Both you and Boris are working for Nordvpn. Benefits? Company picnics?

@@michaelbrown1627 Nah... i bet NordVPN is American, so they wont offer anything but pure cash to poor youtube ads. And only if the video is spot on. Stinky capitalist pigs! ^^

My mother was on paid parental leave for all of our 8 Children. ^^ Lets goooo! Fight birth rate decline!

I have a Qs: If german government knows that their population is sinking and that they have more pensioners than earners and if they are ready to call expats then why do they not do anything to make expats life easier? Why do we expats get treated like shit when it comes to renting apartments? A german native with german name easily gets an apartment (irrespective of the salary) whereas an expat earning 100K with Schufa doesn’t get any apartment for rent? I know it is at owner’s discretion but can’t the govt offer rental apartments so that we don’t have to go through racist owners or scammers? Can’t they reduce the rent in major cities like Berlin, Munich? Can’t they have Schutz plan for expats or renters?

@@PreetiKarmakar Hey. They try something like that. Especially in leftist berlin. But to no big success. Its one of germanys house-owners compays worst-nightmare-stereotypes to end up with a loud, smoking expat family from turkey-ish, middle-east or africa, hosting 10 children where should have lived 3 max, leaving the flat pretty much inhabitable. It will be hard to get rid of those thinkings, because they have a few real examples as a real basis. If u get accepted inside a flat once, the law will give u many many rights, and it will be hard for them to get rid of u if u cause problems like, for example, filling the whole place with stinking garbage, or, on the other hand, if u loose ur permit and have to dip without paying rent. They just try to be careful with their property, overdoing it. Its the same with many kinds of germans. Its based on stereotypes, but against every possible risk against harm to the house owner, german or not. Its not the definition of racism, so dont think of it as racism. Annoying discrimination is more fitting. Expats and "risky" germans are in the same boat there. ^^

Yes, without workers unions workers get treated like slaves! Every worker should be in one or multiple unions!

I agree. I’m a union member too, it’s really important in my opinion.

Are there also similar unions for employers so that they can protect themselves from people who take undue advantage of all these benefits?

@@ajinkyamehere5365 Actually yeah, it's the union it self. The core of the union protect all the union and it's called Central Committee of the Workers' Union, every union must have one, but at the end if you don't want to trust anyone you don't gonna trust anyone, so it's in your hand if you believe we can work all together or stay alone.

Please could you share how you went about joining a Workers Union. I am based in Frankfurt.

Yea but you have to deal with it if you want a job. Even if you get fired “illegally” it’s almost never worth going to court etc

@@pb6839 It's almost every time worth going to court as you most certainly get a big compensation and don't have to cover the court costs.

@@thirdcoffee its not worth it, the employer has 100 different ways they can get out of it. even if you "win" you wont get big compensation. In germany it's important to Log all of your hours yourself, and keep track of the things your boss asks you to do if you even want a chance in court.

@Yup well in my personal case my partner and I were both fired bc the bosses 18 y/o daughter who watched our dog for a night decided to have a party in our apartment and our dog got fed chocolate from some complete stranger. Obviously our insurance said that she is responsible for it so she had to pay the vet bill (which her mom paid upfront at the vet). We found all this out after we came home and our dog was still throwing up. This has nothing to do with our professional work but the boss still fired us over it even though we had it camera and everything and said we “bullied her daughter”. I was still on Probezeit but my partner was working there for years. In order to avoid having to pay another month the boss showed up at 10pm on the 28th at our home catching us off guard to give us firing papers to get out of the firing lead time+extra month pay. We contacted the arbeits ampt and consulted with a lawyer and it would’ve taken atleast a year and costed way more then what we can afford before we’d get any money back and it wouldn’t have included any of the over time hours and without guarantee of getting anything at all.

@@thirdcoffee its almost impossible to prove you were sick and that this was the cause for getting fired. in germany if you are still reasonably capable of working, you work

Y employee protection is crazy, but being an employer or running a business in Germany sucks big time^^

i like „flabbergasted“! die flabbe runtergefallen, also baff in german.

Vacations are there for recovering. That is hard to do being sick :P

@@RadicalLiving Could you give us a couple of reasons why it sucks?

