Communicate with Canadians

[costam]

Hello,

we are a group of 4 french students and we are working on the Canadian culture for the English class. Our goal is to learn more about "how to communicate with Canadians at work ?"

We made a really short questionnaire (it will take you less than 5 minutes) to find answers to this question and we need to have as many answers as possible from Canadian persons or persons who worked there. So please visit this page :

How to communicate with Canadians at work?

Thank you

 

[Mowich]

I answered your questionnaire but found it very limited as it is hard to categorize anyone being that we are all individuals. As such, our conduct is not robotic and what I may do does not necessarily apply to another. Good luck.

 

[AnnaG]

I answered your questionnaire but found it very limited as it is hard to categorize anyone being that we are all individuals. As such, our conduct is not robotic and what I may do does not necessarily apply to another. Good luck.

I answered it too, but I added a lengthy comment at the end qualifying some of my answers.

 

[JLM]

I agree with Mowich and Anna. Canadians are all different some are touchy feely types but before you start touching and feeling find out for sure. Mostly Canadians respond to common sense and hate blow hards.

 

[Johnnny]

how to communicate with Canadians at work ?

ill tell you personally, if your from northern ontario there every second word is F#%K.... We say it as much as the smurfs say smurf :lol:

 

[JLM]

ill tell you personally, if your from northern ontario there every second word is F#%K.... We say it as much as the smurfs say smurf :lol:

And northern B.C. and southern B.C. and central B.C. and coastal B.C. :lol::lol:

 

[Dessolution]

I couldn't continue with the survey because it was way too limited and far too broad a subjects to answer.

 

[ByTheRiver]

I answered the questions and also added a lengthy comment. So, basically what I said was this..I think that how Canadians behave at work depends a lot on the type of setting... where what is considered appropriate is relative to the work place culture: conservative, informal, etc and to the diversity of people working there...
These criticisms aside however - I'd like to thank you though for recognizing that Canadians are different from Americans.

 

[dreamwatcher]

A good rule of thumb, for any type of work in Canada, whether professional or not is;

Be on time. Respect your co-workers. Learn and grow. Be a helpful employee. Do not bring serious personal problems to work. Offer suggestions to your boss, only when asked, or if truly needed and would give a better outcome, but never insist on change. And above all, when possible avoid hurtful gossip. Best of luck, if we can do all of these things, as I am sure many of us have worked in hell holes, during a recession. If that is the case, we have no choice but to put up with it all, until the work climate changes.

 

[JLM]

A good rule of thumb, for any type of work in Canada, whether professional or not is;

Be on time. Respect your co-workers. Learn and grow. Be a helpful employee. Do not bring serious personal problems to work. Offer suggestions to your boss, only when asked, or if truly needed and would give a better outcome, but never insist on change. And above all, when possible avoid hurtful gossip. Best of luck, if we can do all of these things, as I am sure many of us have worked in hell holes, during a recession. If that is the case, we have no choice but to put up with it all, until the work climate changes.

Excellent advice and most people at some point in there lives find that there is no job that is too menial and there is no one who is above a menial job. At the very least it builds character.