The nuances that must be considered when working on a foreign company

There is something to strive for. Often applicant Ukrainian foreign employer seems a sort of fairy tale ball, which will certainly show the way to the heights of the profession, wealth, recognition - who then want more. However, before taking such a ball in hand, we must remember that what may be nuances in the further work, if your boss - a foreigner.

In this regard, necessary to distinguish between the features of the representation in the government, diplomatic, social organization and a private firm. As a rule, institutions like the United Nations or the International Organization for Migration, characterized by the fact that not only have clear job descriptions, but also provisions to comply with work ethics and information security, which should be strictly adhered to. Dress code in such companies is clearly defined, and the possibility of non-compliance is most often simply does not arise.

Or, for example, often in such firms there is a rule in relation to electronic communications: no e-mail at work matters will not be sent without additional recipient in the "copy". Direct supervisor or curator certain issues can familiarize themselves with its contents.

In Ukrainian Companies such "care" about colleagues meet infrequently. This method of monitoring employees, because no one is protects its image and reputation, as an organization of this kind. If you are not willing to strict control and accurate execution of all kinds of regulations, this career path is not for you. The same strict rules and limitations exist in many offices of large corporations.

However, and work in a private company, director or owner is a foreigner, may be very different. The Europeans and Americans have much in common in the requirements for the staff. But the representatives of Turkey, Egypt, Iran, India - is another matter. They are faster and easier to adapt to the conditions of life with respect to both legislation and ways to speed up the adoption of the necessary solutions to them - at the expense of the ability to "negotiate". The motives of such leaders Ukrainians (we) become more apparent.

Another distinctive feature of the entrepreneurs of these countries - a kind of attitude to the time frame and the promises. One must be prepared to ensure that the agreed deadlines of the project or, for example, payment of wages may shift over time and affect it is hardly possible.

"I have experience with businessmen from Iran, that led the project on our territory, - says Vladislav Poplavsky, a top manager of one of the Ukrainian companies. - They may promise anything, and even sign contracts. But when are you appealing to these documents, trying to solve the problem of the non-fulfillment of obligations or non-compliance with the agreed terms, the answer is always the same: "I promised, then so be it." And it will be a week or a month, for them, apparently, is not so important. The fact that, due to this uncertainty the company's reputation may suffer, they do not bother. "

It is also often possible to meet and lack of a clear financial discipline in the offices of "parent" companies in East Ukraine. Here and in the love of saving (low salaries of employees), and small offices, taken in the sublease, and change the size of the amounts which were planned to spend on the project during its start. "Even goes so far, that if business owners seem to like to hire a local, especially European, head for such representation is expensive, - says Ilya Voichenko, travel agency employee, - the director of becoming one of the shareholders, to save even a small amount of money for" Clan ".

In Ukraine, there are many works of Turkish companies, so Let's dwell on the nuances of the work under the supervision of the head of Turkey. What say many experts who already have experience of such work?

Rapid career growth

At the very beginning of the start is quite heavy - long working hours, possible delay, no personal affairs during working hours (even to go to the doctor at the reception is quite problematic). But if the person himself zarekomenduet, besides the respect and recognition, it is provided a rapid advance through the ranks, and a sizeable increase in salary. However, mainly in the Turkish companies pay salaries "in envelopes" - whether to agree to it, decide to have an employee. The main thing - it must be remembered that if a man showed himself, they will cherish and will try to hold onto it, including stimulating material.

Kind of employee motivation

With an enviable frequency and regularity of the Turkish leadership holds meetings, which collects all the staff. On these "meetings" are fun to talk about the success that the company has achieved, on how to strengthen or expand its position in the market, and if even a little bit to try the products are soon to conquer the world. Perhaps the great sense of these remarks are not, because they are not reported any new or critical information, but employees recognized that such meetings are not just motivated to work better, but also evoke a sense of pride for the company.

teamwork

Its principles apply not only to work and developed so much that even to go to lunch one is not accepted - or in pairs, or in groups.

Hospitality

This feature of the Turkish Employers can be fully felt in the mission. Turks welcome guests regardless of their positions, are sincerely trying to please and get upset if something is not provided. And if you come for the second time, then most likely, everything will be perfect. At least, the Turkish side will try hard to make it that way.

Impulsiveness

Out of ten decisions taken as a result of the faithful may be five. But most importantly - the process of finding these solutions, their discussion. Long deliberation and long versions proschityvanie the Turkish side is not welcome.

The absence of a hierarchy

Hard work, often without realizing in the process, who is your immediate superior. All well-known only to the company's president and his deputy. And below the ladder - mess and chaos. On the one hand, it deals with all the other - it is difficult to find one specifically responsible for anything. If you need to agree on a specific document, it can be more than one hour to find out whose signature it should stand under its final text.

Servility

Relation to top-managers in the Turkish company is unusual for us. Ordinary employees are in senior management almost a deity. For example, widespread use of even respectful additions to the name "Bey" (eg, Ahmed Bey), translated as "lord," "master."

In general, know the features of the mentality of the immediate superior is not only useful for building a career, but also to smaller injure the nervous system. Especially in those moments when the slave does not share the opinion of the head. However, there are corporations in which the head of an opinion can not not share. Even if he simply advised or stated his point of view, it is carried out strictly. It was so instituted in Korean companies.

The cult of the senior (in age or position) there is undeniable, as the harsh discipline: being late for one minute does not qualify as "only", but as "a whole" and is punishable by a fine. To leave during working hours outside the office for personal reasons, it is necessary written consent of management. On the one hand - a total discipline, on the other - do not always have the ability to prioritize and make rational use of working time.