Where do you come from if you don't mind me asking cause even in my total crap country you get your vacation days back if you're sick during it, only thing is you have to spend it by the end of the year.

It's a darn site cheaper the the Netherlands. We have very good workers benefits maybe better, than in Germany. Our government pensions are higher than Germany, unemployment benefits as well. Beer is not so good.

@@Bruce-1956 Here in Portugal we have some of the lowest wages in Europe, but if you go for instance, to a German supermarket like Aldi or Lidl, we pay almost the exact same prices Germans, far wealthier than us, pay.

@@Nunov103 Even you have it better then me, here we got paychecks of Eastern Europe with the prices like in EU, if we couldn't grow our own food we would prolly die.

@@nenadpopov3601 we live in a rather uneven continent but what is worse about Portugal is that the country has been part of the EU since 1986, and it’s still one of the poorest countries in the continent, it’s shameful.

what high wages? 2000 euros is not high

I am an unpunctual German and I often wondered if I shouldn't just move to another country 🤣

I'm from Brazil, and I can say, we consider it is unpolite arrive in time.

I'm from south america an I love the swiss, german and austrian punctuality. So I don't hate it here, I have 10 years living here.

I worked in Germany. I had an employer where we could arrive 1-5 mins late. Sure he would snap sometimes and tell he would fire us, but he didn't because of worker shortage hehe..

@@Switzerleando I assume you live in Switzerland, according to your username. How's it going so far?

Welcome to Berlin 😊😊

I'd love to work in Germany as a software engineer ! Is it better there than the US salary wise ?

@@elite.1 I don’t now me from berlin how u now that stuff

Do you earn 100k a year?

@@elite.1not at all. You have to pay 40% of your income.

Hey Liang I wanna relocate to Germany from Namibia am currently working in army but am planning to resign and relocate to work and study in Germany

Glad it was helpful! Best of luck!

Best of luck!

Do you prefer to live in a re ensuring lie or a naked truth?

yes Germans love to talk about the war 😅 . . . . . . . . NOT

Nah, you can do that with all the lefties out there, tends to get repetitive though :P

@@MannIchFindKeinName haha gebe ich dir recht

@@cogitoergosum9129 Mit reden haben wir kein Problem, aber man kann nur so viel Reden vorm Machen; es gibt ein Ende was man vom quasseln lernen kann^^

@@MannIchFindKeinName ja hast vollkommen recht :D

Thx will do!

Whohooo exciting!

Haha glad you liked it!

Yes during Corona things were very different, barely anyone was hiring due to the uncertainty

It's about to change tho with new immigration laws, employers will be able to hire people outside of EU without needing to prove anything

Before Corona as well, that was (and still is) also a point in numerous migrants groups. That is why there are hundreds of organized courses, mentoring and foster programs to help migrants get into the job market. NOT easy, unless you fit in and forget your realm of work and take the apprentice positions in the fields Germany needs at that moment, for ex. Health carers or Childcare (Krankpfleger, Erzieher*innen oder ähnliches)… not to talk about how selective the application processes are (by the interview phase, this is very clear). Agreed, from an European Citizen perspective it is eaaasy, from „third states“ migrants absolutely NOT.

I think so, not friendly to entry level people.

I agree! I've been job searching off & on for years & almost every architect listing says 'Must be EU citizen & at least C1 german'...

Hats off to you, being a freelancer in Germany goes against the way system is build. I came to know recently that artists can get some extra benefits when they belong to the local union. Maybe in your field some union also may increase your benefits. Good luck!

@leonard harley There's certainly some challenges that go along with it. Fortunately I have some contracts that help (and we're building our KZfaq channel to hopefully create some side income as well). We may look at other opportunities as we put our roots down here.

@@liiishh5393 I just replied to Leonard as well, but there are certainly some challenges that go along with being a freelancer here. But the flexibility I have is important with 4 kids and launching our own KZfaq channel. I'll have to look into any kind of freelancer union for my field - thanks for the tip!

