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BI Norwegian Business School

Welcome to BI!

Welcome to BI – we are so glad you have chosen to work with us! You have made a great decision, and we will do our utmost to welcome you and make you feel part of our organisation!

How can BI help?

You might have seen before how every company (including us), dedicate a lot of space to explain all they have to offer. That is great, but it is sometimes forgotten to explain what Norway has to offer (which is a lot!). Just by coming here, you can enjoy many benefits of living and working in Norway.

You will find a lot of useful information on different sites, but this presentation with recommendations from your new colleagues and www.visitnorway.no is a good place to start.


Life in Norway

If you have decided to move to Norway, you might already know many perks of living here, but did you know that:

  1. You can camp anywhere.
  2. Norway’s banks have great online services.
  3. Norway has a low crime rate.
  4. Norway has the highest number of electric cars.
  5. You can see polar bears in the wild (not around BI, though).
  6. It’s one of the world’s happiest countries.
  7. There’s a hop-on, hop-off cruise along the coast.
  8. The sun doesn’t set in summer in the North.
  9. You can hunt for the northern lights, also in the North.
  10. Norway’s rail journeys are voted the best in Europe.

 

Work in Norway

Once again, there is a lot to read about the specific benefits that BI has to offer to employees (just go through this page again). However, certain things are just derived from the fact that you work in Norway, not just at BI.

  • Equality

    There is a much smaller gap between income classes in Norway than in most developed countries. This translates in an overall feeling of equality and fairness, where hierarchies are not as noticeable. Equality also applies when it comes to gender, as Norway is considered to be one of the most gender equal countries in the world.

  • Casual workplace

    Working relationships can be perceived a bit informal in Norway, as casual attire is very common in most working environments (aside from banking and finance industries). Nonetheless, casual doesn’t stop at clothes, work spaces are generally set up in a way that you can be sitting in an open desk just next to your boss fostering colleague relations at all levels.

  • Work-life balance

    In Norway, people don’t like to feel that they live to work, the approach is much more that people work in order to live. Work is important, but family and private life is also appreciated.