Your personal experience is limited and I have never seen anything that resembles it. Also you haven't shown any sort of evidence or case study. Just like if I said I think all workers in Corporate Canada are monkeys. What the heck do I know how Canadian attititudes are in terms of the work place. What I do know for sure is that American colleagues don't sit there talking about colleagues in other countries. Somehow you have a "personal anecdote" about colleagues in the Chicago office making remarks about you because you're Canadian.
-Rudey
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Originally posted by RACooper
What I was actually looking for was accendotal accounts from people who have noticed this or who haven't...
While some corporate cultures have managed to remain aloof from politics outside of the office, others it appears have not. Over the years it has become more noticable that some people have let global events influence office politics. In a post earlier in this thread (unfortunately deleted?) I was discussing the changing attitudes in the workplace in regards to dealing with in this cass non-Americans - that are classified by others and themselves, Canadians or Europeans.
If you look at my sig. you'll notice a quote of mine that sums up to a degree what has happened. Some people because of 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq have rediscovered their patriotism... and some unfortunately have instead become nationalistic. An effective workplace must be considerate of others, and I have always held to the belief that politics and religion aren't exactly subjects that should be debated in the office, they are personal or private matters in my opinion. Unfortunately some have decided that politics and religion should be part of daily life in the office, and have taken to expressing or challenging others on politics or religion... and people are leaving (myself included) as a result.
PS> Rudey you'll also note that my first post in the thread did in the begining make a mention of personal experience I believe...
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