@Brett Tarpley yeah, anyone with a 40 work week gets the 30 paid vacation days here. Only you work less hours or a „mini job“ it is less vacation days.
@Brett Tarpley Overtime is kind of weird here. I had a job, where overtime was not paid out and you could just take it of either. But it was strongly discouraged to accumulate overtime and if you did you would have a talk with managers to make a plan to get rid of the overtime. At my current job it's not paid either, but I can just take days off to get rid of my overtime.
@Brett Tarpley what do you mean? Often the budget is quite strict, so employers don't want unexpected chances in compensation they have to pay, so overtime is discouraged. What do you mean by not very ambitious?
As an employee of a global corporation based in the US I have visited the German factories of some of our vendors. The technicians in these factories are highly trained, disciplined and well compensated. The amount of quality work they produce in those 35 hours is astounding.
@@swarles354 I'll write in in German: Dann solltest du vielleicht mal nachverhandeln. Wir haben zwar nur 20 gesetzlich vorgeschriebene Arbeitstage, aber 28 Tage bei 40h/Woche ist arg wenig. Ich kenne in meinem Umfeld keine Person, die nur 28 Tage bei einer Vollzeit-Stelle haben, außer sie haben extrem schlecht verhandelt.
My husband collected so much overtime hours he has taken the whole of december off. A colleague of his took 2 months off to travel around Asia. I love Germany.
But they don’t pay you 1.5? You have to take the days off? What if you want to work hard to save money for a goal? I work overtime to make $$$ not get days off.
One of the reasons why Walmart failed in Germany was because the German government deemed Walmart's working conditions inhumane. Germans who had initially worked there quit soon after starting because of the company's atmosphere and after that Walmart struggled to replace the employees.
In production environments it is common to have officially 36 or 38 hour work weeks where you actually work 40 hours and build up 13 to 26 extra vacation days.
Junge hä? Nur weil du 40h/week arbeitest heisst micht dad ganz Deutschland so is. 35 ist der durchschnitt, wir gehen sogar immer weiter runter in den letzten Jahren. Das ist auch gut und schlau so. Wenn du 40h/week arbeitest bist du eh zu dumm oder zu schlau.
@@Siegmernes that goes both ways then, though. Your boss can also tell you "in 3 month's time you will work only 35h... and with 12.5% less salary of course, too"
Is it though? I mean in the netherlands the standard at my job is 38h+2 meaning we work 40h weeks but every week you basically earn an extra 2h off but its calculate ahead of time for the whole year like normal time off.
When he says, he negotiated so well, he is not entirely wrong. Just that the German worker-grandparents did that job for him. All working achievements were fought for by workers! ❤
Wait till Americans know that there are paid sick days in Germany and your doctor can write it in your prescription accordingly so that you can take time off to get healthier. It will blow their minds :P
you need to tell them as well that the sick days are not limited and you don't have to plan them in advance! they are as long as you are sick. if the doctor says you are sick for 2 months - you will be on PAID sick leave for 2 months and the company cannot fire you for that.
After 2 Months your income will drop to 800 Eur sice your income must then be payed by the healthcare insurance company…. so not exactly socialism but a little bit like socialism … depending on what you define as socialism… 😅
that is not exactly correct in germany. after 6 weeks of being on sick leave the income will be up to 90% of your normal income, and paid by the health insurance instead of your employer. this will continue for up to 72 weeks (1,5years). after the 78th week of sickness this will end - but after more than 1,5years of sickness you might have the right for a reduced earning capacity pension as you might still be sick but unable to work anymore. Or you might get back to work on a reduced work time (as a colleague of mine did, battling cancer and still having to earn money for the family)@@meadowlark8197
Just to clarify the minimum paid vacation is 20 days although a lot of companies give 30 but certainly not all , but still better than in the USA I guess .
@@AG-cj7im in Germany ? No . By law for a 5 days workweek the minimum is 20 days , nothing there about work experience or educational level . Disabled employees are entitled to 5 additional.
@@AG-cj7im nope. The minimum is 20 days / year for a 5 day work week. If you work more or less than that, which means 6 days/week max as one rest day per week is mandatory, the amount of minimum vacation gets adjusted accordingly, as long as you stay within the 4 weeks / year. Most companies are doing 24 for a 5 day work week anyways and voluntarly agree to increase the vacation days by 2 every 2 years the employee stays in the company till 30 days max. But that is not required by law and it is mostly due to the fact that it's better to give you more vacation and keep you as an employee than looking for a new one, which is a pain in the back for both employer and employee.
Lol my mom has worked at her company for 30+years and typed out at 28 days vacation.... it took her 25 years to accumulate that .... year one you get 4 days
Meanwhile Netherlands; yea you can work up to 60h But you will be taxed way more than bilioners? Why? Cuz you work more of course! It means you can earn more!
And it depends on your contract if you get paid for those hours. In most cases the hospitals would be financially ruined if the whole overtime would be paid. And when you want to take a day off in lieu you can't do it because there is too much work and somebody needs to do it or someone is ill...
@@laraleo6412 Yeah I know it's a little bit of "overexplaining", but the thing is, as an American, it is so genuinely frustrating to see how ignorant most people around me are to just how badly they're getting screwed over. If I stay with my current company, it could take me decades to even come close to receiving the same benefits that a Danish mcdonald employee receives from day 1. If I lose my job and need to go to the hospital the very next day, it could put me into lifelong debt, because hey you no longer have health insurance. It's just amazing because if anyone I knew got an offer like this, I'd say they must've got really lucky, whereas in Germany that's "the bare minimum" (aka they could do better if they tried). It's so frustrating to live in a country that can't even provide the baseline support for its citizens, but too many people are drunk off American exceptionalism and cold war propaganda, to realize how royally fucked over they're getting.
Even after decades of experience and service. Just wait until you get to the age of 60, and, older. The closer you get to around that age of 60. You will start hearing that more "experienced" workers have more potential, costly accidents. Notice no mention of age. Anything happens at all, out the door you go. Mostly due to supervisor claims that you are not productive. This is a very subjective opinion of your supervisor. Think you can get a lawyer and sue. Good luck with that.
Yeah but according to „salary transparency“ many people in the US get 120k+ yearly salaries, which you really cant expect in Germany. You are already pretty good if you get 60k a year. I watched those videos from the US and was shocked to find out that even fresh graduates make at least 80k. Everything comes at a price I guess.
The legal minimum of vacation in Germany is calculated 2 days per month, so 24 days of vacation per year. A lot of companies offer 30 days, but they wouldn't need to.
I get 5 days of vacation per year. I had to work a year at the company to get that. Once I complete my second year than I get 10 days of vacation per year. To get 15 days of vacation per year I would have to stay with the company for 10 years. They do not offer more than that. One employee has been there for 20 years, and they would not give him another week of vacation when he asked for it. I think in the United States no vacation time is required but some jobs offer it. Before at my last job I never got vacation. I worked there for 5 years. Also, they did not pay you when you were off for holidays. At least at my current job we get paid holidays. I believe there is like 10 paid holidays a year. Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Years etc.
