I think it is important to note that the benefits we enjoy in germany did not just fall from the heavens, but they are the results of many decades of struggle by the workers movement. Do not take these things for granted! Join the union and vote for worker-friendly parties.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!
@ralfklonowski3740
2 жыл бұрын
Totally true. All we have is here because others worked and sometimes suffered for it. When the coal miners in my native Ruhr area went on strike for an eight hour workday - INCLUDING all transfer inside the mine - and lost, many active union members found themselves on the Black Lists . They never got a job on any mine in the region, because the mine owners exchanged those lists. That was just over 100 years ago. It was the perseverance of the unions that at last made the eight hour shift reality.
@westfale520
2 жыл бұрын
I myself come from a working-class family,I still know all the stories of my grandfathers and great-grandfathers and mothers,who ended up in prisons and even in concentration camps partly because of their activities in the socialist democratic labour movement.all these labour and family rights have been hard-won and I am proud of the courage of many workers who did this with a lot of sacrifices.even if I am not a communist, one should never forget that one owes much to the ideas of karl marx. kzitem.info/news/bejne/p4xvyox7f4Jee6A
@endymion2001
2 жыл бұрын
Very important factor!
@jonathanhansen3709
2 жыл бұрын
I belonged to a good union in America (CWA) during my working years, and now have a decent retirement because of it. But I despair for younger workers because of the decline of unions, and corporate propaganda that considers “socialism” a swear word identical to Marxism.
@aerobirdseven979
2 жыл бұрын
As a Norwegian I remember former president Trump telling our then prime minister he wanted more immigrants from Norway! 🤓 My immediate thought was: Why should I go there to work? Numerically salaries are higher, but they have to cover so much I get for "free" here. It's simply a bad deal!
@ValerieJLong
2 жыл бұрын
I'd think the same - however, it wouldn't be forbidden to negotiate individual terms with a truly interested employer... once they overcome their surprise.
@brandondavis7777
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, yeah, robbing your neighbors is "free" to the uncivilized world.
@jamesholden6142
2 жыл бұрын
you don't "get it for free". You pay for it through higher taxes. Socialism
@casmatori
2 жыл бұрын
That's why European economies have no backbone or social mobility.
@aerobirdseven979
2 жыл бұрын
Of course I know I pay for it through taxes, my point tough: If you compare my tax bill with what U.S citizens pay in taxes and add the costs of medical insurance, we are better off. On social mobility: Even the U.K a traditionally deemed class society, has more of it than the U.S. Mainly due to more affordable education. Same goes for all the Scandinavian countries and Germany. Also growth in BNP annually considerably higher when I looked into comparable statistics on this matters some years ago.
@Dahrenhorst
2 жыл бұрын
Before every American now starts to look for a job in Germany, keep in mind, that this is not uniquely German. Nearly all European countries have similar regulations like Germany, sometimes a little less, sometimes even significantly better.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely true! We hope in the future to provide more information on other European countries, however at the moment we are not very familiar with the details.
@bearsagainstevil
2 жыл бұрын
I think you will get better treatment in all the other anglosphere countrys canada australia uk new zealand
@beldin2987
2 жыл бұрын
@@TypeAshton here are quite some numbers in that video : America Compared: Why Other Countries Treat Their People So Much Better kzitem.info/news/bejne/2p540Zl3qGR5n5w
@AreHan1991
2 жыл бұрын
Similar here in Norway. We have 5 weeks of paid holidays a year, and get an addition week more after turning 60 years of age
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Logically, by pure economics and reason, a worker will need to be paid less by productive hour to be compensated for non-work. So getting paid vacation is just accepting that you will make less per productive hour. ARE YOU willing just to hand people money for doing nothing for you? like at a restaurant, for a product, for a car? you just go up and hand people money for doing NOTHING for you? No....
@logenvestfold4143
2 жыл бұрын
The worker abuse in America is sick and twisted. I cannot wait to leave this country. *Edit* My mom also worked up to the day of my birth. Fortunately she worked at a hospital at the time but still she shouldn't have had to. Especially when she suffers from a heart murmur.
