10 12 / 2018

Will they stop already with Meghan’s “American work ethics”. I am not American by birth, I am naturalized citizen. And I think I can safely say, having lived and worked in several European countries, that what many Americans call “work ethics” Europeans call “exploitation”.  And if Meghan wants to fit in, she needs to come to grips with it.

There is nothing positive about spending 12-14 hours at work, for very little money, and thinking it is normal. But this is what Americans do, day in and day out, and many, not all, are proud of it, while their families suffer. And the rest, like myself, are not given any choice, so we have to do it because we have no rights. And it is not that I am lazy, I am valued and promoted regularly. But I just have a very different outlook on the work-life balance.

I’ve read enough interviews with Hollywood actors to know that they often work 12-16 hour days while shooting a movie, they are in make up chair at 5 AM.  Which means the make up artist and all the support personnel is probably at work by 4 AM and late into the night. And they are not paid that much. Now, coming from that world, if Meghan thinks this is how her staff is expected to work, and this is how Europeans work, oh boy, she is going to drive people up the wall big time.

Another big difference is the emphasis on self-marketing and self-promotion in the US, which in most countries is seen as shocking and completely unacceptable touting of your own horn.

  1. sillyyouthbear said: The U.S. does have labor laws protecting workers on overtime.
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