WORK VALUE

Jersey Seinfield Amanda (1611800071)

Rachma Budiani (1611800074)
Muhammad Ziddan Bima Putra H.
(1611800075)
 The Work Ethnic
• Work Ethic also called the “Protestant Ethic”.
This ethic was the result of the religious belief
that success was a sign of god’s favor and
those who were successful were among God’s
“chosen” and would go to heaven.
 Rewards and Satisfaction
• In America, people believe that they are
rewarded for working, producing, and
achieving. They believe that there is equality
of opportunity that allows anyone to become
successful. There is also increase job
satisfaction when employees have the
opportunity to develop creative.
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 Workaholics
• Workaholic is a person who is addicted to
work as an alcoholic to liquor. The American
culture values achievement efficiency,
production and workaholics uphold these
values.
 Leisure and Socializing
• Despite the presence of workaholics, people
in America realize that excessive work
demands can be phycically and mentally
harmful. Leisure time provides opportunities
to find personal satisfaction and freedom from
routine work.
 American Attitude Toward Manual Labor

• A characterictic of American culture that has

become almost a tradition is the glorification of the
self-made man, who has risen to the top through
his own efforts, usually beginning by working with
his hands. In the other side, those who earn their
living through manual labor get good salaries. It
has been an American ideal to rise from a humble
beginning to a better position. Therefore the
“servant class” has not remained a fixed group.
 Salary Regulation in America
• Payday Workers : this payday workers mostly
full time workers or contract workers.
• Hourly Workers : workers are paid based on
the number of hours that workers are running,
so usually hourly workers, such as a bank
employee, employees in hospitals, etc. hourly
workers can be part time workers.
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4 differences of American Work Culture

• You might be working with American people

and when you’re from a different culture, with
different attitudes about work, you’ll probably
meet some unexpected difficulties. This is
totally normal, when you work with different
cultures, but that doesn’t make it less
frustrating. You ask “Why are Americans like
that?” and “How can we work together
better?”.
 American Individualism
• Which country was the most individualistic? It’s the United States
of America. They have a strong attitude of “do-it-yourself”, which
is great if you’re alone on a Texas ranch, but might also sometimes
prevent some Americans from being a natural team player. This is
part of the reason why “team-building exercises” are such a big
thing in the US : to teach individualistic American people how to
create a team spirit. For many Americans, they especially don’t like
a manager who tells them how to do their job, they want to have
some freedom to choose their own way ofdoing things, and they
expect to be rewarded individually for the results. That’s why all
those “Employee of The Month”. Awards are so common in
American companies.
 Is Work Everything?
• American people tend to define themselves by their
occupation, and that might be a big cultural difference
with foreigners in some cases. “What do you do?” is a
very common small talk question with strangers. The
boundaries between the professional and personal also
means that it’s not uncommon to work on weekends or at
home. Even on holidays—when they exist. Companies
aren’t even required to give their workers paid leave.
American people also work longer hours. In a recent poll,
around 20% of them worked 50 or more hours a week –
it’s just business as usual.
 Are Americans friendly in the office?
• American people tend to be much more friendly from the start. For
instance, they’ll share a lot of personal information with strangers, just to
start a conversation. That might seem strange to you if your culture values
personal privacy where friendship is more sacred and selective. This
dynamic also shows in the way Americans give professional feedback:
American managers will sound much more positive, giving praise much
more easily. And it’s popular for them to sandwich critism between 2
compliments: positive feedback, then criticism, then concluding with
more positive feedback. American people also tend to appear less
confrontational, and to search for common ground. That means that they
might feel “scrared” or uncomfortable if you try to get into a heated
debate about the slinghtest thing: they might think a real, important
disagreement is going on, while you think it’s just healthy exchange of
different points of view.
 Practice vs. Theory
• Many Americans want to jump right to the
practical applications. This cliché also ties into
the previous differences: in a random friendly
conversation, in your culture, it may be
normal to debate over grand theories, while
American people will share personal stories.
Try to mix both, as these two visions have
their own strengths and weaknesses.