On Wed, 2011-09-21 at 11:04 +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > On 21 September 2011 10:00, Chris Hellyar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Carl, > > > > All the best in Aussie... > > > > Having been a manager in the corporate and public sector in NZ I hear > > you loud and clear on the issues around the business culture. There is > > definitely something broken although I'm part of the problem so I can't > > put my finger on it. :-) > > > > (Yes, I can see the emoticon, but there is always truth lurking in humour) > > Really? Piece of cake actually. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/11517491 > > Also, by and large the place is run by a bunch of intellectual know-nothing, > semi-literate, old dungers mired in conflicts-of-interest. > > Any and all vibrant youth is very successfully being exported in order that > they can pay off their student loans. > > NZ sorted in 30 seconds. Next problem? > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Actually, I have to disagree with the several of those points in that article, but I'll only mention one thing. Ever since I came here, in this town especially, I never felt a hint of xenophobia, despite my heavy accent, broken English in the early years, and slight social awkwardness when first interacting with various sections of the society. I was even positively discriminated (if I can say so) feeling a bit uncomfortable sometimes when two or three of a supermarket employees where around me to find things my English didn't cover at that time. And had no problem getting into the so called "old boys' networks", either for employment or just socialising. As for Carl's remarks, coming from an Eastern European slightly Balcanic background, I can recognise the influence of personalities in most sectors here, be they private or state owned. What's interesting is that usually this generates a lot of corruption in other places, amazing that there isn't much of it at all here. Adrian _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
