Why Working in America Feels So Confusing for Expats

About this episode

This episode explores the complexities of adapting to American workplace culture for expats.

Many expats move to the U.S. expecting to adjust to a new job. What they don’t expect is having to decode an entirely different workplace culture. In this episode of Abroad in America, we step away from taxes and investments to explore something that affects nearly every expat living and working in the U.S.: understanding how the American workplace actually works. From meetings that start with small talk instead of the agenda, to communication styles that are more indirect than they seem, man...

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Miller

Topics covered

• expat experience
• American workplace culture
• communication styles
• workplace meetings
• cultural adjustment

Keywords

• expats
• workplace culture
• communication
• meetings
• cultural differences

Mentioned in this episode

Places: U.S.

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