Working culture in Finland
I have worked for the previous three years in southern Pirkanmaa, in addition to my studies, as a school guidance counselor, in home care and as a personal assistant. I like working with people and the flexibility of the work.
Before I moved here, I worked for five years in Uusimaa as a housing counselor, a service counselor and a corresponding counselor in homelessness work and substance abuse work.
Here in southern Pirkanmaa, I think the work culture is different from that in Uusimaa.
In Uusimaa, most of the time, communication worked well and the work community was nice. Here in the south of Pirkanmaa, communication is not one of my strongest points and well-being at work is not very good. Information does not always reach everyone and there are many differences in female-dominated fields and the working community is not doing well.
I have met good and bad leadership during my work history.I have worked in managerial positions myself and I know that leadership is not always easy, especially when the job also includes financial management in addition to personnel management.
In the Finnish work culture, I value comfort, the effectiveness of one's own work and common sense.
I would see the Finnish work culture as valuing hard work, extreme flexibility and dedication. As a family person, I have experienced "children" as a burden for employers, for example if you have to be away because of a child's illness.
As an employee, be very independent, flexible up to a certain point, hardworking, very self-motivated and a little too development-oriented. In my future workplace, I expect leadership with good managerial skills, care for well-being at work and the possibility of remote work.
Unfortunately, people under the age of 30 are currently the most exhausted in Finland. Our work culture comes from the time when our ancestors worked in agriculture and everything was in short supply. We left with boots on, so to speak. I would like Finland to follow Sweden's success as a model, i.e. four-day working weeks.