You'll get a job in a heartbeat as Chef in Germany, in my new hometown in Bavaria, there are at least 5 restaurants that have closed or severely limited their hours as they can't find staff. You can also pick up a lease on a beautiful restaurant for next to nothing as they are often sitting there empty.

working at a restaurant can be very stressful. you can also look for a job at a canteen of a bank or a big company. there you will have to work less at nights or weekends

@@evabuchberger5787 That's part and parcel of working as a chef tho. I get what you mean but working weekends isn't a negative to me.

Did you find your great job? How's it going all?

@@victoraldana8635 haven’t made the move yet unfortunately but it’s still my goal lol

Glad to hear that! 😸 cheers bro

Thank youuu 😸 best of luck to you!

You're doing it right! Most people do it wrong by going straight to work when they come here

Learning the language is the key, in any countries you are like to move. Has also cuntries where the people speak more then one national language, in europe is Switzerland a good exemple, with 4 languages.

Where do you learn Deutsch in Germany as a tourist, I am currently going there to explore and then plan to hopefully go back again for Ausbildung or work.

Ich lerne Deutsch auch!

Actually, B2 is needed for working in Germany. Or you can learn German by yourself...

@@swatichatterjee1513 ja, ich lerne schon B2, das bedeutet noch 7 Monaten im Kurs😑

​@@anastasiiazdorikovahow much you pay ??

@@z821 Jobcenter pays for the integration course in my case

Glad you think so!

Thanks for stopping by! 😄

its time Americans get to know how their system keeps $%"$% them. Learn from the EU and stop trying Latam countries to copy your horrendous system. :), its not against you. Im argentinian and our new president loves you and hates our legendary workers' rights. Paid vacations, paid sick leave, paid parental leave, bonus month's salary (mandatory) and nice money if they kick you without a reason. Free college, Public Health system.... You are the richest country in the world and have nothing of this. They are $$# you people.

Because the UK was in the EU until two years ago. With a Tory Government and no longer being in the EU those rights will be lost. That's why I voted Labour in the past three General Elections and Remain in 2016. A lot of school teachers become ill as soon as the school holidays start as they are holding it together during the school term and as soon as they start to relax they become ill with headaches, migraines, colds, flu, back pain and stomach upsets but they can't take that time off in the term time if they are well all through term time.

You'll get them back automatically in Germany, unless you neglected to go and see a doctor. I don't know anyone, who would miss their chance to get their vacation days back here, when they're unlucky and got sick during their vacation. I mean, your vacation most likely got ruined, when you're sick, right?

How is your German studies going?

@@victoraldana8635 As u would have guessed i've not started. I thought having better English should be a priority.

Glad it was helpful!

And international student

Each employee has the same rights, the citizenship does not matter. So, once you get the job everybody is treated equally. However, getting the job can be tricky if you are from outside EU. I think all EU citizens are treated same as germans, but people from outside EU would need to get a visa...

Noted🙃

As an American (Part Italian and part Mexican), I run on Mexican time, we’re late as well. Lol.

What is temping?

Best of luck mate!

The Problem with Ausbildung is not really the lack of career opportunities but rather the lack of knowledge about them. For example, an acquaintance of mine recently finished his Ausbildung to become an Electrician. Most employees in his company get around 13-15€ an hour. That's bc they lack the knowledge about salary negotiations and the current employment market situation. My acquaintance on the other hand knows that getting capable employees in the construction sector is a very hard task and that 13€ an hour is disproportionate to the value his work adds to the company. So he negotiated with them and now he is getting 18€ an hour, a company car (for 1% of his salary), and a commitment that the company will pay for his Meisterausbildung after 2 years. And this is all as an employee fresh out of the apprenticeship. Should he then decide to work as an independent contractor or create his own company after his Meister, then he can easily get a 5-figure salary in no time. I think most people just aren't aware of these opportunities and or lack the commitment necessary to go for them.

Can you please share the info for the foreigner who already has 10 years working exeriences whether it is Good or not if want to work as a senior-up staff level or just started over from begining as azubi (ausbildung) meanwhile already as Manager level in previous country. Any sugestion just in case they working in finansial or tax professional.

@1989Azrael thank you for sharing this story. I would like to hear more about your opinion, related to difference in work balance of Japan and Germany.

Thank you! 😃

I stay in Munich and wish if I could meet u😊

Behalve in geval van ziek zijn en uitbetaling

those "benefits" are not just in germany but all across europe

@@kam7r882 no they're not my friend.

