Hey so fun fact: three month notice periods are standard in Germany because German companies like to have runway to offload and onboard employees. Germany is f

Hey so fun fact: three month notice periods are standard in Germany because German companies like to have runway to offload and onboard employees. Germany is famously pro-labor, so you actually have two notice periods: one for the employer (statutory) and one for employees (contract). The two are usually aligned, and only get out of sync when the employee has been working somewhere for a long time. Let's say you have a month-long notice period in your employee contract. You work at your job for 5 years. By that time, the statutory notice period has increased to two months: if your employer wants to fire you, they have to give you two months. On the other hand, if you're the one who wants to leave, you only need to give them one month, per your contract. Pretty neat.