@tstcikhthys
Жыл бұрын
Should mention that this is not in "America" as a whole, but just in the US. Canada, for example, fares far better in this respect.
@logenvestfold4143
Жыл бұрын
@@hennagaijin7856 idk. I already have my passport. But I’ll have to update that soon. I’ll also need a visa.
@Oneofakind123
Жыл бұрын
In Germany it's illegal for pregnant women to work in health care. To protect the mother. And yes, she is compensated.
@toniderdon
2 жыл бұрын
16:20 there are some pretty good videos about those "feel good stories" that so many Americans love to hear and that make the news all the time. If a child starts a lemonade stand to earn money to pay for his friend that needs surgery, then the news shouldn't be "Child starts business to help friend in need", the news should be "Child about to die because first world country refuses to provide affordable public healthcare"
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, this. I also think many Americans believe that GoFundMe accounts are 100 percent normal, where in other countries they are unheard of. 2/3s of all bankruptcy in the US occur because of medical debt.
@patricksachs3655
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the big attraction of Germany for many Americans is the more amount of time you get ro sit on your ass and how much sh*t the givernment gives you.
@inigoromon1937
2 жыл бұрын
By Medieval standards (I mean St Agustine, Aquinas, etc.) Charity should fill the cracks of Justice, not the other way round. What happens in the US, purportedly the richest country un the world would scandalize Church's fathers and would condemn those Who preach against social safety net as heretics to be excommunicated. There IS no alternative to social Justice, period.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Logically, by pure economics and reason, a worker will need to be paid less by productive hour to be compensated for non-work. So getting paid vacation is just accepting that you will make less per productive hour. ARE YOU willing just to hand people money for doing nothing for you? like at a restaurant, for a product, for a car? you just go up and hand people money for doing NOTHING for you? No....
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@001singularity
2 жыл бұрын
I knew of a woman who was having to take care of both of her sick elderly parents while working full time to help pay the mounting medical bills. She ended up not sleeping more than 4 hrs a night for many months. After more than a year she looked haggard and unkempt but her boss still required her to work through lunch and gave her extra work for the weekends even while the boss and her favorites would be taking 3 hr lunches after which she would walk in with this woman's very late lunch. When one of her favorites asked this woman how she was she answered that she was so exhausted she falls asleep while driving to work and that some days she just wishes she wouldn't wake up. Her boss hearing that had her fired. When asked why she said that the employee threatened violence and that is a termination offense. When asked who she threatened she was told herself. That suicide is violence. Now this woman NEVER said suicide but boss wanted to cut her losses since this woman could no longer do 2 peoples jobs at a time and had mentioned she wanted to get FMLA. The place of employment was a clinic. This is 100% true. I know because I am that woman.
@cjcarver6290
2 жыл бұрын
I am so very sorry to hear that. I am also a nurse in the US and want to leave this country so bad.
@blakksheep736
2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry. 😭
@julez8690
2 жыл бұрын
@@cjcarver6290 We need nurses in Europe. There are online courses for learning German for medical staff. It is not the best paid job in Germany eather but still much much better than in the US. So come.
@c.w.8200
Жыл бұрын
Wow, in some countries you can actually get a paid absence to care for an elderly relative, a bit like maternity leave.
@enviromental2565
Жыл бұрын
I am sad and sorry about your situation. I could be you except that I have a son who doesn't work because he had a stroke and has mental issues, but is able to take care of my mother who had a stroke and is paralyzed. My husband is disabled also with a nerve disease (non curable). All of live together, the only way we could afford to live. The silver lining is that both me and my younger son are able to work full time, and through I had a stroke last year (they seem to run in the family), my manager and workplace were very understanding and supportive through my recovery. No one should have to go through what I D went through.
@Lea-rb9nc
2 жыл бұрын
I left California behind in 2007 and found exactly where I belong. I'm in a small French village on the edge of the Mediterranean. The differences between America and the EU are tremendous and I am so grateful for them.
@evilrslade
2 жыл бұрын
My company in Germany gave me an extra paid day off to move house. I just mentioned I was moving and my chefin said "oh, you know you can have a paid day off for that?" I didn't even know. And they signed it off with less than a weeks notice. The US "system"? It's worker exploitation, plain and simple.