To be completely honest, I have experience with working 50, 40 and 35 hours. I would say I was about as productive during those 35 hours as during the 50 hours. When you work 35 hours or less, you can put in full effort during those hours. But once you have to work more than 6-7 hours a day, you will have to spread and conserve your energy. If you give a 100% for 40-50 hours a week, you will eventually crash. Might happen in a month, it might take years, but it will happen.
As someone from Portugal same here 40/35 hours contract... Paid Vacations.. is Standart here in most European countries, also if you are sick no problem...
You just have to hope that they don’t “negotiate” you into unemployment by demanding so much that the business is no longer profitable for the owners. Unions are a good thing by and large, but when they get too uppity they can sink entire industries.
The worst thing is to ask for a week off and have to burn all 6 days, since you work Monday to Saturday, not to mention the Mexico has less than 10 holidays in a year 🤮
I work in IT as an Admin in a small company. In some months I worked 50-60h per week. The time was added to my time account but I could almost never take those hours or days off. Small companies don't have anything to do with unions and generally suck. But outside the big cities you can't easily find a better job unless you have a total common mainstream job. I'll finally leave this year. I hate it when delusional people portray Germany as some kind of paradise, although many struggle and suffer.
@@emoveo1 what are you talking about, there is no socialism in Russia at all. Some Western/Northern European countries have more socialism these days.
As I German I can tell you that 35hrs a week is not very common over here. Most ppl work 40hrs/week. And overtimes are not paid/taken off in lots of sectors..
The moment someone tries to touch them, half of the country manages to yell communism in unison, which is kinda creepy and totally not a sign of communism.. Anyway, even people who are suffering under this system are happily voting for their oppressors there, because there are just 2 parties and they do not want to vote for the other party whatsoever. Its the perfect democratic oppression, that's why those two parties do not want other parties.
Well, I am German and live in Germany. At my last job I was asked how many hours I wanted to work and I answered "37,5 to 40 hours a week". I then got to decide myself and chose 37,5 hours because that was I was used to as full time. Turned out that every full-time employee worked 40 hours a week (25 days vacation per year), so I was officially only part-time. I would love the 35 hour full-time job from the clip.
The IG Methal union has negotiated that a 28-hour contract will be considered full-time if there is a good reason for it, such as childcare or elderly care, etc. Normally, however, a 35-hour contract is full-time.
Fellow German here: You're lucky to get such a job. Most companies, especially small ones, don't have to follow any special rules that give you benefits like that. I never had a 35h week or a lot of vacation days.
@@lovesChicago But what about for ordering food, talking with friends, speaking to emergency services, using public transport, going to the cinema, etc.?
paid overtime is a tool to coerce workers into willingly getting exploited. you will never get that time back, not with any money. some companies let you take the time off at a later time and still keep the .5 bonus, which is ideal imo
@@lorep7412 , living expenses are half too , plus it's in the middle of Europe, you can travel to all countries easily, and also it's very safe compared to that shithole usa safety , you will get tons of benefits for tax u pay , unlike usa which will bomb 💣 country
It really depends on the company. Six months ago I started a new (office) job. 30 hours a week, with more income than I had at my last full time job, 30 days vacation, lunch coupons for a nearby restaurant, once every month there's a fun company brunch in our fancy conference lounge during office hours (the last one was themed Oktoberfest) etc. They have to offer something these days to get good employees.
I have 40h per week but I get 30 days paid vacation and have the right to take 1 day off per month if I have worked the hours in overtime. So basically I have 42 days off + public holidays every year and any additional overtime is compensated with a 125% payout. Also my company puts in a lot of additional ressources to further increase my qualifications.
@@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828 Ich weiß nicht ob das gemeint war, aber beispielsweise bekommen ehrenamtliche Pfadfinderleiter, Fußballtrainer für Kinder usw zusätzliche Urlaubstage um beispielsweise mit den Kindern weg zu fahren.
Well some parts but there are legal requirements for all employers if you have a full-time job I'm not sure what they are for Germany tho as I'm Austrian
As others pointed out, it's not quite like that. But, here you also get basically unlimited sick days (even though after 6 weeks you only get like 2/3 of your salary). I heard that this is not the case in all non-European countries.
I'm from Germany and this is only in companys with unions. Also 30 days of vacation ist not the standard. But beside of this I love watching your Videos 😂
Same here in America, I was looking up jobs for a steam fitter, one was union, 35 hour work weeks, 60$ an hour. 30 days of paid vacation. Almost all well paid blue collar jobs are like this. If it’s not union, you will eat shit, at least over here.
Only if you work fulltime tho. Depending on the job (and where you life) you can actually afford to only work part time so 90 hours a month maximum. A colleage of mine and her husband both only work 90 hour a month and get by very very easily !
30 days vacation is 4 weeks..In the US it takes probably 2 years minimum to grt this.. Honestly 50 hours is what most people want or need to make ends meet...in the Midwest u need at least 24/hour to live comfortably
@@winterlinde5395 wow...that's great ...my last job u got 3 weeks after 8 years and you had to take full weeks at a time. You got up to 5 weeks after 15 years.We Americans have let the puppet masters take our lives for the sake of a few extra dollars because the excessive hours kill productivity and morale
@@stratospekos well there is almost no job in Germany having a standard 6 days work week. Since most companies are union organized (or the overall industry is) there is at least to my knowledge no standard 6 day week. It might be possible but would be a rate exception. And let us not forget the 13 National holidays and the fact that you get your vacation days back if you fall sick during vacation.
German here: What's shown in video it's only half the story. Yes, Arbeitnehmerrechte (employees rights) are more favorable to workers in Germany than in many other countries. However, of course, you have to be productive and valuable to your employer to justify the costs you are producing. it is expected, for instance, that a skilled worker is flexible in his vacation planning. Employees in team leader roles and levels above normally work far more hours than the standard 35 without extra or overtime pay. Also, there's a tendency to hire people on short-term contracts for simple tasks paying only minimum wages and hardly any extra perks.
I work 39 hours monday to friday, weekend work paid 150% per hour, every overtime hour is collected 11 months and i get it on top of my december pay check, 30 days paid vacation, 2 weeks paid education vacation which is just vacation with your colleges every year and if i didnt took my 30 days vacation i can bring it to next year and "could" spend full 60 work days off in the next year, i dont have to work the last week of december and the first of january. Besides that there are like 10 extra paid days off work by law (christmas, Halloween and so on)
I really hoped that ending came. A lot of us Americans don’t understand the importance of taking time off. Reviving yourself for further productivity. I had a German teacher who wouldn’t let us forget it and I’m glad he didn’t.
The average German works ca 1300 hours per year. The average US American works ca 1700 hours per year. The standard of living is largely the same, Germans enjoy much more financial security. The difference does go somewhere. US Americans are getting screwed.
@@RoonMian While the numbers may show only slight differences having a societal expectation for a “sunnier disposition” (albeit still slight and extremely nuanced) has a much larger effect than most give it credit for. It’s like the opposite of a lot of gang or dealer mentalities of “if they carry (fire-arms) so should I.”
