May I add that inside the EU, the differences can be staggering? I worked in both German and French companies. The French ones were all much more hierarchically

May I add that inside the EU, the differences can be staggering? I worked in both German and French companies. The French ones were all much more hierarchically organised than the German ones. So much so that I started researching why, because from the outside, German culture seems to be more hierarchical than the French, but that's not true. In France, there is a cultural dogma for centralisation, exemplified by how they organise their country with Paris controlling everything. This way of thinking also is prevalent even in small companies: Every decisions flows top-down, there are simply no feedback channels bottom-up.