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

mishamise 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!