S05 E11: German Work

S05 E11: German Work

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WhyWork Podcast di Alan Girle, Trajce Cvetkovski, & Sara Pazell
S5 · E11
15 lug 2024
40:10

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Season 05 Episode 11: German Work

Warning: This episode discusses Anti-Semitic work behaviours.

“Is ‘German work’ a standard of work?” Trajce asks as he recounts a story on a manager who berates his Aussie teams, “’You’re F’n stupid!’ “ the manager tells his staff.

Even mid-employment dispute, this manager showed no contrition. “He believed that he was forced to speak in this manner,” Trajce elaborates, “because the culture of work in Australia was far too lazy and lackadaisical for him.”

Sara shares a story of a New York firm with whom she was once associated. In this firm, the manager tried to compel an Australian team member to sign their proposed work contract, “It’s not like I am making them wear concrete shoes and putting a gun to their head!” the New York representative lamented. “I don’t think that is going to work in Australia…,” Sara sweetly acknowledges..

Alan encourages the team to “unplug from it all’,” remembering life at age 22…

Parole chiave

work design
good work design
work culture
case law
occupational psychosocial hazards
occupational health and safety