Business etiquette in Chile

06 April 2016 12:12:11

52481

Grand Baie

Hello everybody,

As you know, professional habits may differ from one country to another. In order to help newly arrived expats better understand their new professional environment in Chile, we warmly encourage you to share information and insights about the do's and don'ts in the workplace.

For instance, are there office manners? How do you greet your co-workers? Do you greet your management differently? Is there a dress code? Particular rules to observe? Maybe a professional body language?

On another level, what is key for a successful professional meeting? Are there any steps to follow? How do you a start a negotiation?

In other words, what are the most important things to know for a successful professional integration in Chile?

Thank you in advance for sharing your experience!

Julien

josebarros

11 April 2016 23:23:38

Hello, I worked there from 2013 until 2015 about 1 year and half.
I'll post my personal experience on there.

1. No professionalism at all, mixing personal affairs with work are norm.
2. They don't follow strictly the time, meetings are usually scheduled at time and they don't appear at the agreed hour. That happens often there.
3. People are sexist, they treat female person like their personal fetiches and sexual harassments and comments are regular. They don't have a serious legislation against it, so be advised.
4. Lack of good work environment, that pissed me off a lot! People don't give to you the space needed, I'm talking about space phisically speaking, space between people are too short, no sense of privacy, no sense of respect your space, no sense of respecting your own personality or individual traits.
They usually mix your personal life with your professional and expect invite you to their homes. They touch too much, speaks too close and have several annoyance behavior.

My advice is: don't go, stay in Europe.

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