Truth probably is somewhere between my extreme and your extreme ... but I have - in 20 years of working in the country - not once encountered a situation in whi

Truth probably is somewhere between my extreme and your extreme ... but I have - in 20 years of working in the country - not once encountered a situation in which an AT-contract I saw was not significantly better than an union contract when it came to compensation - both from some of the largest - and 100% pure German - conglomerates, and in the KMU sector. Which - incidentally - is why such companies advertise paying 'außertariflich' in their job adverts. Situation might be different for low- and non-skilled workers.