Filipinos "nice" but lacking in common sense -- IT business manager

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As someone whom invested heavily in the Philippines managing an IT company, I view your assumptions as narrow minded.

I’ve given hundreds of Pinoys IQ tests as part of the selection process, the vast majority of these IT graduates ( the cream of the crap ) performed dismally.

After two years operating we decided to close up and retain Singaporean Chinese staff and Brazilians. One staff member does the work of approximately 10 Pinoys.

The biggest issue was a sheer lack of common sense, they can do black and white but seldom grey. Higher order thinking skills and abstract reasoning skills seemed to me missing, as they would perhaps with someone diagnosed with mild Asperger syndrome.

As people I found them nice, but rarely kind. Big difference there, anyone can smile.

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  1. The Winning Team D30September 14, 2016 at 9:14 AM

    I can't argue about that. I met so many "Filipiknows" who can't find their asses in the dark.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2016 at 11:07 AM

    Fuck you!

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  3. Dick S. O'RosarySeptember 14, 2016 at 1:37 PM

    Our smiles are just our way to "save face". That's right, we're good at pretending to like you.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2016 at 5:53 PM

    Really??? How many millions of filipinos have you dealt already???.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2016 at 5:53 PM

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2016 at 5:57 PM

    Why generalize??

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2016 at 1:14 AM

    Train them! What's the use of training programs? Remember that Singaporeans don't have much common sense either, as they act by the book too much. Brazilians, while friendly, tend to be selfish, and shares a common trait with Pinoys: crab mentality.

    No particular nationality is perfect. It's just a matter on how you deal with them. No success is instant. Neither money will come to you in an instant from zero.

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  8. Cielito SagarioSeptember 15, 2016 at 7:05 AM

    You do not insult them, instead you teach them, idiots !

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  9. AnonymousApril 5, 2017 at 8:52 PM

    enough.

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  10. AnonymousJune 8, 2023 at 3:05 AM

    Bobo mga pinoy kasi

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