“I remember sitting at a meeting in The USA and when it was about time but we were still discussing it we did stop and it was scheduled another follow up meeting later that week and everyone left on to their next thing.”
“A US Global Manager took it for granted that a PI would resolve queries during his summer holidays, and I explained her that in Europe it is not acceptable to ask a PI to interrupt his family holidays to access the eCRF and resolve a study queries”
“People from US getting surprised/annoyed because we in Europe go on vacation for 2-3 weeks at once.”
“When I worked in the City of London in the late ‘80s, the dress code was still very formal – dark suit, black shoes, etc. Some companies began adopting “dress-down Friday” policies, where employees could wear less formal clothes to work. Our American colleagues seemed to understand this best – they all turned up wearing an alternative “uniform” of khaki trousers, polo shirt, loafers etc. British colleagues – including me – really didn’t know what to wear! Some of us simply removed our ties; others turned up wearing shorts and T-shirts and were sent home to change! It seemed we (Brits) had no “alternative uniform” for work and we f
“I do have difficulties to adapt to task oriented behaviours: what matters is the result, not how you get there or how people feel during the process to get there. In these type of circumstances where there is a perceived “aggressive” behaviour towards team members, I find it difficult to accept. I have felt this with some colleagues/clients from US”
“When I work with people from the US my feeling is that in general they are extremely organized and communicate in a very efficient level, however, in other countries people go around on circles, do not answer to the specific questions you ask or provide you with a lot of unneeded information, etc…)”
“Many US people thinks that the rules or regulations for US are applied to all other countries.”