@@RoonMian It’s all perspective though, I see as kind of a manifest destiny thing. Not taking thing for as they are and for what they could be. Just not the whole stealing of land, people, and lives.
I love gleitzeit i have 30 paid vacation days but with my Gleitzeit i easily reach 50 vacation days a year 😂 + since my main job is to maintain the factory I work sometimes Saturdays too ( from 6-12 but the way it gets paid is just bonkers 6-8 normal pay 8- end +50% payment)
I worked at a security company as a student, weekends mostly. Saturdays were paid +50% and Sundays +100€. Tax free. I think this is by law but I’m not sure.
@@XBOkiXD at my company I can choose between extra time or extra payment like you mentioned it but I'm an apprentice at the moment so taking the money isn't really worth it
75?! That would be impossible in my native Hungary. Per the law, we can work 48 per week at max on average, unless a "collective agreement" between the workers and the company says otherwise, but anything over 60 is unheard of, and 60 is extremely rare, with a tremendous turnover rate.
The agency I work for provides the option of pay or comp time (deferred time off) at 1.5x hourly rate. So, anything over eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week is paid overtime or deferred time off. Pretty sweet for a US employer.
@@beverlycrowell_ Lirerally almost every single American you ask. The most common counterargument is "at will employment also means that you can quit anytime!", which is kinda laughable in light of the fact that most Americans have a loan or a mortgage to repay...
Yes and no. Your employer pays half your insurance premium. If you don't have an employer you have to pay both halfs. (On social welfare the welfare agency pays the premium)
The U.K. has even more statutory paid holiday. Germanys is 20 days, ours if 28 days, but most places pay bank holidays too, so we basically get 32 days paid leave a year.
You should come to Switzerland 😄 legal minimum requirement is 20 days paid vacation (that's just counting weekdays, because you're required to have two days off per week, so 20 days means a full 4 weeks) and the minimum wage for most office jobs is 3600 francs a month (before insurance deductions)
@@stellastella99 nah work weeks are 5 days. Do if you have 30 days of vacation its actually 6 weeks. Do you have 42 days of vacation? So 8 weeks and 2 days?
In Switzerland 4 weeks are the minimum. Until the age of the 20 - 5 weeks 20 - 49 yo - 4 weeks 50 - 59 yo - 5 weeks 60 - 65+ - 6 weeks Most firms give 5 weeks though
For me as a German, that's so cute. By the way, it's not so easy for people who need to work in shifts, but a lot of people try to improve this conditions too and it gets better. For example in many hospitals and nursing homes the nurses don't need to work longer than 7 days before two days off.
40h is normal, especially self employed people often work more. But I think everyone who worked a low payed job with a lot of hours knows that the more hours you work the less productive it will be. Working less for the same monthly salary can be beneficial to the company. Before going to college I worked 45h for 9,5€ (minimum salary that year). Every day I started with clocking in and taking a 20 min shit. After quitting for college they told me I was their most productive and competent worker among the other students.
Don't forget that in Germany you generally earn less than in the US. I know 3 Americans who live in Germany and they were shocked how much less they earn per year in the same job. But again our high taxes are the reason we have such a good health care system etc.
Yes you earn way less and pay way more in various taxes but if you compare the quality of life in the USA versus any country in Western Europe, USA is a shithole country for the average laborers.
@@Jillberto Well only in things that have to sk with health. The rest is on the same level. For Example let's say you pay for a small 3 room flat 1200 USD. You pay the same in Germany, but you're income is much lower. So 50-70% of your income just got vaporized for rent. And on things like Groceries, Germany is even more expensive than the US.
@@ftKomA if you pay 50%-70% of your income for rent, you are doing a lot of things wrong. Also, rent varies a lot in Germany. For 3 bedrooms 1200€ is quite a lot, but "normal" for bigger cities where you actually earn more money aswell. You can live a good life in germany with 60k a year. The taxes you pay are also calculated by your yearly income, a single mother wont pay as much taxes as someone who lives alone with no kids and an income of over 100k a year. Eitherway, the average living expenses in germany are around 40% less compared to the US.
Well in India my best friend is working in a private company for 12 hours a day and 6 days a week...so 40 hours in a week is just a dream...also she gets no extra pay for overtime
My Dad recently took a 3 Months Vacation. 30 regular Vacation days and with leftover Overwork hours from last year he managed to squeeze in another 40 Days from Overtime Hours. Enough to cover all of January, February and most of March.
Because German law essentially gouges their own companies of labor instead of allowing negotiations which benefit more competent and competitive workers.
Literally more than 95% of jobs dont offer those conditions in Germany. If you work for Mercedes, yes they do but they are known for being a good employer. So its more of an exception
95% offer max 40 hours per week with at least 20 work days paid vacation - and unlimited sick days. Fom day one on. There usually is a "probation time" of 3 - 6 months where you should show that you're realy interested in the job.
20 vacation days is the legal minimum for a full-time job with 5 work days. Nearly any employer offers more, usually 30 days. And they’d be really dumb not do so. We have a big Fachkräftemangel and employees get to choose the employer with the best conditions. So usually many employers offer even better conditions than the above stated.
Started a business a year ago, I have 4 people. Two work 4 days 10 hour days, and the two others work 12 hours, 3 days a week. All overtime is paid. Going in I wanted to give people who aren't as bothered about not having a business time to live their lives. I work 4-14 hours every day depending on how my wife is feeling lol. You don't need the government to twist your arm, you just can't worry about making the most money you can right away, as a business owner. Treat people with respect, train em, value their time and effort, and they will help you build your castle.
Man...as a US American, this is so wild in a good way. 35 Hours can still be a lot for some disabled workers, but the idea of basic rights feels like a blessing after living in the US.
@@winterlinde5395 it means that once I work 40 hours, every hour I work after that, I get paid 1.5x the amount I got paid for the first 40 hours. So if my base pay is $20 an hour, but I work for 45 hours every week, then that extra five hours, I get paid $30 an hour. It's a great way to make extra money, and I regularly aim for overtime hours.
I got a consultant job offer in Germany and the contract says 40h/week, but I read online that 45h is the typical working week. But well, it's consulting, at least that's not 75h/week like what you might expect in firms like McKinsey and you still have to worry about up or out
@@maxkessler1922 Absolutely not. The same situation goes for education, healthcare, housing, infrastructure, etc. The USA pretends to be "The Best" but they treat their citizens the worst of all developed nations.
@@maxkessler1922 we, the US, spend our taxes on people.....just not the US citizens, we send our taxpayer dollars to places like Pakistan, Chad, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Bolivia, India, Ukraine, Iran to really help the people there.
Lame and sad excuse showing difference between different countries work type .. guess they saying be Less demographic is better then a heavy demographic/immigrant country like US ..
