Europe’s no business as usual summer
“Fellesferie” and “bouwvak” refer to a particularly European business habit
Aug 8, 2017 · 3 min read

“Don’t you know about our summer?” asks a spokesperson of a Swedish multinational, himself presumably on holiday as kids chirp in the background. Almost everyone is gone until September, he says. At a German multinational, “the whole board is away for August,” admits a…

