Work Culture

• The American work culture is very pragmatic and results-oriented. Companies hire individuals more for their personal results than their academic achievements, which are more important in German culture. German businessmen tend to discuss business issues in great detail before working toward their goals; American businessmen skip over the minor points and work to achieve the most important results as quickly as possible.
  
  

Addressing People

• German culture is much more formal when people address one another. They address most people with their last name instead of first, unless it is their friend or family member. Business introductions are always made by superiors in the business hierarchy to introduce people from a lower level. For instance, a senior manager will always introduce a branch manager to a client. In American culture it is proper for each person to introduce himself.
  
  

Diversity

• American culture is much more diverse than German culture with regard to race, language, dress and many other differences. Germany is more homogeneous, with a large part of its population having similar cultural backgrounds going back hundreds of years.
  
  

Attitude Towards Wealth

• American culture promoted the rich lifestyle and holds respect for people who earn wealth. German culture, on the other hand, is rather hostile to rich people and many German people assume that wealthy individuals are not trustworthy.
  
  

Personal Hygeine

• Americans are obsessed with comfort and cleanliness. They take daily showers and sometimes multiple showers in a day if they go for a jog or complete a workout. Germans are not nearly as obsessive about showering. According to Regina Netterfield, a German native who has lived in Denver since 1988, the German people typically take a bath about once a week. She says that people are used to smelling stale sweat in Germany but find it appalling in the United States.