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| An homage to Obama in a Brussels waffle shop. |
I worked in Brussels, Belgium last week, delivering a class to 30 European co-workers, who traveled from Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and the UK to improve their financial acumen (translation: learn how to make more money for our company). Lucky for me that our common language is English; I get to travel the world performing this important “work”. (Next stop: Malaysia)
Working in a global company gives you insight into how differently Europeans view work. The saying “Europe closes in August” is mostly true. We see it in our sales figures (customers are gone too). Almost everyone takes a two-week holiday (sometimes longer as many employees have a legally mandated minimum of 25 days off plus bank holidays annually). And they really do take off -- no emails, phone calls, project work.
