On Monday, 17 March 2014 at 21:01:24 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
One can argue that it's all relative but that's rather
ineffective. The reality is I do work at Facebook with people
from all over the globe and though cultural adaptation is on
rare occasions an issue, it's never been considered
inapproachable or even difficult.
Well yes and no. People come in a company and adapt to the
existing standards. It is much easier to do face to face than
online. For instance, I often speak French with one of my
coworker. We speak to each other in ways that would seems
completely unacceptable by the usual standards in the company.
PS: I works at Facebook as well.