@@dimitrijekrstic7567 first this isn't class or a report .. dumba$$ and laws better thats questionable to each person and if you say people get treated better maybe it's cause they Are less diverse and mostly white while US takes in many more people in 1yr then Germany does in 5yrs .. with different cultures and people it is hard to keep people happy .. but if you Only let certain people in its easier to make them happy .. guess building walls or controlling your boarders helps .
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Most important thing is that the 30 Days Vacation are Paid Vacation. Its Always Paid.
@Brett Tarpley yeah, anyone with a 40 work week gets the 30 paid vacation days here. Only you work less hours or a „mini job“ it is less vacation days.
@Brett Tarpley I think that depends on the contract. But if you work at late hours or weekends you usually get paid extra pay per hour.
@Brett Tarpley Yeah, in the US, I don't know how the situation is in Germany. Its probably the same or similiar
@Brett Tarpley Overtime is kind of weird here. I had a job, where overtime was not paid out and you could just take it of either. But it was strongly discouraged to accumulate overtime and if you did you would have a talk with managers to make a plan to get rid of the overtime.
At my current job it's not paid either, but I can just take days off to get rid of my overtime.
@Brett Tarpley what do you mean? Often the budget is quite strict, so employers don't want unexpected chances in compensation they have to pay, so overtime is discouraged.
What do you mean by not very ambitious?
As an employee of a global corporation based in the US I have visited the German factories of some of our vendors. The technicians in these factories are highly trained, disciplined and well compensated. The amount of quality work they produce in those 35 hours is astounding.
Maybe They are More productive because they arent exhausted, and are happy at work?
If this is real I need to move to Germany then.
@@jrs5054 I am German, this is true (and completely normal to me)
@@aramn8151 well fuck me. I live in Germany and only have 28 days of vacation for a full time job, working 40hrs/week
@@swarles354 I'll write in in German: Dann solltest du vielleicht mal nachverhandeln. Wir haben zwar nur 20 gesetzlich vorgeschriebene Arbeitstage, aber 28 Tage bei 40h/Woche ist arg wenig. Ich kenne in meinem Umfeld keine Person, die nur 28 Tage bei einer Vollzeit-Stelle haben, außer sie haben extrem schlecht verhandelt.
As a danish, when i started hearing about american working standards, it sounded like a dystopia lol
It is a dystopia
Help :(
Japanese work culture is a whole nother beast.
im getting tf out of the us
Because it is
My husband collected so much overtime hours he has taken the whole of december off. A colleague of his took 2 months off to travel around Asia. I love Germany.
Damn, now I live in Italy (almost 7 years). I would like to go work and live in germany, but the language barrier is what scares me
@@obvfake203 we have 1 million italians
430 hours overtime as a azubi in my second year welcome to germany
But they don’t pay you 1.5? You have to take the days off? What if you want to work hard to save money for a goal? I work overtime to make $$$ not get days off.
@@JH-qqqqqiim that wont work most time because we value Lebenszeit more than money
One of the reasons why Walmart failed in Germany was because the German government deemed Walmart's working conditions inhumane. Germans who had initially worked there quit soon after starting because of the company's atmosphere and after that Walmart struggled to replace the employees.
And we are very proud of it 😂 no need for this kind of slavery and turbo capitalism over here thank you very much 😂❤
@@Julia-uo6jz enjoy it cause I'm currently still stuck here
@@Julia-uo6jz not in Germany, right! But we force people in other countries to enjoy capitalism and slavery so our way of life is guaranteed...
I heard they were also trying to pay people for snitching on their colleagues
This is why even here, in the us, I still shop at Aldi
As a german i can tell you 40h/week is completely normal…would love to see a 35hr week
Depends on what you work as but unfortunately yes
That's the Metalltarifvertrag only, 39-37 are way more common, at least in production companies
In production environments it is common to have officially 36 or 38 hour work weeks where you actually work 40 hours and build up 13 to 26 extra vacation days.
Siemens macht es möglich ;)
@@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828 da hast du recht bruder
We call that: Arbeitnehmerrechte
Zo is dat duitse makker. Groeten van Benelux
Und das finde ich wunderbar
Lolll
@@nefretitititi ernsthaft
I thought French had complicated words, why are German words so long?
Honestly 40h work week is more common in germany
Yeah. That's the standard but if you have a strong union it's often less. And you have a legal right to part-time work after 6 months of employment.
I had 37.5 hours.
Junge hä? Nur weil du 40h/week arbeitest heisst micht dad ganz Deutschland so is. 35 ist der durchschnitt, wir gehen sogar immer weiter runter in den letzten Jahren. Das ist auch gut und schlau so. Wenn du 40h/week arbeitest bist du eh zu dumm oder zu schlau.
@@Siegmernes that goes both ways then, though. Your boss can also tell you "in 3 month's time you will work only 35h... and with 12.5% less salary of course, too"
Is it though? I mean in the netherlands the standard at my job is 38h+2 meaning we work 40h weeks but every week you basically earn an extra 2h off but its calculate ahead of time for the whole year like normal time off.
When he says, he negotiated so well, he is not entirely wrong. Just that the German worker-grandparents did that job for him. All working achievements were fought for by workers! ❤
And they lost two world wars?
Wait till Americans know that there are paid sick days in Germany and your doctor can write it in your prescription accordingly so that you can take time off to get healthier. It will blow their minds :P
you need to tell them as well that the sick days are not limited and you don't have to plan them in advance! they are as long as you are sick. if the doctor says you are sick for 2 months - you will be on PAID sick leave for 2 months and the company cannot fire you for that.
but...thats,.....SOCIALISM!!! :D
After 2 Months your income will drop to 800 Eur sice your income must then be payed by the healthcare insurance company…. so not exactly socialism but a little bit like socialism … depending on what you define as socialism… 😅
that is not exactly correct in germany. after 6 weeks of being on sick leave the income will be up to 90% of your normal income, and paid by the health insurance instead of your employer. this will continue for up to 72 weeks (1,5years). after the 78th week of sickness this will end - but after more than 1,5years of sickness you might have the right for a reduced earning capacity pension as you might still be sick but unable to work anymore.
Or you might get back to work on a reduced work time (as a colleague of mine did, battling cancer and still having to earn money for the family)@@meadowlark8197
up to 90%, depending on the circumstances, but afaik normal rate is around 76% of your standard pay.
Just to clarify the minimum paid vacation is 20 days although a lot of companies give 30 but certainly not all , but still better than in the USA I guess .
20 if you have less than 2 year of work experience or undergraduate. If not 26 days plus 4 days for emergency leave.
@@AG-cj7im in Germany ? No . By law for a 5 days workweek the minimum is 20 days , nothing there about work experience or educational level . Disabled employees are entitled to 5 additional.
@@AG-cj7im nope.
The minimum is 20 days / year for a 5 day work week. If you work more or less than that, which means 6 days/week max as one rest day per week is mandatory, the amount of minimum vacation gets adjusted accordingly, as long as you stay within the 4 weeks / year.
Most companies are doing 24 for a 5 day work week anyways and voluntarly agree to increase the vacation days by 2 every 2 years the employee stays in the company till 30 days max.
