Working with other nationalities

[sasguru]

In my experience these generalities are useless. One thing you can rely on, the calibre of people in the City, of whatever nationality, is higher than average.

[TheBigYinJames]

In my experience these generalities are useless. One thing you can rely on, the calibre of people in the City, of whatever nationality, is higher than average.

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[rootsnall]

In my experience these generalities are useless. One thing you can rely on, the calibre of people in the City, of whatever nationality, is higher than average.

People work harder and they may get shut of the duffers quicker but I wouldn't say the calibre is obviously better than other places and industries I've worked in. IMHO obviously.

[basshead]

Generalisations are cool

[NotAllThere]

In my experience these generalities are useless. One thing you can rely on, the calibre of people in the City, of whatever nationality, is higher than average.

My experience is that the calibre of the people working at the highest paying jobs in the area are higher than average.

One of the pharma companies here had a policy of paying higher than the average market rate. The people I worked with were fantastic. The policy changed, the people who could leave left left because they could get more elsewhere. OTOH, management had an easier time, because the muppets left behind were easier to bully.

[Charles Foster Kane]

My experience is that the calibre of the people working at the highest paying jobs in the area are higher than average.

One of the pharma companies here had a policy of paying higher than the average market rate. The people I worked with were fantastic.

You get what you pay for.

[Dow Jones]

Italians

Northern Italians - "We don't drink coffee at work - it would only keep us awake".
Southern Italians - fiercely loyal if they like you, vendetta if they don't

There are in fact 3 : North Italy (Milan/Turin), Middle Italy (Rome etc) and South Italy (Naples/Sicily).
The 1st one is like the best of Northern Europe (Germany) in productivity and performance, the 2nd a bit like Greece and the 3rd a bit like North Africa.
So Francko is right wrt to Northern Italy (La Liga country).

[sasguru]

My experience is that the calibre of the people working at the highest paying jobs in the area are higher than average.

One of the pharma companies here had a policy of paying higher than the average market rate. The people I worked with were fantastic. The policy changed, the people who could leave left left because they could get more elsewhere. OTOH, management had an easier time, because the muppets left behind were easier to bully.

Yes it's the money that does it. Although I have met some real muppets in the City with rich and/or influential parents.

[tay's PA]

I work for a Kiwi. He has large chips on both shoulders.

[BankingContractor]

And what about us Brits - how would you generalise our behaviour?