Teh French are teh silly

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Spec
I'm not saying they are right, but I can understand their point.

Spec.

And why should she. English is the language of international business.

[Arrian]

She should if she gives a **** about how she relates to her employees.

You know when management prattles on about "leadership" and "vision?" That lady is lacking both.

-Arrian

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Arrian


That woman is going to have problems managing her staff. It's a bad decision on her part, and it's going to cost her. The gummint doesn't need to do squat about it, though.

-Arrian

I think the problem is merging with a French company, but do you know what it is like to have to deal with French companies?

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Arrian
She should if she gives a **** about how she relates to her employees.

You know when management prattles on about "leadership" and "vision?" That lady is lacking both.

-Arrian

She maybe wants to have good relations with them, but she can't let the French take over the company.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Kidicious


I think the problem is merging with a French company, but do you know what it is like to have to deal with French companies?

Yes I do, I deal with them all the time. Everyday even.

Molemab France.

Spec.

[Spec]

Originally posted by Kidicious


She maybe wants to have good relations with them, but she can't let the French take over the company.

That's not the point. The point is work ethic.

Arrian

Spec.

[Arrian]

What does that have to do with my point, Kid?

It's pretty simple. If you are a manager and you want to get the best out of your staff, deliberately alienating them is a bad idea.

-Arrian

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Arrian
What does that have to do with my point, Kid?

It's pretty simple. If you are a manager and you want to get the best out of your staff, deliberately alienating them is a bad idea.

-Arrian

I'm not saying to alienate them. When there is a merger like this there is cultural conflict. The French do business very differently than Americans. There's a struggle for the way things are going to be done with a merger like this. I can see her reasoning behind not speaking French.

[Arrian]

Perhaps she sees some upside in that (including the obvious personal upside of not having to learn a new language). I certainly see the downside.

-Arrian

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Spec


That's not the point. The point is work ethic.

Arrian

Spec.

So now its unethical to not speak a certain language. Please explain.

[Arrian]

Lacking in work ethic means you're lazy, Kid, not "unethical" in the sense that you're morally bad (unless, of course, you are puritanical about work in which case laziness is bad because idle hands do the work of the devil).

-Arrian

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Arrian
Perhaps she sees some upside in that (including the obvious personal upside of not having to learn a new language). I certainly see the downside.

-Arrian

You have to understand that the French are going to want everything to be done their way, and the language thing is just a part of that. And again, English is already the established language of business.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Arrian
Lacking in work ethic means you're lazy, Kid, not "unethical" in the sense that you're morally bad (unless, of course, you are puritanical about work in which case laziness is bad because idle hands do the work of the devil).

-Arrian

Well, it's not lazy, it's just good business.

[Spec]

It's no use.

Spec.

[Arrian]

I was merely trying to explain that you misunderstood the term as Spec used it. I know that you think her refusal to learn French (and public statement that she wouldn't learn French) is "good business."

-Arrian