But that is not required by law and it is mostly due to the fact that it's better to give you more vacation and keep you as an employee than looking for a new one, which is a pain in the back for both employer and employee.
Lol my mom has worked at her company for 30+years and typed out at 28 days vacation.... it took her 25 years to accumulate that .... year one you get 4 days
The standard in America is 80 hours of vacation, or 10 days.
Meanwhile german nurses, medics,… working up to 60h a week so the system doesnt collaps 😢
Yeah sadly you can‘t change that because we need more healthcare workers 🥴 but hopefully the government changes things like the salary
@@doktorluc2264 hahahha good one
@@baronbrummbar8691 He is a comedian
Meanwhile Netherlands; yea you can work up to 60h
But you will be taxed way more than bilioners? Why? Cuz you work more of course! It means you can earn more!
And it depends on your contract if you get paid for those hours. In most cases the hospitals would be financially ruined if the whole overtime would be paid. And when you want to take a day off in lieu you can't do it because there is too much work and somebody needs to do it or someone is ill...
Many companies in the US, you'd be lucky to even get an offer like that even after decades of service.
That's why our GDP is 5 times that of Germany.
Thank you for explaining the joke
@@laraleo6412 Yeah I know it's a little bit of "overexplaining", but the thing is, as an American, it is so genuinely frustrating to see how ignorant most people around me are to just how badly they're getting screwed over. If I stay with my current company, it could take me decades to even come close to receiving the same benefits that a Danish mcdonald employee receives from day 1. If I lose my job and need to go to the hospital the very next day, it could put me into lifelong debt, because hey you no longer have health insurance. It's just amazing because if anyone I knew got an offer like this, I'd say they must've got really lucky, whereas in Germany that's "the bare minimum" (aka they could do better if they tried). It's so frustrating to live in a country that can't even provide the baseline support for its citizens, but too many people are drunk off American exceptionalism and cold war propaganda, to realize how royally fucked over they're getting.
Even after decades of experience and service. Just wait until you get to the age of 60, and, older. The closer you get to around that age of 60. You will start hearing that more "experienced" workers have more potential, costly accidents. Notice no mention of age. Anything happens at all, out the door you go. Mostly due to supervisor claims that you are not productive. This is a very subjective opinion of your supervisor. Think you can get a lawyer and sue. Good luck with that.
Yeah but according to „salary transparency“ many people in the US get 120k+ yearly salaries, which you really cant expect in Germany. You are already pretty good if you get 60k a year. I watched those videos from the US and was shocked to find out that even fresh graduates make at least 80k. Everything comes at a price I guess.
The legal minimum of vacation in Germany is calculated 2 days per month, so 24 days of vacation per year. A lot of companies offer 30 days, but they wouldn't need to.
No it's 20 days if you work 5 days per week. Look it up.
@@jobw I looked it up, you're right! Thank's for correcting 😃🌷
@@nivarazat6670If you work 6 days though your 24 days are correct.
I get 5 days of vacation per year. I had to work a year at the company to get that. Once I complete my second year than I get 10 days of vacation per year. To get 15 days of vacation per year I would have to stay with the company for 10 years. They do not offer more than that. One employee has been there for 20 years, and they would not give him another week of vacation when he asked for it.
I think in the United States no vacation time is required but some jobs offer it.
Before at my last job I never got vacation. I worked there for 5 years. Also, they did not pay you when you were off for holidays.
At least at my current job we get paid holidays. I believe there is like 10 paid holidays a year. Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Years etc.
41 days here 😊 that's 36 regular vacation days, 3 "Schichtarbeits-Urlaibstage" and 2 "Regenerationstage"
To be completely honest, I have experience with working 50, 40 and 35 hours. I would say I was about as productive during those 35 hours as during the 50 hours.
When you work 35 hours or less, you can put in full effort during those hours. But once you have to work more than 6-7 hours a day, you will have to spread and conserve your energy.
If you give a 100% for 40-50 hours a week, you will eventually crash. Might happen in a month, it might take years, but it will happen.
✨Arbeiterrechte✨
Keine Arbeitnehmerrechte ohne Gewerkschaften 💁
Alles dank der DDR (und natürlich der Reformen nach der russischen Revolution, damit die Arbeiter den Fabrikbesitzern nicht die Köpfe abhacken)
Worker's rights? What are those? Is it some sort of delicious German dish I've never heard of?
@@nietzschesayshi2569
Sad but true.
@@josev7417 Yeah! It's made with Potatoes, Sausage and the Social Democratic Party in the Weimar Republic!
As someone from Portugal same here 40/35 hours contract... Paid Vacations.. is Standart here in most European countries, also if you are sick no problem...
Because of the EU working time directive that gives 20 days the bare minimum and member states, even the UK goes above
That's the thing about union jobs, you don't have to worry about being a good negotiator, cuz someone will do those negotiations for you
You just have to hope that they don’t “negotiate” you into unemployment by demanding so much that the business is no longer profitable for the owners.
Unions are a good thing by and large, but when they get too uppity they can sink entire industries.
@@codieomeallain6635 or regulating jobs that are perfectly fine and just screwing over independent workers.
@@rodrigovaccari7547 don't forget the racket of union dues too!
Nope because the negotiate the MINIMUN so if you negociate better you keep the better deal!@@rodrigovaccari7547
If we had American unions in Germany sure those points might be correct but we simply don't
I worked a 35 hour work week for 25 years (thanks to the union).
Our lead technical architect in Germany took 1 year of paternity leave. Which was eye opening for a lot of people
And that’s just what you get paid by the government. You can take up to three years of child leave and the company must take you back after.
after 3 years in Germany, these TH-camrs videos would not fool me 😂😂
Why? Is it different?
México 48 hours a week, 6 days of vacation a year, left the chat.
That’s if you’re lucky 🥲
@Falos PT Die? Nah dawg, even dead those guys are still paying bills.
The worst thing is to ask for a week off and have to burn all 6 days, since you work Monday to Saturday, not to mention the Mexico has less than 10 holidays in a year 🤮
still more than the legal requirement and what most people get n the US
@@Miguel-ff5xw americans need to work during holidays, so you're still in better position than them xD
40 hours is still normal here
Depends on the industry
Yes, I work in IT as a consultant and have 40h.
I work in IT as an Admin in a small company. In some months I worked 50-60h per week. The time was added to my time account but I could almost never take those hours or days off. Small companies don't have anything to do with unions and generally suck. But outside the big cities you can't easily find a better job unless you have a total common mainstream job. I'll finally leave this year.
I hate it when delusional people portray Germany as some kind of paradise, although many struggle and suffer.
40 hours is the usual in Germany. Less is uncommon. In certain jobs there are usually more hours.
This is the bare minimum of the horror, the Americans call "socialism"
Why don’t we take a trip to Venezuela and see how they’re doing?
@@adisappointedfbiagent449to Russia😅
@@adisappointedfbiagent449 this is the horrors of alcohol, beer,
why not drink pure alcohol and see how it tastes?
@@emoveo1 what are you talking about, there is no socialism in Russia at all. Some Western/Northern European countries have more socialism these days.