@Canleaf08
2 жыл бұрын
I learned my lesson with Canada. I am a German, who dreamed about moving to Canada all the years. Once I got there, I found myself as a hamster in a wheel. People were unhappy. The PR loves to sell Canada as a nice, tolerant place. The jobs I got were unskilled, payment was less ideal. I understand you guys. I left after a year because there was no perspective in Canada. To Germany. You can't work all day long. You need time off. In Canada, you are scrutinized and penalized when you dare to take time off. from warehouse "associate" to the software tester. I am very glad that you made it in Germany and have a better life here than there. Willkommen.
@Celisar1
2 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, when was that? I have always dreamed of emigrating to Canada and are almost relieved to hear that the grass is indeed greener on our side of the Atlantic. Was this harassment for taking a leave the same for most people/ Canadians? And how many days off do you have there per annum (in theory)?
@noleftturnunstoned
2 жыл бұрын
I am Canadian. Canada is overrated. Go Australia, for better working standards. Canada sucks because of its proximity to the US and its anti worker culture. Our cities are also super ugly suburban nightmares.
@geertstroy
2 жыл бұрын
Grom Netherlands I 100 percent agree about your Canada experience , as a European we feel spitefully dIminished , no reason to accept that , I also returned...HAPPY.
@alfs3
2 жыл бұрын
and by contrast Canada is an amazing place to live vs the US, so just imagine what you experienced x10!
@liberoAquila
2 жыл бұрын
I heard the same thing. If I did live in Canada I would stay with Quebec.
@RobTheWatcher
2 жыл бұрын
The tragic thing is a lot of people in the US go to work sick, because they can't afford to take a sick day AND they won't go to the doctor because they can't afford whatever treatment he suggests because health insurance payments are through the roof. So people get sicker and sicker with no time to rest. The problem is the US does not have a health care system for the sick to get better, they have a health care industry for the rich to get richer. It's based on profit. And hard working American people are paying the price. Often with their lives.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
And unfortunately this falls predominantly on low income families who cannot afford to be sick. We hope this video makes it to a larger US audience where they can see examples of where they could not only do better, but should do better.
@gigibenea3529
2 жыл бұрын
😐😐😐😐this is so sad sorry for us people..this is slavery
@Amakhar
2 жыл бұрын
Yep. I got hit by a car right after starting a new job. But I was an hourly contractor, so no health insurance. I couldn't see a doctor. I was going to work on crutches for three months before they finally gave me health insurance. Right in time for the pandemic. Turns out I needed surgery... took another 6 months to get it because COVID delayed operations. So, yeah. Nine months on crutches because of stupid American laws. And then I only had one week to recover from the surgery and spent a month working on my laptop in bed.
@ValerieJLong
2 жыл бұрын
Worse, if the sickness is contagious. Working sick means you infect your colleagues.
@rextrek
2 жыл бұрын
Pssst...America is the SCHITHOLE Country you've Heard so much about.......here in MeriKKKa we ALLOW 50,000+ People to DIE Every Year for LACK of Healthcare & Medications that they CANT AFFORD.... .....here in MeriKKKa we have 100's of 1000's of Homeless and No One cares....here in MeriKKKa we have the MOST people LOCKED up than all countries combined... .....and almost half the Population believe in ANGELS.... All Republicans are the Enemy of America and anything decent to move our Nation forward! Corporate Dems are professional CRUMB givers....depending on what their OWNER-DONORS allow them to give.... CITIZENS UNITED / LEGAL BRIBERY is RUINING Our Democracy .......
@margreetanceaux3906
2 жыл бұрын
March 2015 I was diagnosed with cancer. Treatment took 1 year, recuperation took over another year. At some point your salary is reduced with a legal percentage, and so is your amount of vacation days. But I kept my job, and returned after this period of over 2 years. (I worked for the municipality of Rotterdam, the Netherlands). And I figured: in the US I would have lost my job, subsequently would have been completely unable to pay my extensive medical bills, my mortgage would have been foreclosed - and I probably would have died.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
I know of quite a few people who have gone bankrupt and had to ask for their neighbors to donate money to them because of cancer costs. Simply heartbreaking. We can and should do better in America.
