On working for the other side
The Guardian is a great place to work, full of people who are good at their jobs and make coming to work each day a joy. I love my job.
That said, there are certain … peculiarities … that an American only encounters when all her…
Yes! and saying “Sure” doesn’t mean “Okay” or “Yes,” but apparently something passive aggressive or non-committal? That still confuses me.
On working for the other side
The Guardian is a great place to work, full of people who are good at their jobs and make coming to work each day a joy. I love my job.
That said, there are certain … peculiarities … that an American only encounters when all her bosses are British – and the same is true for Brits who find themselves working for Americans. This whole English 2 English project exists because cross-cultural communication can be amusingly difficult. But what’s funny and cute in an interpersonal relationship is a whole other level of complicated tension when you apply it to your work life.
Therefore, I offer three tips for Americans with British bosses. But what I really want is to hear from you: how do you navigate the minefield when you find yourself employed by the other side?
I look forward to the “If you’re British and working for Americans” response to this. “For one thing, there’s a bunch of holidays throughout the year that have special names, but you’ll end up working through most of them.”
From the beginning, we’ve been very clear that we are not journalists and we are not a journalistic operation. I see how it might be confusing, because our content can overlap with journalistic endeavors and/or have the same look and feel as journalism. Oftentimes, the news focuses on what’s new over what’s important. Upworthy is the opposite: We will always feature issues and content that we feel are the most important, even if they’ve been ongoing issues… But we are an editorial operation—you can think of our curators as editors, and we’re completely dedicated to fantastic storytelling.
Sara Critchfield, editorial director of Upworthy, explains the aim of the site – and you’ll be AMAZED by what happens next, etc. etc. Surprised to find out that there’s a bunch of former Onion workers over there, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.
If you, Bendis and Millar got in a three way fight to the death, who d’you think would win?
If you, Fraction and Millar got in a three way fight to the death, who d’you think would win?
I really don’t know but I do know that no matter what happened Mark would declare victory 🙂
