C***J
发帖数: 7594 | 1 SAO PAULO (AP) -- Stocking shelves in a Chinese grocery store, Thiago warned
that he didn't want to be caught chatting during working hours. Within
seconds, however, the Brazilian unleashed a pent-up flood of complaints
about the owners, who lingered just beyond hearing distance.
"My bosses have never heard of a day off," said the 20-year-old, who would
only allow his first name to be used, for fear of losing his job. "Vacations
? Forget it. They pay well and they pay for extra hours, but they don't
understand that some things are more important to Brazilians than money.
"I've seen many workers walk in, see the Chinese way of doing things, and
quit the very same day."
Such cross-cultural tensions have become a stumbling block in an otherwise
meteoric rise in business ties between China and Brazil, two of the world's
fastest-growing economies.
Chinese companies' direct investment in Brazil jumped to $17 billion last
year, nearly 60 times the investment the previous year, according to SOBEET,
a Brazilian economic think tank. At the same time, more Chinese companies
are hiring local workers rather than following their old practices of
bringing in Chinese laborers.
That new reality has meant frequent contact between two cultures that hold
vastly different expectations about the role of workers, government
regulations and unions.
Brazilians enjoy some of the most labor-friendly protections in the world,
with guarantees such as one-month annual bonuses and stipends for meals and
transportation. China, on the other hand, has quickly become the world's
second biggest economy on the strength of a low-paid work force and, in
practice, virtually nonexistent labor protections, according to the U.S.-
based nonprofit Global Institute for Labor & Human Rights. Brazil's strong
independent labor movement also clashes with a centralized Chinese system of
company unions without collective bargaining power.
"You're looking at a whole different model of how society operates," said
Charles Kernaghan, the institute's director. "That means no rights to
organize, virtually no labor protections."
Chinese companies are attempting to export that model and, at least in
Brazil, have been finding it difficult to retain workers, even in management
positions. | r*******g
发帖数: 32828 | 2 支持， 这样中国才能吸引外资。中国才能GDP第二。 | L*********d
发帖数: 7037 | 3 用中国人嘛
warned
Vacations
【在 C***J 的大作中提到】
: SAO PAULO (AP) -- Stocking shelves in a Chinese grocery store, Thiago warned
: that he didn't want to be caught chatting during working hours. Within
: seconds, however, the Brazilian unleashed a pent-up flood of complaints
: about the owners, who lingered just beyond hearing distance.
: "My bosses have never heard of a day off," said the 20-year-old, who would
: only allow his first name to be used, for fear of losing his job. "Vacations
: ? Forget it. They pay well and they pay for extra hours, but they don't
: understand that some things are more important to Brazilians than money.
: "I've seen many workers walk in, see the Chinese way of doing things, and
: quit the very same day."
| r*******g
发帖数: 32828 | 4 很难。参见首钢在秘鲁。 秘鲁的个人待遇比首钢的好多了。
所以， 南美也许不是我们想象的那么糟。
【在 L*********d 的大作中提到】
: 用中国人嘛
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: warned
: Vacations
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