On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:41 AM, Charles Haynes <[email protected]> wrote: > My simplistic armchair psychoanalyzing has a different conclusion. I > think the biggest difference is the amount of individual initiative. > As a gross overgeneralization my observation is that on average, > Americans, most Western Europeans, Australians, and Israelis show a > lot of individual initiative. If they see something that needs doing, > rather than waiting to be told, they'll either bring it up, or fix it > themselves. If they think you (as the boss) are doing something > (technically) incorrectly, or there's a better way - they'll suggest > it. (Sometimes at the top of their voices! :) > > In India, I found much less of this, even from my highly technical > teams in Google.
Yikes Charles, in all your years in India didnt you know that we are taught to never to bite the hand that feeds. Its ungrateful you see! Some must-have life skills include learning to be grateful and beholden to higher-ups, never disagree with the folks with the moolah and right connections, grovel and kiss a$$ of powers-that-be, never disagree or question co-workers or bosses or clients (else you are not a team-player), never innovate or disagree and yet continue doing what you want with impunity, and if you can brazenly lie without batting an eyelid you are a samurai of survival, indian style. -- .
