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Perhaps this means Germany could suffer disproportionately as a result of automation. It's also worth pointing out that Germany is not immune to global trends t

Perhaps this means Germany could suffer disproportionately as a result of automation. It's also worth pointing out that Germany is not immune to global trends that may erode the ability to sell based on quality - I recently bought a 2001 BMW E39, thought by many to be the best BMW ever made. In fixing up the E39 I've come across the same opinion over and over again: BMWs/German cars in general are not as well made as they used to be. Edit: I'm not saying my E39 is thought to be the best BMW ever made of course :D

marenkay 9y ago
If anything Germany will suffer from the consequences of not investing in education for the past four decades as we are already seeing the lack of capable, well-trained, high skilled workers. German education basically has been focussed on producing low level work forces and ignoring the rest, you can see that clearly while hiring.
- rtfs 9y ago
  This is not correct. We are quite over educated here in the high skilled workforce - nowadays much more students, meister and techniker everywhere, and sure we have created a low wage sector recently as well, but this is another story and represents a much smaller share of the entire workforce.
  - marenkay 9y ago
    Have you tried checking out some of these students these days? Have you missed the shortage notes about classical Meister, etc. roles given out the past decade? Also low wage sector is a few million people (last official numbers are about 8 million people). Compare that to high skilled workers.
prodmerc 9y ago
Maybe you were thinking of the E36? :D Many say the 1984-1994 Mercedes E-klasse was the last car that was built to last. Afterwards, they switched to cheaper parts, less overengineering, to keep up with competitors and profit more from planned obsolescence. Personally, I've seen many of them break down, and they rust quite badly if not maintained :)

marenkay 9y ago

If anything Germany will suffer from the consequences of not investing in education for the past four decades as we are already seeing the lack of capable, well-trained, high skilled workers. German education basically has been focussed on producing low level work forces and ignoring the rest, you can see that clearly while hiring.

rtfs 9y ago
This is not correct. We are quite over educated here in the high skilled workforce - nowadays much more students, meister and techniker everywhere, and sure we have created a low wage sector recently as well, but this is another story and represents a much smaller share of the entire workforce.
- marenkay 9y ago
  Have you tried checking out some of these students these days? Have you missed the shortage notes about classical Meister, etc. roles given out the past decade? Also low wage sector is a few million people (last official numbers are about 8 million people). Compare that to high skilled workers.

prodmerc 9y ago

Maybe you were thinking of the E36? :D Many say the 1984-1994 Mercedes E-klasse was the last car that was built to last. Afterwards, they switched to cheaper parts, less overengineering, to keep up with competitors and profit more from planned obsolescence. Personally, I've seen many of them break down, and they rust quite badly if not maintained :)