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> Germany won't have any of the degrading bullshit like Wal-Mart or others in the US. In some areas yes, I hear that VW workers are paid well. In other areas,
by klarws 6y ago
> Germany won't have any of the degrading bullshit like Wal-Mart or others in the US.
In some areas yes, I hear that VW workers are paid well. In other areas, you have 400 Euro jobs and forced labor below minimum wage if the "job center" (formerly social security) decides that you need to be a slave.
I don't understand why people here defend Europe as if it were the 1980s. Those times are long gone, perhaps folks here have a sheltered life and only listen to state propaganda.
- neuronic 6y agoYes, you are absolutely correct here but this is a very complex topic following the Hartz IV reforms in the early 2000s. All of this is currently on the political line and there is enormous political will in the population to "fix" Hartz IV. It helped Germany out of its labor misery when Schröder became chancellor in 1998 (5m jobless down to ~1m) but it brought new problems such as 1€/h jobs (tax-free, on top of unemployment payments), weird sanctions and brain-dead mechanisms to put people back into work. If it weren't for Corona it would likely be one of the major topics in the societal discussion right now as Hartz IV is widely recognized to be insufficient. Federal minimum wage is also fairly new and already way too little. But Corona is shaking everything up, so who knows what will happen now.
- eru 6y agoLabour below the minimum wage is a fairly new thing. That's because minimum wages are a fairly new thing in Germany.