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Old 08-16-2014, 03:46 AM  
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That's a great answer NALEM

Yes, a good reminder that European can mean so many different things, as can USA. It must be nice to work in France, but I can understand why multi-national corps prefer to setup shop elsewhere when possible. Germans are capable of putting most others to shame.

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Europeans employees (remote) tend to stick to their scheduled hours, where North Americans working from home tend to be more flexible.

French - very social people. Lots of time spent kissing/greeting (being nice to each other) and drinking coffee at the office. Honestly I think in a 8 hour work day, you get 3.5 hours of work done.

Germans - not the easiest to approach with new business opportunities, but when they agree to do business with you, they do.

North Americans - specifically Americans are absolutely horrible with follow up. With that said, so am I. Next Americans are very distracted by doing other things counter productive to work, like checking personal emails, on the phone with friends and family, posting personal comments on FB, and surfing YouTube for interesting things to watch.

This has been my lifetime experience. Am I wrong?
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