http://www.rogerboyes.com/2009/11/you-are-not-in-the-army/ Autor, Kolumnist, Brite in Deutschland Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:34:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.rogerboyes.com/2009/11/you-are-not-in-the-army/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Ian McGarry Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:44:33 +0000 http://www.rogerboyes.com/?p=203#comment-130 My experiences here in the German working world confirm John's critique too: what bewilders me here is how the famed "direct" German attitude, with nobody apparently knowing how to tiptoe carefully around a subject, gets abandoned wholesale at the door of the place of work and avoidance, compliance and putting up AND shutting up are the order of the day until hometime. I wonder how they think progress happens if questioning and "whistleblowing", or "upsetting the apple cart" a little are a no go. All part and parcel of a healthy modern world, wouldn't you say? My experiences here in the German working world confirm John’s critique too: what bewilders me here is how the famed “direct” German attitude, with nobody apparently knowing how to tiptoe carefully around a subject, gets abandoned wholesale at the door of the place of work and avoidance, compliance and putting up AND shutting up are the order of the day until hometime. I wonder how they think progress happens if questioning and “whistleblowing”, or “upsetting the apple cart” a little are a no go. All part and parcel of a healthy modern world, wouldn’t you say?

]]> http://www.rogerboyes.com/2009/11/you-are-not-in-the-army/comment-page-1/#comment-122 John Webber Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:03 +0000 http://www.rogerboyes.com/?p=203#comment-122 Roger, I think you put your finger on the one of the fundamental problems in German society. This attitude also pervades corporate culture. One of the worst insults in Germany is to be called a "Nestbeschmutzer", a whistle-blower. Germany needs more, not less whistle blowing. Roger, I think you put your finger on the one of the fundamental problems in German society. This attitude also pervades corporate culture. One of the worst insults in Germany is to be called a “Nestbeschmutzer”, a whistle-blower. Germany needs more, not less whistle blowing.

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