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View submission: Vietnamese as bosses or employer
Currently have a Vietnamese boss ATM, and most of my teammates are Vietnamese all based in HCM and based on my experience (2 years working with them):
1. Para silang robot, they’re focused on the job and nothing else. Barely any small talk or conversations about personal life (which has its pros and cons).
2. They’re always late to meetings. Naging normal na when we say 10AM meeting, expect them to arrive 10:10 or 10:15
3. At least with my boss, mejo pa ulit ulit sinasabi niya and has tendencies to be a micro manager.
4. Biggest adjustment I had to face was their accent, Vietnamese aren’t the most well versed in English and even though my peers and boss are more inclined to the language given that we’re in a multinational, mejo mahirap pa din intindihin.
5. They don’t understand why Filipinos have so many and such long holidays lol. They don’t have any concept of Christmas or anything similar. Their longest holiday is Tet or their Lunar New Year which is a week and after that mostly no holidays na.
6. If you’re working remotely, advantage is they are 1 hour behind so my days usually start at 10AM, and more or less (if walang anything impt), I can end my days at 5-530PM.
Comment by JumpyBend-64 at 29/01/2025 at 08:16 UTC
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To be fair, I think it's the remote set-up and language barrier that makes them "robots". I've been to HCM and there are so many friendly folks out there. You'd be surprised about how much more chaotic their traffic situation is and yet they seem more chill about it.
I also have friends who frequent SEA and Viets daw talaga are one of the most sociable ones.
Although they are on track to overtake our economy (IIRC), I have been told by a local that Viets think we are rich. Probably because of the tourists they have and that we are ahead (GDP-wise).
In the end, we're pretty much fucked. The world looks at Vietnam as an alternative to China for manufacturing. Eh, tayo? Forever nalang service center ng international companies. Dagdag mo pa dyan yung very very low standards natin sa political leaders. 😭