@@yiorgosyiacos3954 i'm in france, it's the same lol , even better for some as he describe lol , but of course you know better than me who are living it right now 😂

@@kam7r882 It is true that benefits are great in SOME European countries, but not all across Europe. Ask someone living in Greece for example.

@@kam7r882 all the benefits are the same as germany?

Glad it was helpful 🙂 Best of luck!

L'atmosphère de travail en france est plus détendue qu'en allemagne ainsi que les allemands sont un peu réservées ce qui rend la communication un peu difficile parcontre les français sont plus vivants et communicatifs ce qui rend l'atmosphère plus agréable.

based french

Much love back to Lithuania (and all of the world... i know you are everywhere😉)!

My pleasure 😊

Complaining is a national sport here 😅

Yep and in management jobs the work hours can be horrible

Honestly not even being German and living/working here for 8 years made me also complaining about almost everything. It is like a virus. People become germanized 😂

@@emmaa65 Perfect example of integration ;)

If germans had accepted anything without complaining there would not be such a good system.

Dann solltest Du den Arbeitgeber wechseln...

@@andrep.3774 ich bin Hartz 4 Held

I disagree, the worse is in a small german company. Super low wages, no training, understaffed to save money (overtime of course not paid) .... I had enough I quit for burn out. I am leaving this s... country.

@@japtadl4648 But you signed the contract, knowing exactly what the wage would be. And what prevented you from searching for a better job? There is nothing wrong with not being happy with a job, you keep looking and taken your part, too. That is the same anywhere. And that you are giving up can only mean that Germany is not the place for you. Also, nothing wrong with that. Good luck with your search for a life and job you are happy with.

So glad!

Thank you! Cheers!

The workplace is in Osterhofen near Deggendorf... there is a great demand for construction workers, as well as stockists Rubix, Imperial, khune und nagel, BMW Dingolfing..... there is a lot of work in Bayern and a lot of workers are wanted... even and if you can't find a company directly, you can always look for a job through agencies like Hofmann, Randstad, Unique, Timepartner....

@@damir1973ful thankyou very much,even a little information helps. I'm very grateful Edit:I'll be off to research again thankyou very much for the information

Wolf is also a good employer in Osterhofen/Lower Bavaria.

He has probably already written to them.

Thanks for watching! 😄

Hey! It has two sides: the plus is, laws support you fully. You are protected and supposed to get a bunch of help. Many big companies have even special social worker to help you integrate. A great plus is also that meds are cheap and therapy is free! The negative is, most of the legal benefits are hidden behind walls of paperwork that are simply unrealistic to do by yourself, you need to hire people for this and help you navigate the system. Yes, with even more paperwork you can even get free support to help you with your paperwork, but I found it quite a mess to see through it if you already have troubles sorting through your own brain. Waiting times for therapy are quite long and it's very, very, very difficult to find a good psychiatrist. Know your meds and take care of yourself. It's essential to pick the right job for your ND, since apart from the legal side (harder to get fired etc) they will still expect you to fit in. So choose something where the requirements meet your needs, there is little leeway for "misbehaving".

Physical disabilities however is no problem at all and widely accepted.

@@TheFren That is all really good to know. Thanks for all the info! But man, bureaucracy can be a real asshole, huh? 😅

@@Gigiravioli64 yep. My doctor claims its deliberate to put you off. But idk I think it's just what happens when the smartest brains go into industry instead of working for the state.

@@Gigiravioli64 oh one thing I forgot is something I found out pretty late and which has saved me a bunch of money - if your expenses for health (and that includes private therapy lessons and transportation costs to the doctor) go over a certain amount (percentage of your income), you can put them into your taxes ("Krankheitskosten") as expenses. So basically everything is just half price if you pay yourself :D which can save you a lot of bureaucracy

Surely eases one's mind^^

@Tret Erter What is it you do in one week in the US that takes 3 months in Germany?

@Tret Erter Was für ein Schwachsinn... 💩

​@@treterter4892banks are awesome. No lines. No fake bills. Internet is super fine too . Always running perfectly and they fix and refund you without asking.