Filipino workplace culture prioritizes relationships and respect, with employees using honorifics like "sir" and "po." Communication is indirect and non-confrontational. Family ranks above work for most Filipinos, so respecting local holidays and family time is essential to building trust and high performance.
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So typically, the Philippines emphasizes relationships. They. They really thrive on relationships and feeling important and needed in that relationship, much more so than in the US and in that relationship, respect is a really big deal. This is why they'll call you sir. This is why they, when they have communication, when they talk with each other, they often start or end things with po. It's a sign of respect. So they also tend to be very indirect and non confrontational. Non confrontational is what they say. They, they also say shy, where they don't want to push an issue, they don't want to make something difficult. Often when communicating in the Philippines with a Filipino boss, they feel like they need to stroke their ego. They need to beat around the bush. If there's a problem, they're gonna. They're going to talk their way around it and hope that the other person infers the problem. Why they do this, I don't know. This is just their style. Typically Filipinos very much value family time and community. Family and community. Like in their relationships, family tops everything. Community is really important. Work is then probably a third most important thing. Now work is probably becoming a second most important to family in, in Philippines culture. But this just gives you an idea of what I'm about to say next and why it's so important. So next, understanding Filipino holidays and traditions and customs. If you don't do this, they feel that you are insensitive, that you are a bad boss, that you don't care. Now, going back to what I've said before about getting trust, if they feel like you don't care, then their likelihood to deliver impressive work is low. And so in all of these things in relationship, in their communication style, with it being indirect, and you come at them with, hey, you didn't do this, right? And you're very direct, which I'm very direct, if you do that, they'll feel pushed down. And if they feel pushed down, then their willingness to go above and beyond is low. So respect the culture, respect their holidays and their traditions, respect their need for family time, which, yeah, it may seem like it's a lot and it is, but that's part of getting impressive work from them.
