindset.
- rayiner 13y agoI think our culture is objectively better in many ways, and that it's better for humanity for others to adopt it. Not just so "we win."
- bilbo0s 13y ago"...I think our culture is objectively better in many ways..." The problem is... everyone else ALSO thinks THEIR culture is "objectively better".
- rayiner 13y agoThat's not true. Many people in Asia and the Middle East want their countries to adopt the objectively better parts of Western culture. India is particularly pro-active in that regard.