<p>There are obvious differences between Paris and the rest of France. Paris is a city with close to 10 million people, so clearly, it is faster-paced and the people are usually very involved in whatever they are doing. But Parisians are not “rude”. </p>
<p>I worked for Lehman Brothers for the first couple of years and then, when my boss accepted a job at Goldman Sachs, I moved with her. So my 3+ years of work in Europe were split almost evenly between LB and GS.</p>