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by photonios
2590 days ago
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Can you tell us what country in Western Europe? Depending on the country, you should worry less or more. Some cultures are more into this and they value straightforwardness above all else, even if that means a heated yelling match. The expectation is that you yell back (if needed). This would be expected and not considered weird or unacceptable |
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Frankly, ask a co-worker or two for input, be up front and say hey, I had a talk with so and so the other day and I am a little unsure how to interpret it given my lack of knowledge locally. Ask them to help you interpret it, frankly if it is bad better to know now, if it is nothing they'll tell you. Also, they may offer up that this is a normal culture thing or they may say hey, this person is an asshat and this isn't normal and then at least you understand where things are at better.
I have worked a lot with various cultures and finding how to motivate and what works for them is the key thing. I have had people get seriously nervous and on edge that when they knew they screwed up I didn't yell at them so they thought their job was done for, but my style is very calm and easy going 99% of the time. I rarely raise my voice ever, just because it isn't necessary for me to communicate that way plus I'd rather figure out what went wrong and fix it than dwell on who. And if I have to terminate you, it'll never be a confrontational situation because you will know though communication long before that it is coming and you've had many opportunities to fix it, but I won't be an ass and I won't need to raise my voice. But that is not the case in other cultures, so if I was working in some Countries I'd expect a very different way of being treated, I also know I wouldn't work in some because it would be mentally taxing for me.