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My German AirBnB host was a city employee who was able to take a two week vacation abroad. This was a job that required no experience. Meanwhile, I went to col
by NewOrderNow 6y ago
My German AirBnB host was a city employee who was able to take a two week vacation abroad. This was a job that required no experience.
Meanwhile, I went to college to better my life and ended up a slave
- read_if_gay_ 6y agoGermans with a more cynical outlook might tell you that the German bureaucracy is gobbling up staggering amounts of taxpayer money for doing barely any job at all, and basically leech off value creating jobs to fund their generous benefits. That is, if you want your job to be actually impactful in some way, you'll end up a "slave" funding some civil servant's lengthy yearly vacation as well. I'm not quite there yet though.
- nicbou 6y agoWorker conditions are certainly better, but life is expensive and bureaucracy is annoying here too.