Crossing Cultures

Episode #8 - Women in the Workplace


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A weekly podcast where guests from all over the world talk about subtle, surprising, intriguing and bizarre cultural differences in everyday life.
In this episode we talk about "Women in the Workplace", join us to here how women are leading and achieving in the tech and business industry all over the world:
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Brigitte Bierlein is the current Chancellor of Austria.
50% of businesses in Austria are started by women, except for the startup scene, that has less than 10% of businesses started by women.
In German the word for woman (Frau) is a feminine noun, but 'miss' or 'girl' (FrΓ€ulein, MΓ€dchen) are masculine nouns.
πŸ‘ In Vienna, you can use the word "Oida" for almost everything. Check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuXR5...
πŸ’» Michaela Novak-Chaid is the CEO of HP in Austria.
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🀰🏻 Brazil has a 4 month maternity leave (possibly turning into 6 monthes) with an option to take a leave without pay for another 6 months.
πŸ‘ "Cool" in Carioca (Rio de Janeiro slang) is "Maneiro".
πŸ‘©β€πŸ”§ Maria Silvia Bastos Marques.
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❄️ It gets really cold in Changchun (ι•Ώζ˜₯εΈ‚) in the winter.
πŸ§›β€β™€οΈβ˜ οΈβ›΅ Ching Shih (鄭氏) was a Chinese pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas during the early 19th-century. She commanded over 300 ships manned by 20,000 to 40,000 pirates.
πŸ‘ ζ‹‰ι£Ž (Lā fΔ“ng), lit. "Pulling the wind" is a slang term that means "Cool".
πŸ‘΅πŸ₯£πŸŒΆοΈ Tao Huabi (ι™ΆεŽη’§), known in China as Lao Gan Ma (θ€εΉ²ε¦ˆ), meaning "Old Grandmother" is a Chinese self-made billionaire and producer of China's No.#1 spicy sauce.
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Taiwan has seen a rise in women entering the police force.
πŸ‘πŸ† The word "屌" (Diǎo) litteraly meaning "d*ck" is used to describe something cool.
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β›ΉοΈβ€β™€οΈβš½ Megan Rapinoe is captain of the US womens soccer (football) team that lead the team to the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup victory).
βŒπŸ“‹ Illegal questions during a jpb interview:
https://www.monster.com/career-advice...
Peggy Johnson is the vice president of Microsoft.
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