Courtesy of Lena Frechen
- Lena Frechen, 27, moved to NYC from Cologne, Germany, in March 2022.
- She said it didn't take her long to notice how many New Yorkers embrace hustle culture.
- Frechen now works seven days a week with only 10 days of PTO, but she has no regrets about moving.
Lena Frechen received numerous warnings about New York before she set foot in Manhattan, but one conversation with a former colleague back home in Cologne, Germany, stood out to her.