I don't know, I think that's cultural more than anything else. In the UK (in finance at least) you're there till the job is done and your bonus nreflect that. I

I don't know, I think that's cultural more than anything else. In the UK (in finance at least) you're there till the job is done and your bonus nreflect that. In Germany, your there for set hours and being great or terrible won't make much difference so why bother? If people made the arguement that London is good at finance because londoners (and it is londoners, not brits overall) want it more, I'd agree. When people say it's the language or the timezone I'm very unconvinced. Otherwise, why hasn't Ireland eaten our lunch?