I don't think the Japanese will stab you for making eye contact though. On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 11:01 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds like my experiences on the New York subway system. > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud > > ------------------------------ > *From*: Steven Calvanese > *To*: NT System Admin Issues > *Sent*: Tue Mar 03 11:01:25 2009 > *Subject*: RE: Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in > hours, forced to use PTO) > > I have talked to someone who works in Japan. He says they are always > talking to themselves about what they are doing as they are doing it. For > example, when someone is walking down the hall they will say "very busy, so > very busy". They also do not make eye contact and smiling to someone you > don't know is rude. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:55 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in > hours, forced to use PTO) > > Deck the Ralls with Roughs of Rolly > > > > Fa-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra-Ra > > > > Or > > > > > > ROR > > Raff out Roud > > > > Shook > > > > *From:* Scott Williamson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:46 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Ot - Working with Japanese Company (was: OT - Reduction in > hours, forced to use PTO) > > > > Since our hours are cut 20%, that could mean one thing.. company is a slow > motion train wreck. Now that morale has hit rock bottom, people are talking > about using the Fridays off to look for new jobs... whatever is out there. > > I have a led on a company that is Japanese based. They have a office here > in Southern California and they are looking for an IT Director. I have been > an IT manager for about 10 years and the description of the job is basically > what I do now. My sister-in-law's mother also works for the company and she > will personally hand the resume to the COO of the company. > > My question.. any tips and tricks working for a Japanese company? The > culture? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), > confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, > dissemination, or other use of, and taking any action in reliance upon this > information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient without > the express written consent of the sender are prohibited. This information > may be protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act > of 1996 (HIPAA), and other Federal and Florida laws. Improper or > unauthorized use or disclosure of this information could result in civil > and/or criminal penalties. > Consider the environment. Please don't print this e-mail unless you really > need to. > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
