On 03.11.2012 08:23, Stefan Knecht wrote: > I've worked in Switzerland as well as Germany and I can tell you from > experience that germany is VERY german language focussed. They're proud of > their language and often simply don't want to communicate in any other > language. > > Switzerland on the other hand has tons of foreigners (mostly indians) that > work in the Oracle area, and almost all don't speak any german whatsoever. > Works fine here. > > In germany you'll find yourself at a huge advantage - both professionally as > well as socially - if you can speak german. Often the people there don't > speak english - also due to everything being translated to german ( this goes > very far, even socially, that for instance you won't find any english movies > in theatres. It's all dubbed ), and Oracle support having a huge german > department. > > Stefan > I would say France is the same ;-) -- Pole na kazi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Remigiusz Sokolowski <remigiusz.sokolowski@xxxxxxxxxx> pos : Senior DBA at DIiUSI addr : Nordea Bank Polska SA, Luzycka 6A st, 81-537 Gdynia, Poland phone : +48 58 667 17 43 mobile: +48 602 42 42 77 Nordea Bank Polska S.A. z siedzibÄ w Gdyni, ul. Kielecka 2, 81-303 Gdynia, wpisanÄ do Rejestru PrzedsiÄbiorcÃw Krajowego Rejestru SÄdowego pod numerem: 0000021828, dla ktÃrej dokumentacjÄ przechowuje SÄd Rejonowy GdaÅsk - PÃÅnoc w GdaÅsku, VIII WydziaÅ Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru SÄdowego, o kapitale zakÅadowym i wpÅaconym w wysokoÅci: 277.493.500,00 zÅotych, NIP: 586-000-78-20, REGON: 190024711-- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l