— The current economic and social situation leaves no room for outside-the-norm behaviours. Man needs to have a job in order to survive and belong to the society.

— This might explain the infrequent instances of laziness identified in the British corpus. Laziness is a luxury that the post-modern man cannot afford any more, completely unconceivable in our globalised world.

— There exist, however, differences in the workplace settings, working patterns, or company cultures: Romanians, for example, are considered to spend too much time at the workplace, not necessarily because they are more efficient, but because working patterns have changed, which in turn might affect family life, as well as the physical and mental health of the employees.

— They may well while away their time at the place of work, finding time for breaks or giving in to various interruptions, especially those offered by social media.

— A cultural dimension of Romanians is that of a polychromic approach to time, a certain reluctance to tight schedules and a preference to taking things in their own stride. This explains the need for variety at work, in order to avoid getting stuck in a rut.