@multirider8997
2 жыл бұрын
So happy you better now.... we as a society have a duty to look after the sick and weak. In your case it paid off and I am happy 4 u 👍
@banicata
2 жыл бұрын
If you had a government job in the US, you might not have lost it. Also, many companies in the US offer long term disability insurance, so that would have covered you, too
@multirider8997
2 жыл бұрын
@@banicata why is your future survival attached or dependant on the type of job you have or don't have?
@banicata
2 жыл бұрын
@@multirider8997 I'm not saying it's ideal, it's just not as dire as some people think it is
@susanhochstrasser4095
2 жыл бұрын
So Americans this all comes down to laws passed and voting counts! Find out what your state and federal representatives stand for, do they have your better interests at heart or not. Thanks for the informative video. I am an American living in Switzerland and I feel my American friends and family do not know what is possible and how they can push for change.
@petrameyer1121
2 жыл бұрын
Based on the fact that the American election system basically forces candidates to collect money it puts them into the pockets of companies. As such they have to "pay them back somehow". Which makes changes unlikely. Also in the worst-case companies will start yelling "socialism" and everybody will scatter red-headed.
@rikulappi9664
2 жыл бұрын
You nailed it, Susan! If you don`t know what is possible how could you ask for it?
@nutrylzone367
2 жыл бұрын
Very true. It’s been hard to get leave established federally because our politicians continue to think that established and separated paid time off and pay is Socialism. The donor leave, is why I never donated thinking what if I donated and then I need it the following year die to a serious illness.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
We certainly hope videos like this will gain some traction in the United States and inspire some change and show perspective. Unfortunately the algorithm has not been showing our videos in the states too much.
@tonvangils7279
2 жыл бұрын
It's also a form of Stockholm Syndrome. I have family in the USA and they know about the labor conditions in Europe, but they'll shrug because that's just the way it is over there.
@mastex5575
2 жыл бұрын
This is another huge blemish on the American Image of Land of the free... 10 Days Off that are also sick leave is a lot more like modern slavery. A pregnant woman required working Up to the last hour is just wrong...
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
We hope videos like ours can at least provide some perspective and inspire change.
@mstrillian8981
2 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. But it's's not just morally wrong. Not protecting expecting parents is a threat to the whole society. Just like not providing free education and health care. The most important resource of the society - the work force - is left to the sole responsibility of the individual (who alone is powerless) and free market (which is blind to the welfare of the society as a whole). This is what US Americans often do not understand. It is not just welfare for the lazy and poor ones. A good government protects the children and their parents to raise good people, educate them to good workers and protect their work force by good work laws. The individual extent of welfare is debatable. But it's absolutely necessary for the economic development and public welfare of a society. This cannot be achieved by the free market, as it has major flaws and creates undisirable development. And you know it of you paid attention in your macroeconomics class - even our FDP (liberal democrats in Germany) knows that.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
ridiculous exaggerations
@mastex5575
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 please elaborate on your Statement. I can't pick up any sarcasm from your 2 words
@madchiller123
2 жыл бұрын
I have known about this disparity my whole life. I have family that lives in Nuremberg and like clock work. They would come to the US for vacation for about a month every other year growing up. Them and thier sons have seen SO much more of my own country than me it's funny. Americans accept such a bad deal in terms of work when compared to other countries it should be criminal. Seriously, most Americans don't have the slightest idea how much it sucks here when compared to other MUCH LESS rich countries. How anyone can willingly vote for anyone to the right of Bernie Sanders is really beyond me. Anyway great video, 👍
@geertstroy
2 жыл бұрын
America is debunked from A to Z...looove my life in the so called " Old Continent" , I rather call it "wiser" , yes I know the derogatory reflexes , but face it "whát do you guys really knów about us Europeans"
@peterfahrbach5220
2 жыл бұрын
This is largely because of your trained antisocialism. If workers go on the street to fight for their rights,doesn't have nothing to do with communism! Thats human rights.
