European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Sis photo if Dave Didi Ordng the ruin they a Corr � willing to eople tend to think their living space begins from eur Iron door rather than from the from of the ill Dong. The Job lakes a lot of door knocking. Many of my my Law Are dual workers. The cleaning person has to i arranged and paid. I get a lot of complaints. When a rant problem comes to me from the stairwell or donator we have to sit Down and talk about ind Riols said. So far we be always been Able to re things out. The Job s not a hassle anymore Vanderlois said. Tea Good Chance far me to meet Isbach a dilators elected irom the ranks of the volunteers. The program which started in november already s proven effective in helping housing coordinators Ovide better service to residents when the. War Sinator is at work. One of the volunteers major Dulios is to Welcome All Comers moving into the building and provide the nay with a Welcome packet. The advisor is also a it of Contact or commit Molly activities and functions he Rumor control agent for the building. I volunteered because i like helping said Enda Leonard a building advisor in the Kalterbach a Community. Whan a problem comes up during i Day or i see something going wrong. It s Lough to 0 the person with the most rank to handle it. With s program there is always someone i can Contact to 1 the problem building advisors hold meetings with the Ordina tors to Al them know what issues Are of Scerno the occupants. Together they formulate ins for solutions. Solutions always require taking on additional Zutlas " the advisors can help in getting these extra Obs ,b." said Marilynn Smith a Community Volunteer lose husband is a building coordinator. There s so much to do in this Community. This Ogram gives wives direction and gives me the self action that i m doing something to make it better Tho next family that comes in she said. Inua Ryb 19b6 a stranger in one s own country readjusting to life in America by Sharon Johnson new York times i t usually happens about a month Aller the american who has been working abroad to several years returns to the United Stales. He and his family tall play to a curious fall Letlon culture Shock. The symptoms include vague feelings o being a stranger in one s own country. Adults Teel Oul of place Al work because their former colleagues Are no longer around and children have school because the curriculum is so different. In extreme cases the adjustment is so painful ha1 the employee gives up the Job in the United Stales la live abroad again. Moving to a foreign country has Long been recognized As a source of culture Shock but Only recently have individuals in a few enlightened corporations became aware that moving Bach to the United Stales Nufler working abroad Lor More than a year can also cause culture Shack said Jerome m Rosow the president of work in America Institute in Scarsdale. . Feelings of disbelief and disappointment Are common among employees who have spent several years abroad because they their employers and America have Many Oltha est mated 2 million americans living abroad especially those in emerging nations where living conditions Are harsh May glorify life in the United slates. When they return about 100,000 americans do so each year they May be disappointed to find thai the streets Are dirtier than Ever and that ugly buildings now stand on Sites they remembered As pastoral. Economic changes bother others Rosow said. Even it they get a raise when they return to the United states some employees find thai they cannot afford As Nice a House or apartment As they had before because of inflation. Most families experience a drop in economic Rosow is a co author of the expatriate life a handbook on moving and living abroad to be published in May by hippocrene books. Adj Mynni to working in the United Stales again can also be complicated according to Edwin l. Miller n professor of Industrial relations Al the University of Michigan. He has studied How americans have lured overseas. Those who have done Well abroad of i in look i hat their new jobs even if they involve a promotion Are not As exciting or As important As Ihei work he Sard. After being the lop executive in a foreign country they sometimes find it difficult to be just one of 25 vice presidents again. Those who did poorly abroad often find thai no pan of the Parent organization wants to accept i hem when they Miller said some resuming employees find that heir grasp Buls Tor Success in the company no matter How Well they did Are dim because the company changed owners while they were away their in enlers Ore no longer around or other employees have passed them by. It is not unusual for returning employees to request that they be Send overseas again or to resign because they Leol like outsiders in their Miller said the pressures on dual career couples Are severs said Alison r. Lander Tho editor of International american a new York based publication for employees working abroad. What olten happens is that one mate usually the wife made a career sacrifice so thai the other male could accept the foreign assignment when the couple returns to the United slaves. The mate who made the career sacrifice finds thai she has Jim Cully re entering the labor Market or moving ahead in her career. Marital difficulties and even divorces Are common among such children also have adjustment problems said Sandra Ai Bright also a co author of the expatriate Lite. Toddlers feel frightened in their new surroundings. Ii they have been away for a decade or have lived in an emerging nation whose culture is very different from that of the United slates the tra Sillon can be even new York Tom i Phe Rathe return to America to stopping matl Lifet Tyla after a Job Abiaad can include Ioma culture Shock the stars and stripes Page 15
