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The article is about refugees, but the situation’s still bad even for EU citizens: Germany has proven that it can integrate software developers, engineers and s
by blub 4y ago
The article is about refugees, but the situation’s still bad even for EU citizens: Germany has proven that it can integrate software developers, engineers and some unqualified workers in the job market. But if it magically got the missing workers it’s complaining about it wouldn’t know what to do with them!
I’ve watched over many years a spouse-of-IT-worker phenomenon in my circle of acquaintances where most partners had to requalify (even with EU diplomas), settle for less or become stay at home parents while those partners which were connected to IT inevitably got jobs and were able to get promotions.
This suggests that there’s no easy solution for Germany or the EU even if migration is encouraged (which brings its own set of well-known problems).
- Simon_O_Rourke 4y agoA friend of mine when I was living out in Berlin was regularly followed and stopped by police, just because of the color of his skin. He said this was mostly due to his neighbors calling the cops on him when he was simply walking down the street to go to work. It's that ingrained into Germans of a certain age, the ultra-susicious racism coupled with an unhealthy call-the-cops mentality.
- DanielHB 4y agoThis is a common problem in any country, most countries need nurses and doctors but it is really hard to transfer a diploma to a new country (often for valid reasons). Tech is the abnormal beast in that people can just move freely, partly explains why tech workers make so much money If anything europe has better requalification programs than a lot of other countries. But if you are a doctor/nurse in your home country, there is little incentive to move to europe because the salaries might be better, but not considering cost of living. Doctors especially make bank in poorer countries and can live like kings