Montana. Boston. London - Female Tax Tech Leadership with Emmie Nygard

So let's focus on being obviously American in London again.

So what was the first thing about British working culture that generally confused you?

Yeah, I think, so open offices were very strange to me because we didn't have those.

We had cubicles or spaces that were yours.

And, you know, I mean, then it's gone to hot desking where you don't even have a space that's yours.

So that's been fun.

I think I didn't understand for a while that sometimes what people say is not what they mean.

They're very nice.

They're very polite.

It oftentimes is just not as direct as I was used to.

So I would think something was fine and it was not fine.

Okay.

So it took just some of those things that you learn over time in working with enough people.

And I was really lucky too that I went into a team that was filled with people from other countries.

So we were all learning.

I was working with people who were from China, who were from Mexico, who were from Hungary, who were from Poland, who were, you know, from France.

So I loved that.

Like it was just very different than where I came from.

Yeah, great.

Thank you.

So you've mentioned directness here.

So what does the American directness help you in a UK firm and where does it cost you? Yeah.

So I think where it helps me is I am able to, this will be more focused on me and probably not as focused outward, but we can talk about that.

But I'm able to take feedback.

I want the feedback.