Wednesday, July 11, 2007

the difference between an ad agency and a normal company

ad agency:

sharing your personal life openly during work hours is completely normal, regardless of sexual orientation

sex jokes are common

sex is a common "language" of affection

"flirting" openly with the opposite sex is 2nd nature and commonplace - flirting is the new friendly. no flirting = unfriendly.

no significant gender dominance or cluster.

no secret clustering or parties. the more the merrier.

the more different you look from the rest, the more "creative" you are deemed to be.

% of married people in the company = < 50%

normal local company:

your personal life is as private as your closet identity.

common, gender-neutral jokes only

lots of sniggering and hush-hush when talking about the opposite sex

on good terms with the opposite sex is deemed as "liking-each-other" or "flirting" by others

on good terms with the opposite sex is deemed as "you-like-me" by the opposite sex

drinking parties only open to male, unless female openly self-invites.

the more different you look from the rest, the more "open-fire aka suan-ing" you get.

% of married people in the company = > 80%

3 comments:

Z A I said...

hahahhah agree!!! another point to add - i think the culture in foreign company is actually similar to your description for ad agency... yes yes, sex jokes are indeed the common language and flirting = friendly... this is precisely the "problem" for me in office, being far TOO quiet!!!

Zai

Kaylee Anne said...

harloww, move outta your closet identity, miss!!

andrea said...

pense que esta informacion serviri a para una tesis, paro son puras babosadas! que inmaduros!