Timeline for Bringing a gift on my first visit to a foreign employer's office
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| Dec 11, 2014 at 7:52 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | @jpatokal: "extremely" may have been an exaggeration. I work in Switzerland. I have never seen anyone bring a gift on their first day. (Some food on the first Friday, yes.) The Swiss are rather reserved, and you'd leave a strange impression. (Problem with food on the first day: you don't know ahead of time whether the "inner circle" is 5 or 20 people.) | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 23:59 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | "Some cultures would consider bringing a present at the first visit extremely strange indeed." Really? Any specific examples? I've traveled a lot, and as far as I can tell, bringing edible presents is always appreciated, even if it's not expected. | |
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| Dec 10, 2014 at 12:28 | comment | added | Alireza | Thank you. I will return with more information. For now, this is what I needed :) | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 12:22 | comment | added | Stephan Kolassa | Thank you. I am not familiar with workplace customs in Turkey, so I can't comment on what would be appropriate these. I would suggest following @VietnhiPhuvan's advice and asking management beforehand. (I did take the liberty of tagging your question "Turkey".) | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 10:48 | comment | added | Alireza | And I updated the question | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 10:47 | comment | added | Alireza | This is exactly what I want to know: so it's not a bad behavior to actually ask such a question? | |
| Dec 10, 2014 at 9:33 | history | answered | Stephan Kolassa | CC BY-SA 3.0 |