o worked for a Dutch company that was building a large discount retail store on the outskirts of Budapest. Thomas and Krovert often talked about being $$strangers in a strange land$$ at the pub. Thomas talked about the interviews and how he could just see in their eyes that they didn$$t have the drive or initiative to be successful. Krovert responded that Hungary has high unemployment but a shortage of motivated workers. Krovert confided that he no longer interviewed anyone over the age of $30,$ claiming that what fire they had in their bellies was burned out after years of working in state$-$run companies.