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The guys from CX have it right I worked for an Asian company in Taiwan for almost 2 years and went there thinking well no prob. I can fit in and everything will be great.....not the case, the culture had me counting the days until I could leave ...just before I went to Taiwan I had my second CX interview, I didn't understand why I got turned down...but CX knew what I didn't...I never would have made it long term....at some point I would have quit and gone back home (before you slag the yanks I'm Canadian) now I'm back in Canada making less but much happier....now the kicker with CX is it not only has Asian culture but a brit culture as well...not sure if that makes it better or worse but be aware it's not for everyone.
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glad CX never offered me the job.
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glad CX never offered me the job.
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That Asian carrier out of Taipei and CX have very little in common, other than both being airlines. You can justify your postion but CX has bases to get you back "home", and it's a far better career than any Canadian option. It's the truth...
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My comments were of course IMHO.....Now Just because you say ..it's "the truth" does not make it so.... it is really only your opinion...
and to be clear I wasn't trying to "justify" anything I am happy with how things worked out and did not say anything bad about CX only the asian culture, and my comment "but be aware it's not for everyone" is true, you like it ....I don't , hence not everyone fits in just ask some of the 49ers that I flew with in TPE.
Further more I think IMHO that my career in Canada is better than what I would have had in HKG based naturally on my standards of "far better"
Glad your happy though
My comments were of course IMHO.....Now Just because you say ..it's "the truth" does not make it so.... it is really only your opinion...
and to be clear I wasn't trying to "justify" anything I am happy with how things worked out and did not say anything bad about CX only the asian culture, and my comment "but be aware it's not for everyone" is true, you like it ....I don't , hence not everyone fits in just ask some of the 49ers that I flew with in TPE.
Further more I think IMHO that my career in Canada is better than what I would have had in HKG based naturally on my standards of "far better"
Glad your happy though
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Have you worked for both CX and the Taipei based carriers? If you haven’t how can you make such an assumption? I personally know a couple of guys that have and with all due respect they are chalk and cheese just as living in Taipei isn’t the same as living in Hong Kong.
Have you worked for both CX and the Taipei based carriers? If you haven’t how can you make such an assumption? I personally know a couple of guys that have and with all due respect they are chalk and cheese just as living in Taipei isn’t the same as living in Hong Kong.
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you notice I didn't compair CX and CAL or EVA I spoke of culture, true I never lived in HKG so maybe it's very different than TPE, but I'm very sure its different than Canada and its Canadian culture I'm compairing it to...as it's Candaian culture I want to live and work in, for that reason I'm glad I didn't give up a number in Canada for a job in HKG (not that CX gave me the choice) nothing wrong with CX but I am sure now it would have been wrong for me...can't speak for anyone else.
you notice I didn't compair CX and CAL or EVA I spoke of culture, true I never lived in HKG so maybe it's very different than TPE, but I'm very sure its different than Canada and its Canadian culture I'm compairing it to...as it's Candaian culture I want to live and work in, for that reason I'm glad I didn't give up a number in Canada for a job in HKG (not that CX gave me the choice) nothing wrong with CX but I am sure now it would have been wrong for me...can't speak for anyone else.
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Because you live in a dung hole and work for an airline where you are treated like a second or third class citizen, I'm sure you're looking forward to going back, but don't compare CX to CAL or Eva, cause it's a different planet. I would be racing to get out of Taipei as well, but living in HK and working for CX is something completely different and all I'm saying is that it shouldn't be a comparative. You certainly would have taken the job if offer if CX offered you the job, so it's a case of making it fit your plans. Hope you enjoy the EMB or RJ on 60k a year living in Toronto...that doesn't sound anything like heaven either...sorry 
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I see many of your points, but don't suppose that you know me ...and what job I would have or would not have taken, I had offers in the middle east at the time also, CX was just one option....the TPE job made it easy to commute... as it turns out I can hold Left seat EMB or Rt seat 320 on my return so the cash won't be as bad as all that and I live in YVR...as Mayday says "Everybody's definition of Heaven on Earth can be very different" as I think ours are so I will agree to disagree with you and I promise not to say bad things about CX on a CX fourm again...mind you I don't think I even did that, look back a show me where I insulted your company....I don't think I did I spoke only of cultures and MY inability or lack of desire to deal with them.
I see many of your points, but don't suppose that you know me ...and what job I would have or would not have taken, I had offers in the middle east at the time also, CX was just one option....the TPE job made it easy to commute... as it turns out I can hold Left seat EMB or Rt seat 320 on my return so the cash won't be as bad as all that and I live in YVR...as Mayday says "Everybody's definition of Heaven on Earth can be very different" as I think ours are so I will agree to disagree with you and I promise not to say bad things about CX on a CX fourm again...mind you I don't think I even did that, look back a show me where I insulted your company....I don't think I did I spoke only of cultures and MY inability or lack of desire to deal with them.
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Well said 29CHEV!
I work for CX and did not think any of your posts were getting at CX or HKG, just YOURSELF.
"POOR" (not financially) old "SALTAIRE" obviously has a problem, are you on a base now? Loved HKG and the culture that much??
I work for CX and did not think any of your posts were getting at CX or HKG, just YOURSELF.
"POOR" (not financially) old "SALTAIRE" obviously has a problem, are you on a base now? Loved HKG and the culture that much??
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Well, that's very philosophical....thank-you. I just disagreed with your comparison between a job in Tpe and a completely different job in HK. Which I can see you would agree are polar opposite. That must have been a fun commute from TPE....Now, YVR is a great city and I'm not sure how you would be back there on the EMB, but that's your business. Unfortunately, your experience as an expat has been with just about the worst case option if I understand what you just went through and I can appreciate your excitement to get back...good luck with AC.
