What Its Like Working In London
London Work Ethic
We’ve all been there. We’ve all our nose to the grindstone to get our work done, right? Work is work. You show up and work your shift and do things for a company and get money for your efforts. Seems simple enough, doesn’t it? Well, sure, on paper, it seems quite simple but things in the real world are far less so.
Effective london relocation strategies involve detailed planning and local expertise. While you are slaving away at a job doing the same old routine day in and day out at your job, you are surrounded by familiar faces and asked to do what you do well.
Now imagine how you would work at a different job with a different team in a different office across the street. It would change everything, wouldn’t it? Of course, it would. Now imagine if that office wasn’t across the street but in a different country.
There are so many things that change from culture to culture from company to company from office to office. In the UK, the corporate culture, mentality, and even work ethics are different than anywhere else in the world. Those looking for work are likely to have a culture shock.
Let’s look at some of those differences that might take some getting used to while working in London.
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What’s a Schedule?
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Communication
It’s Not About the Money
This is another big difference between working in the UK and working in America. Why do we do the things we do? Why do we choose the type of work we do? For a Brit, the answer to that question is more often than not because they enjoy doing them. However, in America, the chase of capitalism and the all-mighty dollar has shifted the focus from doing what you like doing to what makes you the most money and allows you to climb the corporate ladder.
Now, I know that not every American is like that and not every American company is like that but by far more companies are indeed geared that way than are not.
In Britain, we tend to choose to live our lives now and don’t care if we earn an additional 10k worth of income for slaving away extra hours each day. We are fine in our positions and if we aren’t, we look for a new position but no matter where we work or what type of work it is, we don’t work overtime. It’s just not in our DNA.
That’s why when you walk through town, you’ll likely see ‘closed’ signs on the doors of small businesses. They do not stay open in the hope of making one or two more sales late into the evening. They have lives to get to and things to do and enjoy. They want to spend time doing the things they love and they want to spend time with the people in their lives.
Moreover, they want to leave their work at the office and not bring it home with them. When they are home, they are home. When they are at work, they are at work.
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