As I German I can tell you that 35hrs a week is not very common over here. Most ppl work 40hrs/week. And overtimes are not paid/taken off in lots of sectors..
Ja normalerweise müssen überstunden bezahlt oder freigegeben werden aber leider gibt es firmen die einen zwingen inoffiziell mehr zu arbeiten.
I don't know a single person eho works fulltime anymore (I'm austrian)
@@iglobrothers645 Because our tax system punishes full time work.
But secondly I live in Austria and many people still work full time
35 hrs / weeks and 30 days off is normal in any company going with the IG Metall conditions. More people should join the unions. It's worth it.
Yea... the US should really revisit their labour laws
But it makes companys number go up less 😂
Revisit their what?!
The moment someone tries to touch them, half of the country manages to yell communism in unison, which is kinda creepy and totally not a sign of communism..
Anyway, even people who are suffering under this system are happily voting for their oppressors there, because there are just 2 parties and they do not want to vote for the other party whatsoever.
Its the perfect democratic oppression, that's why those two parties do not want other parties.
As a working class, American citizen, this sounds like heaven compared to what we go through weekly.
Well, I am German and live in Germany. At my last job I was asked how many hours I wanted to work and I answered "37,5 to 40 hours a week". I then got to decide myself and chose 37,5 hours because that was I was used to as full time. Turned out that every full-time employee worked 40 hours a week (25 days vacation per year), so I was officially only part-time. I would love the 35 hour full-time job from the clip.
That is why they said it's negotiated by the union for that company!
Rest of the word: 8hours per day
The IG Methal union has negotiated that a 28-hour contract will be considered full-time if there is a good reason for it, such as childcare or elderly care, etc. Normally, however, a 35-hour contract is full-time.
The real negotiators you'd have to thank are the unionized workers
🎶us poor folks haven’t got a chance, unless we organize🎶
@@gonozal8_962
🎶which side are you on?
Which side are you on? 🎶
Fellow German here: You're lucky to get such a job. Most companies, especially small ones, don't have to follow any special rules that give you benefits like that. I never had a 35h week or a lot of vacation days.
Then you were not given a full-time contract but rather part time or mini-job and even for those there are rules!
@@KxNOxUTA Still, 40 hour weeks and about 27 days vacation are very common in Germany aswell.
I need to practice my German
English is enough. For international companies you dont really need German.
@@lovesChicago doch brauchst du. Sonst mögen wir dich nicht. Komm ja auch nicht in die USA und sprich Spanisch. Nennt man Integration und Respekt.
@@lovesChicago But what about for ordering food, talking with friends, speaking to emergency services, using public transport, going to the cinema, etc.?
@@lovesChicago the week is much more than 35 hours
@@lovesChicago what about healthcare jobs
Like physical therapy
37.5 hour week, 33 paid days holiday, overtime is paid at 1.5 rate for first 8 hours overtime and after that at double rate. This resets weekly.
paid overtime is a tool to coerce workers into willingly getting exploited. you will never get that time back, not with any money.
some companies let you take the time off at a later time and still keep the .5 bonus, which is ideal imo
salary half in comparison to USA 😅
@@lorep7412 , living expenses are half too , plus it's in the middle of Europe, you can travel to all countries easily, and also it's very safe compared to that shithole usa safety , you will get tons of benefits for tax u pay , unlike usa which will bomb 💣 country
@@lorep7412 germans get affordable healthcare and education, americans sell their kidney for that
Phillip looks like you from UK, btw UK economy going down, Germany economy best one, best work and live
I still prefer my weekend job. 24 hour week, 12 on saturday 12 on sunday 5 days off :)
Was machst du beruflich?Sowas suche ich auch. 24 h reicht aus ,man bekommt noch Wohngeld und kann 5 Tage Kurzurlaub machen. Ein Träumchen.😊
Gleitzeeeeeit 👌👌👌
🤝🤝🤝
America m: Yeah you can take a vacation... if you can afford not get paid for those days off and we can find somebody to cover your shifts.
Ong
@@420_Logan Do we ruin it for him?
If you are a server at Chili’s this is probably true.
Stop working in fast food and go out and learn something.
It really depends on the company. Six months ago I started a new (office) job. 30 hours a week, with more income than I had at my last full time job, 30 days vacation, lunch coupons for a nearby restaurant, once every month there's a fun company brunch in our fancy conference lounge during office hours (the last one was themed Oktoberfest) etc. They have to offer something these days to get good employees.
What company?
Swedish teacher: 171 paid vacation days
I have 40h per week but I get 30 days paid vacation and have the right to take 1 day off per month if I have worked the hours in overtime. So basically I have 42 days off + public holidays every year and any additional overtime is compensated with a 125% payout. Also my company puts in a lot of additional ressources to further increase my qualifications.
Sacrifice a weekend to acquire a youth leader license and you just got yourself a 2 extra weeks of paid vacation a year.
germany... i'm coming!
What is that? I googled it and i came to an Wikipedia article that had something to do with the Hitler Jugend i think thats not the right thing😂
You would train trainees
@@toomflussiggrillanzunderfu8828 Ich weiß nicht ob das gemeint war, aber beispielsweise bekommen ehrenamtliche Pfadfinderleiter, Fußballtrainer für Kinder usw zusätzliche Urlaubstage um beispielsweise mit den Kindern weg zu fahren.
@@kilianendres7976 Noch nie gehört lol
Just for some context. This is not true of all employers in Germany.
Well some parts but there are legal requirements for all employers if you have a full-time job I'm not sure what they are for Germany tho as I'm Austrian
As others pointed out, it's not quite like that.
But, here you also get basically unlimited sick days (even though after 6 weeks you only get like 2/3 of your salary). I heard that this is not the case in all non-European countries.
I'm from Germany and this is only in companys with unions. Also 30 days of vacation ist not the standard. But beside of this I love watching your Videos 😂
Same here in America, I was looking up jobs for a steam fitter, one was union, 35 hour work weeks, 60$ an hour. 30 days of paid vacation. Almost all well paid blue collar jobs are like this. If it’s not union, you will eat shit, at least over here.
"Ok Mr Sacharieee" killed me 😭😭
Standard Is 40hours tho 🤔 (de)
Only if you work fulltime tho. Depending on the job (and where you life) you can actually afford to only work part time so 90 hours a month maximum. A colleage of mine and her husband both only work 90 hour a month and get by very very easily !
depends on what you work on. Usually 40hrs / week from 26 Days paid off.
Soooo as a German citizen you get worker rights, as an American citizen you get the right to work...
I work 50 hours a week, so in Germany I can have a vacation every second month.
you cann't work 50 hours a week continually in germany, it's against the law
Wie viel verdienst du bro
There is power in a union!
THIS union isn't liked that much...
Solidarity forever!
Workers of the world: unite!
