FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Visiting an Embassy / What are Embassies For?
Thread: Visiting an Embassy / What are Embassies For?
View Single Post
Old Jun 2, 2015 | 3:18 pm
  #31  
MSPeconomist
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
40 Countries Visited
60 Nights
5M
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 102,617
Originally Posted by Ber2dca
I feel like U.S. embassies go out of their way to hire locals for the more basic admin jobs. Might consider it part of their good will mission or something to build up ties to the local community. Of course, in the movies it's always the local secretary who ends up being the spy .
In some places, the embassy hires locals because the locals know the local language while the USA citizens working there do not.
MSPeconomist is offline  
Reply