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:: Cultural Advice |
Excerpted from the Belgium Career Guide
Doors are sometimes closed, sometimes
open; in either case, knocking before entering and offering to close
the door upon exiting is polite. Women and men are still not treated
as equals in business, especially in Wallonia. A woman, for example,
would rarely be allowed to pick up the bill at a business meal, even
if she was the one to invite everyone. People do not regularly work
over weekends, holidays (particularly the Christmas/New Year’s
season, Holy Week, and July and August) or vacations: these times
are usually sacred. Note that Belgian workers can have up to five
weeks of vacation; however, business in Belgium can still move quite
quickly.
This is just a sample of what you'll find in the complete Belgium guide.
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