Originally Posted by krb102

Companies in general, not just record companies. From my experiences in the US, companies hire the stupidest, most idiotic, uneducated people that they can find, just so they can pay them less. They are unfriendly, rude and have absolutely no job satisfaction. I have a very polite friend, from a very polite country who got a job there. Before she went she couldn't wait to work in the US, after two years she is ready to go home. Dealing with American companies from day to day has made her hate the country, and she now has the same view of Americans that I have always had. She often gets different information from different people in the same *government* department. For this reason she always has to confirm arrangements at least 3 times with companies since it is vital that the info she receives is correct. I have dealt with airlines, telephone and electricity companies in the US, all have offered less than satisfactory service - they often gave me the phone number of a department for me to phone to work out my problem, even if it is not my responsibility, but theirs, to do so. Before I spent time there I used to think that some services in the UK were bad, now I know to be grateful and not complain.