Probably American Factory from 2019. Definitely a recommended watch for anyone unfamiliar with the topic.
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AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I remember watching a documentary a few years ago where this exact situation happened. Chinese company buys American company, tries to establish their work culture and it just doesn’t work.
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jumjummy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yep that’s probably the one. Super depressing, especially all the anti-union tactics.
AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Went back to see the trailer and yeah, that’s the one.
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 3 months ago
It’s the same the world over. I’ve worked for years for a western company which has got a large part of their business in Asia and China.
You try taking our “western ways” of leadership to China and see how well it fares; what I would consider “leaving space for a leader to operate and feel accountable” is seen as “my leader has no fucking clue what he is doing; he never tells me what he wants me to do”.
Culture eats everything for breakfast. As a western leader in China you have to act like a controlling maniac (in my cultural frame) to be seen as an effective leader in China.
And it goes both ways. My brother reports to a Chinese manager transplanted to the west and she “desperately wants to micromanage everything” according to the western team.
We are all trying our best.