The Australian subsidiary is a mess
The Australian subsidiary is a mess
You can advance your career by moving to corporate in Seattle.
The only way to get ahead in Australia is to leave for the US.
Australians "are apparently not the US," which is garbage.
Management spend too much time trying to do it their own way rather than take the learnings from other subsidiaries. There's a reason that it's behind Europe and the US.
Start promoting on skillset, not on tenure. It's no longer just a sales world.
Compared to Europe or the US, it's the old Microsoft. The cultural change being driven from the top is actively avoided down under.
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