They say 73% of Americans “fail” in Spain. 🙄 I say: numbers make headlines, not reality. Here’s the story from someone still here, still caffeinated, still filling out forms.
I thought I would say something along the lines of what Graham said here. So, now I will simply emphasise his point: What a sorry company that they cannot even prepare their clients for this move in a way that is honest and sets them up for success! Migration is hard, even when you have the privilege of doing it the easy way and not the forced march way of exiles and refugees.
Good article by you, however. I hope people find it, read it, and benefit from the excellently articulated points.
Flexibility, adaptability. I’m reminded of the story of a woman in Portugal who was asking online how to convince her Portuguese neighbors to quit hanging their laundry out on their balconies. I found that astonishing… and hilarious!
You nailed it. Adapting to the culture is the biggest piece of the puzzle to success. You can’t move somewhere else and expect it to be where you came from.
Very insightful post Jen. I read the globex article yesterday, and was very surprised by the numbers as well. I appreciate you providing extra insight and context as someone who has made the move and been able to stick it. And thanks for the tips on navigating Spanish bureaucracy, I have made note!
Honestly can’t believe you gave that Ai slop the credence of even calling it an article 😇. It was BS from start to finish and 100% written by Ai (I checked) When I answered it I didn’t even give them the satisfaction of a backlink, I used an archive service as it didn’t even deserve the Google juice of a backlink
If it is really 73% for their clients it’s the biggest self own ever.
I thought I would say something along the lines of what Graham said here. So, now I will simply emphasise his point: What a sorry company that they cannot even prepare their clients for this move in a way that is honest and sets them up for success! Migration is hard, even when you have the privilege of doing it the easy way and not the forced march way of exiles and refugees.
Good article by you, however. I hope people find it, read it, and benefit from the excellently articulated points.
I agree. Why would you set your clients up to fail? If a company tells me they have a 73% failure rate, why would I do business with them?
And thank you. I appreciate that!
Flexibility, adaptability. I’m reminded of the story of a woman in Portugal who was asking online how to convince her Portuguese neighbors to quit hanging their laundry out on their balconies. I found that astonishing… and hilarious!
You nailed it. Adapting to the culture is the biggest piece of the puzzle to success. You can’t move somewhere else and expect it to be where you came from.
Very insightful post Jen. I read the globex article yesterday, and was very surprised by the numbers as well. I appreciate you providing extra insight and context as someone who has made the move and been able to stick it. And thanks for the tips on navigating Spanish bureaucracy, I have made note!
Thank you! I wonder if the numbers are high because of the population they work with. 🤨
Excellent points all around, especially about not expecting it to be like where you came from and embracing that. Thank you for writing.
Honestly can’t believe you gave that Ai slop the credence of even calling it an article 😇. It was BS from start to finish and 100% written by Ai (I checked) When I answered it I didn’t even give them the satisfaction of a backlink, I used an archive service as it didn’t even deserve the Google juice of a backlink
If it is really 73% for their clients it’s the biggest self own ever.
It gave me a good writing opportunity. 😆 I am actually thinking about doing more like this as a bit of a series.
Please do.