Issues and Perspectives

"It's true that friends and former colleagues back home surely have more lenient work schedules and a different perspective on the work-life balance, but I found that there is a different appeal to working in the United States that outweighs long vacations."

The FJI's wish-list for changes may be long and uncompromising but this doesn't mean it is unrealistic, as illustrated by the Juan de la Cierva programme.

"The bureaucracy around the regulations to have someone come over has become more intensive, tougher, more complicated, and way too expensive."

"That's one of the advantages of being in a radically different setting: you get a different reflection of yourself."