Posted: 5/21/2010 4:46:17 AM EDT
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As someone of you knows, I actually work in an international enviroment.
My boss is French, the boss of my boss is Australian, I had Pakistani, Serbian colleagues, I am in contact with other teams that have Japanese, African and Arabs people. Up to one month ago the DBA team I was working with had as a team leader a kenyan guy. He is a good guy, but lazy like hell and very conservative. You should be very carefull in speaking with him and using words and you cannot mention anything confidential because in team meetings he would use, bending the sense of what you said, against you or your dept. One month ago the management put an American as DBA team leader. Everything changed: it's a nice woman to whom you can speak frankly and directly, very willing to solve problems and less prone to finger pointing. A very resposible person as manager. It has been like to raise from hell to heaven: now if there is a problem I can try to address the issue and solve it. I don't know if all the Americans are like her, but I got also positive comments from .mil people working with .mil us personnel, so I can suppose is an attitude common to American people. Just to make you know, my friends: I like to work with Americans! |
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Quoted: As someone of you knows, I actually work in an international enviroment. My boss is French, the boss of my boss is Australian, I had Pakistani, Serbian colleagues, I am in contact with other teams that have Japanese, African and Arabs people. Up to one month ago the DBA team I was working with had as a team leader a kenyan guy. He is a good guy, but lazy like hell and very conservative. You should be very carefull in speaking with him and using words and you cannot mention anything confidential because in team meetings he would use, bending the sense of what you said, against you or your dept. One month ago the management put an American as DBA team leader. Everything changed: it's a nice woman to whom you can speak frankly and directly, very willing to solve problems and less prone to finger pointing. A very resposible person as manager. It has been like to raise from hell to heaven: now if there is a problem I can try to address the issue and solve it. I don't know if all the Americans are like her, but I got also positive comments from .mil people working with .mil us personnel, so I can suppose is an attitude common to American people. Just to make you know, my friends: I like to work with Americans!  Good news in GD!
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As someone of you knows, I actually work in an international enviroment. My boss is French, the boss of my boss is Australian, I had Pakistani, Serbian colleagues, I am in contact with other teams that have Japanese, African and Arabs people. Up to one month ago the DBA team I was working with had as a team leader a kenyan guy. He is a good guy, but lazy like hell and very conservative. You should be very carefull in speaking with him and using words and you cannot mention anything confidential because in team meetings he would use, bending the sense of what you said, against you or your dept. One month ago the management put an American as DBA team leader. Everything changed: it's a nice woman to whom you can speak frankly and directly, very willing to solve problems and less prone to finger pointing. A very resposible person as manager. It has been like to raise from hell to heaven: now if there is a problem I can try to address the issue and solve it. I don't know if all the Americans are like her, but I got also positive comments from .mil people working with .mil us personnel, so I can suppose is an attitude common to American people. Just to make you know, my friends: I like to work with Americans! Merci beaucoup! |
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If you are fortunate enough to work with, or for, someone who has earned their position through hard work and competence it can be a real pleasure. When you get stuck with folks who have been promoted through nepotism or just plain old ass kissing political skills it can be a very miserable experience. It sounds like the OP is very fortunate! |
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Quoted: As someone of you knows, I actually work in an international enviroment. My boss is French, the boss of my boss is Australian, I had Pakistani, Serbian colleagues, I am in contact with other teams that have Japanese, African and Arabs people. Up to one month ago the DBA team I was working with had as a team leader a kenyan guy. He is a good guy, but lazy like hell and very conservative. You should be very carefull in speaking with him and using words and you cannot mention anything confidential because in team meetings he would use, bending the sense of what you said, against you or your dept. One month ago the management put an American as DBA team leader. Everything changed: it's a nice woman to whom you can speak frankly and directly, very willing to solve problems and less prone to finger pointing. A very resposible person as manager. It has been like to raise from hell to heaven: now if there is a problem I can try to address the issue and solve it. I don't know if all the Americans are like her, but I got also positive comments from .mil people working with .mil us personnel, so I can suppose is an attitude common to American people. Just to make you know, my friends: I like to work with Americans! I would like to say I had the honor of training with some ITL folks. Nothing but professional and personable. |