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Originally Posted by esquire
One thing they should be aware of is that Canadians tend to be informal to a fault with each other. I actually kind of wish we were a bit more formal ... I remember starting work just out of university and being told it was OK to just call some of the most senior people in the office, grey-haired nationally recognized experts in their field, decorated and highly credentialed professionals by their first name... "Hey Bob..." I actually would have preferred to say "Mr. Jones" but when everyone else is saying "Bob" you don't want to look like a brown-noser
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I've met the CEO of my company many times, and whenever I see him, I call him "Mr." and he says "Call me John", or in the case of the last few times "You know I've told you to call me John" lol. We are a company of 13,000 or so employees in a hundred different locations and I work a hundred miles from head office. And I'm blue collar employee grunt. So it's very cool when he comes down to our building for a meet and greet or something, and he greets me in front of my local management like we were long time fishing buddies or something.