I'm from the UK, but I've lived and worked in France and Spain. Neither of those two countries is anything like the UK or each other in terms of working practic

I'm from the UK, but I've lived and worked in France and Spain. Neither of those two countries is anything like the UK or each other in terms of working practices. So, to group Europe doesn't make a lot of sense to be honest. I've worked in the US too, and in the UK with a direct report to the US, so always find these comparisons interesting.