"The Koreans, in my opinion, to suffer unhealthy workaholism, - says Maria Samsonyuk lawyer Korean trading company. - They're really too much work and at lunchtime can sleep on the job, each even have to do a special pad. But they love wasted on minor things, and often for a long time simply reinventing the wheel. It seems that there is a hard team work, but did not seem over, over what really should have been. "

Team spirit in the Korean company is very important. If your employer is Korean, ready for corporate events in the office and on the road, as well as to the fact that the decision may not be final. Depending on various factors (including changes of opinion from senior management) solutions can literally change the speed of sound. Therefore, the Ukrainian representative office of Korean corporations popular anecdote, which has become almost a proverb: "Soldier, do not rush to execute the order because he can follow orders to" set aside ".

Interesting business relations between Ukraine and China. Many Ukrainian businessmen do business with the Chinese, but virtually none at the same time in Ukraine, Chinese companies.

"This is because they are simply not allowed to market competitors - revealed the secret of one of the owners of a large construction company. - After all, where there is Chinese, the other has nothing to do: produce Chinese goods are no worse than anyone else, but it is three times cheaper. "

As for the work in the offices of the world's largest companies, as well as in Ukrainian offices of American and European private companies, in it there is a lot of common nuances. Therefore, we can prepare well in advance to the peculiarities of the workflow or to think seriously about whether you are willing to change, even for work in a foreign company. Geographically, Ukraine is situated in Eastern Europe, but in the mentality of the Ukrainians has many features that significantly distinguish it from the mentality of, for example, Poles, Hungarians, Germans or other Europeans. In addition, we must not forget that not so long ago, our country was one of the republics of the Soviet Union, which was dominated by its own special laws and regulations.

1. Salary

At the interview, usually raises the issue of wages. You read out the desired amount. The employer agrees, shook hands, and you - in the state. Do not be surprised if the salary is less than the agreed amount. Nobody wants to cheat you, just as we call a specific number, we hope that the money we have and get your hands on. A foreigner is referring to the total amount of wages, from which will then be deducted various taxes, pension fund contributions and so on. Such nuance need to negotiate immediately for an interview. By the way, keep in mind that when talking about salary are Europeans, voiced by the desired amount for the month, and if the Americans - for a year.

2. workday Nenormirovannost

Many Ukrainian companies have already switched to a system of work when at 18.00 local time does not mean the end of the working day. We will not prevaricate: rare compatriot does not like to postpone the day after tomorrow what you can do tomorrow. The European companies it is usually excluded. If a company a large order, all work. No weekends, no end of the day before dark. All meetings are held in the afternoon, all contracts, documents, presentations, preparing to late evening. This work is the result, to achieve the goal, not for salaries or bonuses. As companies such projects are carried out one after the other, and customers often "stand in line", similar rush jobs - a common occurrence.

"Sometimes, we have to stay at work until two, and up to three in the morning, - says Roman Badalis, a partner at the German law firm. - It's not because we are slow or not working well, but because the client for us - the greatest value. The urgency of the performance - one of the advantages that we can offer. Therefore, when working on a project team, and you as a leader you need to double-check everything, read, correct, time is almost turns into a working day. "

3. Command reacting

It has long been the major Ukrainian companies do not know firsthand what a team-building - activities aimed at team building, achieving team goals in life. So, for every European or American company is not just a word, not a way to spend leisure time, not the reason for the extraordinary corporate parties. For them it is - a way of life. In such firms, the left hand is sure to know what your right hand does, even her every finger separately, and vice versa, and the work is carried out the command literally.

4. status

Top-manager of Ukrainian seen from afar: it is important and businesslike, he rushes everywhere and always busy, ordinary employees communicate with them is almost impossible, even if the office space is not more than one hundred square meters. Often it is an honest bureaucrat, even when quite young. "Foreign" the head, regardless of age and status is always ready to dialogue with the "lower-ranking" often welcomes the initiative "from below" and does not allow himself any snobbish pretensions nor condescending expressions staff address. Equality and brotherhood regardless of position - it is about the work of European representation.

5. branded

One of the top managers of the largest non-governmental organization, which is represented in Kiev, wrist watch company Swatch. To make it clear to everyone, I would say: it is cheap wristwatch, Swatch because it does not produce multi-brand models. Top-manager is such a watch not because I can not afford expensive. Perhaps they just like him or reminded of something good. Perhaps it is a gift a loved one - brother, mother, grandmother ... A good suit for the head of a foreign - is not one that is not less than five thousand dollars, and one that sits well.

6. Healthy lifestyle

For Americans, it is - a fad. More precisely, such an important and a huge point. Untrained person can show that they are obsessed with healthy lifestyle: coffee without caffeine, artificial sweetener instead of sugar, smoking - no, no, no, jogging in the morning before work - yes, yes, yes! And so, not only in the cinema, the Americans really that concerned. In general, all the heads of foreigners advocate a healthy lifestyle in the first place, it contributes to the company's development and growth as a healthy person is more functional than the patient, obviously. Regarding the smokers, the non-smoker is not necessary every hour or two to take a break "for a couple of minutes," of whom subsequently added hours of time wasted. Domestic same leaders are tolerant to such weaknesses, since they themselves often exposed.

to separate

Whatever it was, if you plan to work under the direct supervision of a foreign citizen should remember two important things. First, we can not ignore the differences in mentalities. Countries dictates certain rules and habits that should be taken into account subordinate if he plans to work for a long time under the particular foreign leader. And second, in spite of all the subtleties of mentality, everyone - individual, possessing him alone inherent characteristics. Knowing the first and the second bearing in mind, you can achieve any career heights, which we will and wish.