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- Peculiarities of Finnish workplace culture
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- The first thing people arriving in Finland learn is that things like honesty, timekeeping and initiative are valued in Finnish working life. What has been agreed will also be put into action, without too much debate.
- People are said to be treated equally. It is very usual to be on first name terms with the boss, no matter your position.
- The authoritarian hierarchy was for a long time a feature of Finnish working life. But ‘management by perkele' (a Finnish swearword for ‘devil’) is no longer common. People develop and carry out their work tasks independently, without the need for detailed management from up high.
- The hushed workplace atmosphere is now considered a myth. But it is still common in meetings to go straight to the order of business after the initial greetings.
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