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Re:Firing Frankness by leejoramo on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:13PM (#18709602)
For context: this is written by a Frenchmen from Paris who had moved to SV. Gasseé previously has written about his French/US cultural mis-understandings. Especially regarding being too blunt and assertive
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Re:Firing Frankness by hoorayimhelping on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @04:06PM (#18710570)
Is "Frankness" in the title a double entendre that I missed until just now?
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Re:Firing Frankness by AlexCoventry on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:23PM (#18709677)
Oh, OK. I was working with a French guy recently. I really liked that we could bluntly tell each other when we're full of shit. Didn't realize it's characteristic of French organizational behavior.
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Re:Firing Frankness by rurban on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:01AM (#18723228)
It's not typical French behavior, it's typical behavior everywhere but the US and Asia. Only there you are expected to lie all the time. In Europe you are better off telling the truth, even to your customers, not only the managers.
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Re:Firing Frankness by ambicapter on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:47PM (#18709857)
Got a link? I'm actually French, born in France but mostly raised in the US, and I identify too much with that last sentence (about being blunt. I'm not that assertive).

edit: Never mind, found it https://mondaynote.com/50-years-in-tech-part-12-cupertino-cu....

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