30 days vacation is 4 weeks..In the US it takes probably 2 years minimum to grt this.. Honestly 50 hours is what most people want or need to make ends meet...in the Midwest u need at least 24/hour to live comfortably
30 days refer to workdays. So it’s 6 weeks 😊
@@winterlinde5395 wow...that's great
...my last job u got 3 weeks after 8 years and you had to take full weeks at a time. You got up to 5 weeks after 15 years.We Americans have let the puppet masters take our lives for the sake of a few extra dollars because the excessive hours kill productivity and morale
Well 30 days vacation can be 6 weeks for those who have a 5 days workweek or 5 weeks for those who have a 6 days one , so it depends.
@@stratospekos That’s true.
@@stratospekos well there is almost no job in Germany having a standard 6 days work week. Since most companies are union organized (or the overall industry is) there is at least to my knowledge no standard 6 day week.
It might be possible but would be a rate exception. And let us not forget the 13 National holidays and the fact that you get your vacation days back if you fall sick during vacation.
German here: What's shown in video it's only half the story. Yes, Arbeitnehmerrechte (employees rights) are more favorable to workers in Germany than in many other countries. However, of course, you have to be productive and valuable to your employer to justify the costs you are producing. it is expected, for instance, that a skilled worker is flexible in his vacation planning. Employees in team leader roles and levels above normally work far more hours than the standard 35 without extra or overtime pay. Also, there's a tendency to hire people on short-term contracts for simple tasks paying only minimum wages and hardly any extra perks.
Also, 35 hours is NOT standard in Germany.
All this text wall and the core message still stands. German workers simply have better working conditions.
The last part cracked me up
I work 39 hours monday to friday, weekend work paid 150% per hour, every overtime hour is collected 11 months and i get it on top of my december pay check, 30 days paid vacation, 2 weeks paid education vacation which is just vacation with your colleges every year and if i didnt took my 30 days vacation i can bring it to next year and "could" spend full 60 work days off in the next year, i dont have to work the last week of december and the first of january. Besides that there are like 10 extra paid days off work by law (christmas, Halloween and so on)
I really hoped that ending came. A lot of us Americans don’t understand the importance of taking time off. Reviving yourself for further productivity. I had a German teacher who wouldn’t let us forget it and I’m glad he didn’t.
The average German works ca 1300 hours per year.
The average US American works ca 1700 hours per year.
The standard of living is largely the same, Germans enjoy much more financial security.
The difference does go somewhere. US Americans are getting screwed.
@@RoonMian While the numbers may show only slight differences having a societal expectation for a “sunnier disposition” (albeit still slight and extremely nuanced) has a much larger effect than most give it credit for. It’s like the opposite of a lot of gang or dealer mentalities of “if they carry (fire-arms) so should I.”
@@RoonMian It’s all perspective though, I see as kind of a manifest destiny thing. Not taking thing for as they are and for what they could be. Just not the whole stealing of land, people, and lives.
Actually it's 48 Hours maximum by law, and 35 to 40 in most companies.
Right and wrong. Its a bit complicated. The average must be 48 or less.
I love gleitzeit i have 30 paid vacation days but with my Gleitzeit i easily reach 50 vacation days a year 😂 + since my main job is to maintain the factory I work sometimes Saturdays too ( from 6-12 but the way it gets paid is just bonkers 6-8 normal pay 8- end +50% payment)
I worked at a security company as a student, weekends mostly. Saturdays were paid +50% and Sundays +100€. Tax free. I think this is by law but I’m not sure.
@@XBOkiXD at my company I can choose between extra time or extra payment like you mentioned it but I'm an apprentice at the moment so taking the money isn't really worth it
In India the minimum time is 75 hours per week
75?! That would be impossible in my native Hungary. Per the law, we can work 48 per week at max on average, unless a "collective agreement" between the workers and the company says otherwise, but anything over 60 is unheard of, and 60 is extremely rare, with a tremendous turnover rate.
The agency I work for provides the option of pay or comp time (deferred time off) at 1.5x hourly rate. So, anything over eight hours in a day or forty hours in a week is paid overtime or deferred time off. Pretty sweet for a US employer.
Cries in American 😭
omg, 35?! crazy!! - in my country it's about 45-48 hours a week and total of 11 days vacation (sometimes 9) and you paid of only for 1,540$ a month!!
Wbijaj do Europy do Polski😃
Which cou, country is that?
@@lubov5569 Israel.
well most people here work ~40 hours
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just some jobs with MASSIVE unions go below that
@@user-nl2of8sm4vI thought Israel is rich country? Tel Aviv is always in the top 10 most expensive city lists
its really sad how Americans get treated in their own country
Oh, actually they love it and they're proud of their "at will employment" laws...
@@CoolKoon
Says who?
@@beverlycrowell_ Lirerally almost every single American you ask. The most common counterargument is "at will employment also means that you can quit anytime!", which is kinda laughable in light of the fact that most Americans have a loan or a mortgage to repay...
This changes everything for me
He just has adjusted himself
Wait till he finds out you don’t need health insurance from your job
Yes and no. Your employer pays half your insurance premium. If you don't have an employer you have to pay both halfs. (On social welfare the welfare agency pays the premium)
@@RoonMian Exactly, it is actually quite costly. 380€ are deducted every month from my salary and the employer pays another 380€
@@Micha-bp5om But you dont have hospital bills of up to millions
@@Raguel88 no but Mercedes audi or bmw's.ah dont forget maybach. The german rolls royce.
@@RoonMian halves
Man I need to move to a place like that 😂
Germany has a lot of other issues like highest taxes in OECD, too high rent etc.
The U.K. has even more statutory paid holiday. Germanys is 20 days, ours if 28 days, but most places pay bank holidays too, so we basically get 32 days paid leave a year.
We get paid the same amount monthly, so it does not matter how many bank holidays a month has.
You should come to Switzerland 😄 legal minimum requirement is 20 days paid vacation (that's just counting weekdays, because you're required to have two days off per week, so 20 days means a full 4 weeks) and the minimum wage for most office jobs is 3600 francs a month (before insurance deductions)
*Laughs in Swedish six week vacation*
30 days are six weeks bro...
@@dr4g0nsm4sh3 lol what? 30 days is roughly 4 weeks, 6 weeks is 42 days...
@@stellastella99 nah work weeks are 5 days. Do if you have 30 days of vacation its actually 6 weeks.
Do you have 42 days of vacation? So 8 weeks and 2 days?
In France we also have the 35h per week and 5 weeks of paid vacation
In Switzerland 4 weeks are the minimum.
Until the age of the 20 - 5 weeks
20 - 49 yo - 4 weeks
50 - 59 yo - 5 weeks
60 - 65+ - 6 weeks
Most firms give 5 weeks though
And here I am working 69 hours a week at $2 an hour to make ends meet. Im a semi skilled boilermaker in South Africa.
If only you were skilled, could make $2.10
@@tehs3raph1m haha yea man bummer
For me as a German, that's so cute.
By the way, it's not so easy for people who need to work in shifts, but a lot of people try to improve this conditions too and it gets better. For example in many hospitals and nursing homes the nurses don't need to work longer than 7 days before two days off.
It's commonplace in Europe. No need for Germans to blow their trumpets about this.
