Meeting Deutsche Bank

During the last 5 years, I have been leaving in Paris. Today, I’m thinking to move to London. Thus, the questions: “how is life in London? What are the differences with Paris?” are taking more and more importance.

Last Tuesday, I was invited to an Open House event organized by Deutsche Bank. During this event I have met a wide range of business and recruitment professionals. So it was a very good occasion to foster personal discussions with them on the topic of leaving and working in London. I decided to discuss this topic with John who was studying in Paris before joining Deutsche Bank in London to work as an M&A analyst.

During the discussion, I understood that thanks to the museums and the cosmopolitan composition of the city, he finds London an interesting, friendly and bustling place to live. So this is quite the same with Paris. But the differences come from the fact that London is not a centralized city like Paris. Actually wherever you settle down you will find out within 10 minutes walk an animated place. This is not the case in Paris where the animated places are localised in the centre. For example if you are living in the south of the 16th district you’ll have to go to Opera or Saint Michel which is more than half an hour away with the transportation. But Paris doesn’t only have disadvantages; actually John confirmed that the climate in London is hateful because it rains too often.

I’m also concerned about the transition from Paris to London and more specifically about finding an apartment. For John, it was really easy. Deutsche Bank offered him the housing during the ten first days; and this was enough to find. This really pleased me because I have been looking for an apartment for more than 2 months in Paris. Besides, John’s transition was also made easier thanks to Deutsche Bank professionals who helped him find his new bearings.
For John, the most difficult about moving to London were the first ten days. During these days, he was deprived of his friends, his family, his sell phone and Internet. He concluded by telling me that “10 days is nothing and London deserve it”.