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"But of course, this is America, and in America everything is great, and awesome, and lovely, until it isn't", said one of my teammates who's German and deals with our American publisher, and I think it's spot-on.
(Germans and Poles share a similar approach to communication, which in the US often comes across as rude, but we tend to think of it as being honest)
@jzillw I have a very hard time in professional environments in Canada, where it's a super dysfunctional "positive feedback only" culture. I saw a guy who was delivering garbage get enthusiastic praise until he literally got ghosted. 
@quaithe Had a situation a bit like that years ago. Polish studio, but owned by Americans, and they were calling the shots. At one point I quit the job and the company was like "nooo, don't go, we love you, we need you, how about a freelance gig", and then my keycard didn't work next morning while my stuff was still inside.
@jzillw Wow. That's messed up.
@quaithe There was also this producer from the US branch of Capcom, who was super nice all the time and was all about "we're on your side and not the HQ's", but then one day he called me when I was already at home and tried to guilt trip me into forging Jira tickets so that he could shift responsibility for a costly mistake from his company onto ours.
That. That was messed up.
@jzillw Saying shit like that is a huge giveaway tbh. No one who's actually supportive of you needs to shout it in your face. 
@quaithe To be fair, there was a cold war between Capcom HQ and the US branch at the time, and it wasn't difficult to pick a side, because at least this producer was competent, and the one at the HQ was not.
But yeah, I spent the entire project waiting for him to stab us in one way or another. I like to think he probably identified me as the weak link and got a nasty surprise as a result.