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Originally Posted by kadudu
A coworker hired the guy before I came into the business. I have my own way of dealing with employees usually and it works well, but they've always been American employees. The situation is different for me this time, however, because my partners told me that I can't manage the employees in the same way as I would normally because they're conscious of wanting to respect 'Japanese business culture' or something. The employees are all Japanese immigrants who are pretty fresh of the boat and I guess I have to be more 'respectful' or what have you - meaning they prohibited me from getting scary and yelling when people fuck up like how I usually handle it.
So I guess I'm looking for a more tactful and "nice" approach.
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He is Japanese and doing this? This is pretty bad as they have a very healthy repsect for authority. You have some how lost your position of authority with him. Not an expert on their culture or anything but I would look into that.
My normal approach is that I never let anyone go unless they know it is coming. I tell them when I perceive they are wrong and we discuss how to change it. Too many of these discussions and we both should know it is time to part ways.