General attitude of an Irish Team with a Non Irish Boss

davo10 wrote: »

Strange thread, but I think it's a wind up.

Especially with the "cailin" bit

DasBikq wrote: »

Thanks , glad to know that the Irish are more open , regarding the cailin , lot of confusing information online about the rules of engagement, will have to figure this out the old fashioned way , i guess.

sitting bull**** sounds like the right nome de jour to me.

Probably

jasus if he is indian he's goosed.... the piss taking alone will send em back to Bangalore!!

Not usually, I've worked with some "brahmin" high society-ish Indians that adapted pretty well. And other classes, better. Easier to get away with than a Ballsbridge accent in Offaly.

DasBikq wrote: »

Hmm , I take it I have to endear myself to the group, any pointers ? what if I make jokes about the Queen of England ?

That would make you appear pathetically desperate looking for approval. And that you're stereotyping your team before you talk to them.

The Irish equivalent is making jokes about yourself, and laughing if others make jokes at your expense. But not everyone has the personality that works for taking and giving soft insults. Much better to wait until you know who has a thick skin or who's sensitive.

If you're insisting on stereotypes, then buying pizza or indian takeaway would work better.

You're going to be a team leader at a startup?
If the other team members have good prior work experience, then they'll probably have worked with plenty of nationalities, will treat you as the colleague that's volunteered to be the poor fool explaining this weeks f***ups and purchases to the purple-faced financial controller.

If your bosses are cheap and hiring mostly inexperienced members, they're going to be way more concerned about learning the basics of their craft.

Try to explain and diagram why you're doing what you're doing;

and that when they are out of their depth and things are going wrong that they've got a windows of some time (X hours) to figure it out for themselves (or talking to their neighbour), and beyond that to look for advice and help from the team leader.
And that you are patient with the newbies; even minor speaking differences between people from Irish midlands and Ireland south can result in misunderstandings that will have you mentally faceplanting the keyboard.