From: "Randy H" 

No doubt-but by brother is in a VERY specilaized domain, so I don't see the
work-style differences being a big issue.


"John Beckett"  wrote
in message news:3eed8821.9336144{at}216.144.1.254...
> "Randy H"  wrote in message
> news::
> > I will soon have an Aussie sister-in-law (Perth). Dunno if she'll move
here
> > or if my brother will relo to Oz...
>
> Big move either way. One of them will have a shock.
>
> A distant relation of mine is an Australian girl. She met an American guy
> on a trip, and they lived in Sydney after the marriage. He tried very
> hard, but in the end he just couldn't cope with the differences. One of
> his problems was the wide difference in work styles. We (oz) don't have
> the population to support some of the highly structured US life styles. He
> worked assembling air conditioning and related stuff in large buildings.
> He was used to tight designs and specialisation. By comparison, Sydney
> workers (at least at that time 20 years ago) were "generalists" (since
> specialists couldn't be justified for the limited amount of work). Also,
> we would muddle through a lot more than he could tolerate, making it up on
> the spot, rather than properly designing a system.
>
> They ended up moving to the US (and I've lost touch).
>
> John

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