> What's not different is that most of the time you will be shown the door as quickly as possible. You get your notice time, and you get paid until your actual

> What's not different is that most of the time you will be shown the door as quickly as possible. You get your notice time, and you get paid until your actual termination date, but you spend that time at home ("freigestellt"). No, not really. Companies have that option but it's almost never used, only in extreme cases (e.g. when the company has a real reason to assume the employee would misuse their continued access).