Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – research hints at why

Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by llampx on Friday October 29, 2021 @05:22AM (#29036755)

German and Dutch straightforwardness only goes one way. Try talking to them back with the same straightforward way they talk to you, and see how they react.

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Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by arp242 on Friday October 29, 2021 @07:23AM (#29037266)

Eh? It's how these people interact with each other. Your line of thinking seems to be something like this:

  1. *Something straightforward*
  2. *Straightforward reply*
  3. "Zomg! Hypocrite!"

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Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by llampx on Friday October 29, 2021 @07:46AM (#29037377)

I use straightforwardness as a proxy for rudeness, which is what it usually is in these cases. Its like the famous "brusque New Yorker" style or "Berliner schnauze". If you talk to them the same way they talk to you they get pissed because this brusqueness is not how they talk to an equal, but rather an outsider.

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Re:Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – researc... by arp242 on Friday October 29, 2021 @10:26AM (#29038808)

What do you mean specifically? Do you have any examples?

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