QUOTE(Maria Takagi @ Mar 9 2021, 06:54 PM)
Yes we r losing competitiveness.
sorry to say lah, I see our productivity, so poor.
Even the british work from 830 to 530, the americans call them lazy, are much much better than us.
I go to HK and work, whenever I bring up issue, they all got ownership of work
here ? all wanna taichi taichi and working in silos.
Very true. But depending on company. I had worked in company where the area of responsibility is clear no one taichi anything, escalation means escalation, manager jump in and take over discussion.
Our productivity is actually higher than British counterpart. But we are working like robot and too transactional. There is no human touch. Used to work with someone from Britain. Before start anything they will say how are you? Hi hi, good day, sad day bla bla, going cafe , later go where etc etc small talk for few min before go into topics. In Malaysia we called it fake-fake. Actually entire apac culture besides Australia, once on call, straight to business. No time for small chat.
Which culture is better, I'll not judge. But efficiency wise, call that can be concluded in 30 min might take an hours including small chat.
But yes, I'll put British work hard, play hard and American work smart play smart as lazy.
British can anytime call office ask for blanket day. Entitlement. Not even emergency leave.
But if we are to compare with other Asia market, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore. We confirm lost.
This post has been edited by wanted111who: Mar 9 2021, 08:18 PM