In the global world we?re living in today, it?s easy to imagine people from one country working across the world, say, an Indian working in the US, or a Japanese worker in Germany. While the transition has been made easier because of the increasingly common elements of an international society, there are some elements of culture clash that can really set one?s blood boiling. A report surveying 17,000 people by the professional social networking site, LinkedIn, has found what really ticks office workers off in various parts of the world; if you?re thinking of going abroad to work, this information could prove invaluable. Say, for example, you?re from Sweden, and as such are comfortable with people wearing revealing clothes to office (the report found only 23.5% of Swedes found this irritating), you?d do well to cover up before taking that job in the US, where 45.5% of the population finds revealing office clothes mighty annoying (62% women, 29% men). In India, the culture of sharing food runs deep, but not so in the US. There, the report found, 65% of your colleagues would get irritated if you took their food. Indians had the most number of things that annoyed them in office, choosing 19 out of the 38 options listed. But the thing that annoys us most is loud, obnoxious ringtones, with 74% of the people surveyed finding it extremely annoying (compared to 51% worldwide). There?s not much one can do about it, though. Remember how ineffective the law banning multi-toned pressurised horns was?
But the worst thing you could do, by worldwide consensus, is to not take ownership for your actions, or cover your back in case you?re in trouble with your boss. A sizeable 78% of all office workers around the world found that to be the most annoying trait. There, now you?re truly prepared to join the global job market.
