Originally Posted by sizematters
shame on you all, frightening the guys like this......................
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Friend,
If the truth is scary, so be it. If you don't recognise the extreme absurtity of this company culture, you have only flown military or have lived with a raging alcoholic father (probably both).
If you are military, you wont feel the heat as you slide into a warming pot of water. You will be somewhat used to being jerked around, and childish politics driven by fragile egos (probably a good part of why you left the military in the first place!). It won't seem so bad because you will be getting more pay and have more time off. Remember, at this point in your career, you are probably looking for your final job, the rest of your life is a long time to sit in a boiling pot!
If dear old dad liked the booze a bit too much and had the indiscriminate temper explosion, you will feel right at home. You probably are used to pussy footing around the house, grateful that when a sibling is taking a beating the heat is off you, but never knowing when your next arse kicking is coming. If you were the step child of the family, you probably took more abuse than most. At CX this unfortunate soul is called a "Yank".
Yes, there are some great people in the training (checking!) department at CX. They, just like good old mom, will occasionally save your bacon, but sooner or later dad will find you.
It's not all doom and gloom. Put on a happy face, show proper respect, don't complain, and readily massage the ego of those training you , and you will
probably be ok. Just remember you're in the cage with a gorilla while in training (which never ends here), and you are going to have to kick its proverbial arse. Oh, yeah, hope for a small gorilla.
Just don't screw it up, because if you decide to return to the mother land at some point the interviewers in the US have never experienced the "Cathay Way", and won't readily overlook a blemish in an otherwise impeccable record.