I was mildly shocked by some of the practices. I mean, you know it's a laid back society, but to see it in the workplace was pretty cool. It has it's benefits and drawbacks of course.

For work applications in the US I think I'll now have to answer yes to: [i:cffb9307fb]Have you ever consumed alcohol while on the job?[/i:cffb9307fb] They were just handing the stuff out. (If you live here it was like the Lion Red commercials with the new guy at work...without the sausage barbeque)

Of course I didn't consume alcohol in a US job. I did it in a country where it's accepted.....Gee I hope I never see that question again!! :icon_cool:

That being said, Kiwis seem to consume alcohol pretty responsibly. But maybe that's b/c I'm with the "responsible" crowd that doesn't get drunk.

Ok, now to the real "on the job compromise" part of my post:

I've been able to get a policy changed at my job. It had been there for 18 months or so, and nobody knew why it was that specific amount. But prices had changed since then, I saw it was out of date, brought it up and boom! within 2 weeks it was changed. That was pretty cool to see a big company work that quickly (of course other areas they are as slow as can be expected).

Innovation and learning from other cultures is a huge part of Kiwi culture, and it definitely carries over into the work place.