I do APAC(no China, no JP)...here is my ranking:
1. Malaysia
2. Macau
3. Australia
4. HK
5. Korea
6. Singapore
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last one on the list New Zealand...they dare to say "Chinese are all thieves" right in front of our faces!!!
Yea south Asian and Aussie are much easier to work with. Most of the north Asian are still conservative with strong ego. Having said that I like their loyalty and the hard working attitude.
I start to appreciate and respect more the diversity of people after taking the regional role.
我做過 regional role,最怕印度同事,又固執,口音又難聽明白,每次開會都好勞氣,開完要飲篸茶補返;日本同事最 organized 同 efficient,交上來嘅嘢通常都冇乜嘢要執,次次 region level 有數要 book 我都揾日本同事幫手;星加坡同事都惦,佢地幫我做埋 South East Asian countries 嘅 consolidation,我省左唔少工夫;澳洲同事冇大問題,但唔太肯 OT,加上時差,我地三點後就揾唔到佢地做嘢,都幾頭痕;大陸同事 surprisingly 專業同合作,或者做得 MNC 嗰d都比較係精英,唔係自由行落來喺商場大小便嗰一群;台灣同韓國同事做嘢偶有甩漏,但一般而言都幾肯合作,話佢聽佢地就會改返好,韓國人重階級,覺得 region 高級過 country,所以我地有指令佢地都幾肯聽;香港同事通常都OK,日常都見面,關係唔會太差,有事走過去講一聲,拍下膊頭,通常都肯幫忙
原帖由 mugtaitai 於 13-09-08 發表
亞太咁多國家,要就晒大家時差都唔容易,所以我做 region 嗰幾年,好少正常時間去食 lunch,因為11點到2點 ...
I deal with 13 AP countries and I agree Australian is easier to work with! China is difficult as they have so many politics and you always have to guess what is the real meaning of each sentence they speak out!
Absolutely Singapore in terms of managing people. Second is mainland Chinese. Even though they are the most organized in work, but they are very difficult to be managed since they are not convinced to be managed by HK! Especially the Sing people, they think they are superior and the centre of the universe! They are very good at talking and shrinking repsonsibility to others skillfully. They are professional trouble maker.