40h is normal, especially self employed people often work more. But I think everyone who worked a low payed job with a lot of hours knows that the more hours you work the less productive it will be. Working less for the same monthly salary can be beneficial to the company. Before going to college I worked 45h for 9,5€ (minimum salary that year). Every day I started with clocking in and taking a 20 min shit. After quitting for college they told me I was their most productive and competent worker among the other students.
Don't forget that in Germany you generally earn less than in the US. I know 3 Americans who live in Germany and they were shocked how much less they earn per year in the same job. But again our high taxes are the reason we have such a good health care system etc.
Yes you earn way less and pay way more in various taxes but if you compare the quality of life in the USA versus any country in Western Europe, USA is a shithole country for the average laborers.
Another thing is, life isnt as expensive as in the US.
@@Jillberto Well only in things that have to sk with health. The rest is on the same level. For Example let's say you pay for a small 3 room flat 1200 USD. You pay the same in Germany, but you're income is much lower. So 50-70% of your income just got vaporized for rent. And on things like Groceries, Germany is even more expensive than the US.
@@ftKomA if you pay 50%-70% of your income for rent, you are doing a lot of things wrong. Also, rent varies a lot in Germany. For 3 bedrooms 1200€ is quite a lot, but "normal" for bigger cities where you actually earn more money aswell. You can live a good life in germany with 60k a year. The taxes you pay are also calculated by your yearly income, a single mother wont pay as much taxes as someone who lives alone with no kids and an income of over 100k a year. Eitherway, the average living expenses in germany are around 40% less compared to the US.
@@Jillberto3 room apartment here in Stuttgart is more like 1600 cold😂
Well in India my best friend is working in a private company for 12 hours a day and 6 days a week...so 40 hours in a week is just a dream...also she gets no extra pay for overtime
exactly, india.
My Dad recently took a 3 Months Vacation. 30 regular Vacation days and with leftover Overwork hours from last year he managed to squeeze in another 40 Days from Overtime Hours. Enough to cover all of January, February and most of March.
Work-life balance is only one of the many many many factors that brings career satisfaction. 😊
"This is the legally the minimum I can give you" 💀
Willkommen bei amerika
Nothing is garenteed
Sad but completely true
Why sad?
Why sad
Because German law essentially gouges their own companies of labor instead of allowing negotiations which benefit more competent and competitive workers.
@@NowaboMusic yet they maintain high productivity...
@@NowaboMusic Sounds like a bootlicker to me
Literally more than 95% of jobs dont offer those conditions in Germany. If you work for Mercedes, yes they do but they are known for being a good employer. So its more of an exception
Was ist normal arbeiten?
@@crackedhammer4612 24 Urlaubstage und 40 Stunden Woche
95% offer max 40 hours per week with at least 20 work days paid vacation - and unlimited sick days. Fom day one on. There usually is a "probation time" of 3 - 6 months where you should show that you're realy interested in the job.
@@keineahnung6012 ah, danke
20 vacation days is the legal minimum for a full-time job with 5 work days. Nearly any employer offers more, usually 30 days.
And they’d be really dumb not do so. We have a big Fachkräftemangel and employees get to choose the employer with the best conditions. So usually many employers offer even better conditions than the above stated.
Everyone i know works 8 hours per day. Both in Lithuania and Germany.
Started a business a year ago, I have 4 people. Two work 4 days 10 hour days, and the two others work 12 hours, 3 days a week. All overtime is paid.
Going in I wanted to give people who aren't as bothered about not having a business time to live their lives.
I work 4-14 hours every day depending on how my wife is feeling lol.
You don't need the government to twist your arm, you just can't worry about making the most money you can right away, as a business owner. Treat people with respect, train em, value their time and effort, and they will help you build your castle.
The standard work week is normally 40 hours.
Any vacation days are better than none in US.
Absolutely true
did he tell you that these vacation days are paid as well as stated by the law xD
Du schaffst das schon, Zac! Ganz sicher…
Man...as a US American, this is so wild in a good way. 35 Hours can still be a lot for some disabled workers, but the idea of basic rights feels like a blessing after living in the US.
Where can I apply?
Wo kann ich mich bewerben ?
Ummm...this is actually awful. I want time and a half, dang it.
Yep this just punishes people tryna grind. They are basically taking hours from you if you wanna work a real standard work week.
@@budder2970 a "real standard work" week normalized by the big companies... it's all subjective
@@seyamrahman1002 40 hours is the right number idgaf lol. Id rather do 4 10 hour days tho ill say that.
What does time and a half mean? Is it about money or time? Could someone explain to a non English native speaker?
@@winterlinde5395 it means that once I work 40 hours, every hour I work after that, I get paid 1.5x the amount I got paid for the first 40 hours. So if my base pay is $20 an hour, but I work for 45 hours every week, then that extra five hours, I get paid $30 an hour. It's a great way to make extra money, and I regularly aim for overtime hours.
The legal minimum is better than the American normal 😳
Argentina, 56 hour work week, 2 weeks of holidays. Fun times
My aunt has so much overtime, she’s taking 3 months off to travel and go on a few cruises 😂
Was?! 35 Stunden? Ich dachte, 39 Stunden wären ganz normal😅
Kommt auf die Branche an. Schwerindustrie wie Auto oder Stahl haben 35 Stunden als norm.
Chemie hat 38 Stunden.
I got a consultant job offer in Germany and the contract says 40h/week, but I read online that 45h is the typical working week. But well, it's consulting, at least that's not 75h/week like what you might expect in firms like McKinsey and you still have to worry about up or out
This is what happens when you spend your taxes on the people instead of wars.
Exactly. Amen to that.
You mean the USA don't to this?
@@maxkessler1922 Absolutely not. The same situation goes for education, healthcare, housing, infrastructure, etc.
The USA pretends to be "The Best" but they treat their citizens the worst of all developed nations.
yes!
@@maxkessler1922 we, the US, spend our taxes on people.....just not the US citizens, we send our taxpayer dollars to places like Pakistan, Chad, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Bolivia, India, Ukraine, Iran to really help the people there.
"Gleitzeit" most often leads to: you can come earlier and go later. The idea to take these hours off is often not really doable...
THE WAY HE SAYS ZACHARY IS JUST 🥹
Either build a business or get owned by it
Someone explain pls i didnt get it
Work conditions in Europe are good
Lame and sad excuse showing difference between different countries work type .. guess they saying be Less demographic is better then a heavy demographic/immigrant country like US ..
@@cesarramirez2935 learn english please. And yes, the laws are better. People get treated better in germany.
Ohhhh.
Thanks for your explanations guys
@@dimitrijekrstic7567 first this isn't class or a report .. dumba$$ and laws better thats questionable to each person and if you say people get treated better maybe it's cause they Are less diverse and mostly white while US takes in many more people in 1yr then Germany does in 5yrs .. with different cultures and people it is hard to keep people happy .. but if you Only let certain people in its easier to make them happy .. guess building walls or controlling your boarders helps .
Schmendrick the Magician!😃