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0 pointstotetsu2y ago0 comments

As someone with some exposure to Chinese characters as a Japanese speaker, I’ve had the please to casually glance a WeChat group and realize some of the back channel Chinese from my teammates was joking about trying to get me fired.

(Edit: my also Chinese manager dealt with it very well and that person left the company after some time)

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EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK2y ago

I have a completely different experience. My (Indian) manager told me I couldn't be let go because it would make the team entirely Indian :) Apart from that, I found it much easier to work with H1B colleagues than with entitled and full of ego "native" Americans.

rayiner2y ago

Yeah, the ego and entitlement of people living in their native country who can’t be sent back at a moment’s notice.

johnnyanmac2y ago

I can't speak for other countries, but I'm not too surprised that you can run into certain cultures of Americans who seemingly have zero regards for the sentiment of others. Maybe it is ego and entitlement, but it's not because they can't be deported.

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vacuity2y ago

I don't think the risk of being sent back (or lack thereof) is important for how to treat other people. To put it crudely, assholes will be assholes no matter where they come from.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK2y ago

more like "everyone gets a prize" mentality.

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0 pointstotetsu2y ago0 comments

(Edit: my also Chinese manager dealt with it very well and that person left the company after some time)

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EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK2y ago

rayiner2y ago

Yeah, the ego and entitlement of people living in their native country who can’t be sent back at a moment’s notice.

johnnyanmac2y ago

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vacuity2y ago

I don't think the risk of being sent back (or lack thereof) is important for how to treat other people. To put it crudely, assholes will be assholes no matter where they come from.

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK2y ago

more like "everyone gets a prize" mentality.

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