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Originally Posted by willx
Hm.. How many Fortune or Global 500/1000 companies have you worked for? Have you ever worked in an environment with a union workforce? Have you ever worked with incompetent middle management?
I'll tell you, and it may be horrid to hear, but sometimes you have to go around your own managers/supervisors/bosses even to accomplish your "customer first" philosophy.
Heck, forget bureaucracy.. I've worked with incompetent CEOs and CFOs for companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars that belittle their own employees, drive their companies into bankruptcy and still collect a "parachute" of several million dollars.
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Very true. I worked at the bottom end of such companies before and I resigned out of disgust for the accounting incompetency (having 3 machines for different credit card companies to save on swipe rates on their end, and a whole mess of accounts at the bottom end), uncreative slipshod products and HR (with the customer service and helpdesk bearing insults to retain their customers, no wonder we got the best helpdesk award) and of course, bureaucracy (the politically correct term for using accountability as an excuse for not getting anything done expediently).
I stick to freelance at SMEs, although there are a number who undercut employees to retain profits, they aren't as slow and incompetent as the leaders of the Big Corps I have worked for.
And it is utterly pathetic to see their offices laced with cliched posters.
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EDIT: Getting back on a topic more directly Japanese related, hm.. 70,000 yen so.. About US$900 for a low-end "quality" suit is actually not much different. That's +/- what a Boss suit goes for around here. Is that made-to-measure or off the rack?
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When it comes to dressing good, here is a tip; buy your suit at a country where you can leverage your currency. Most of the grooms where I live get their "quality" suits from Batam.