India, Sept. 15 -- An Indian woman living in Sweden has shared one of the workplace culture differences that caught her by surprise after moving abroad: how early people arrive at the office. In a video posted on Instagram, Swati compared office timings in Sweden with what she had commonly seen in India and explained why many employees prefer starting their workday much earlier.

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"One more cultural shock that I saw for the first time in Sweden was that people here arrive early in the morning for work. Right now it's 7:45, I've arrived myself, but the parking lot is already 70% full. And in India, hardly anyone reaches the o...