@rosemariebrown2413
Жыл бұрын
Germany is 4 in world economy !
@madchiller123
Жыл бұрын
@rosemarie brown yes and the US is 1st and has been since about 1890. What's your point?
@rosemariebrown2413
Жыл бұрын
@madchiller123 point is how many people go bankrupt for med. bills ! I do not know 1 person here that goes bankrupt for med. bills !
@kuerbis-chen3613
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when I first started working for my company over 25 years ago, my boss had a business partner in Florida. This partner had handed over his company rules to my boss because my boss was interested in them. My boss asked me to translate those rules. And even though I had been married to an American for a few years, I was not prepared for these rules. They shocked me. The one sentence that stuck to my mind was "If you do not work, you do not get paid." The employees at this place received 3 days of PTO only after 5 years of service (none before that) and 7 days after 10 years... and here I was with 26 days of paid vacation, the right to stay home with a doctor's attestation whenever I was sick and get paid, etc. I still feel privileged. My ex-husband has seen the advantages, too: although we split up eventually, he never returned to the States besides on vacation to see his family.
@ProctorsGamble
2 жыл бұрын
Dankeschön Pumpkin!
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Logically, by pure economics and reason, a worker will need to be paid less by productive hour to be compensated for non-work. So getting paid vacation is just accepting that you will make less per productive hour. ARE YOU willing just to hand people money for doing nothing for you? like at a restaurant, for a product, for a car? you just go up and hand people money for doing NOTHING for you? No....
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@dastmax7609
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 this is corporate BS
@rextrek
2 жыл бұрын
Pssst...America is the SCHITHOLE Country you've Heard so much about.......here in MeriKKKa we ALLOW 50,000+ People to DIE Every Year for LACK of Healthcare & Medications that they CANT AFFORD.... .....here in MeriKKKa we have 100's of 1000's of Homeless and No One cares....here in MeriKKKa we have the MOST people LOCKED up than all countries combined... .....and almost half the Population believe in ANGELS.... All Republicans are the Enemy of America and anything decent to move our Nation forward! Corporate Dems are professional CRUMB givers....depending on what their OWNER-DONORS allow them to give.... CITIZENS UNITED / LEGAL BRIBERY is RUINING Our Democracy .......
@lizben3463
2 жыл бұрын
When I had my first baby, I was working in retail for a cosmetics company in Germany. They had to provide a chair and stretcher for me to sit/ lie down at all times. I wasn't allowed to carry anything heavy and after 22 weeks of pregnancy wasn't allowed to work standing up for more than 4 hours a day. At every doctor's appointment, my OBGyn would ask me if I was still ok working or if they should give me a Beschäftigungsverbot (a kind of mandatory medical leave), which is fairly common in the last few months of pregnancy, especially for jobs that can be physically straining.
@cinnamoon1455
2 жыл бұрын
A friend who works as an ambulance paramedic was actually offered an alternative job for her pregnancies by her employer as she wouldn't have been allowed to carry the stretcher or help to lift patients. That way she could still work during her pregnancy. And there's an incentive for employers to offer this kind of deal because otherwise she'd just get paid leave or at least a doctor's notice that she isn't allowed to do anything that involves lifting.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is incredible! It's so great how well you were treated in such an important time.
@jennyh4025
2 жыл бұрын
@@cinnamoon1455 nurses and doctors in a hospital are not allowed to work with contact to patients, when they are pregnant. And anyone working with children (teachers and daycare workers) are not allowed to work with the children either. In these jobs, they have to do paperwork or stay at home.
@pebo8306
2 жыл бұрын
@@jennyh4025 That's a myth!They must not do duties,that might endanger the child;like treating infectious diseases:they have an extended protection period before birth.but a positive pregnancy test,does not mean,you do desk duty,or stay home!
@jennyh4025
2 жыл бұрын
@@pebo8306 it’s what happened to every single nurse and doctor I know, who was pregnant. It may be just hospital policy, but they were in different hospitals in different cities and Bundesländer.
@westfale520
2 жыл бұрын
in my old company we often sent workers to the USA to set up our machines and set them up etc.sometimes for many months.of course they worked under the working conditions here in Germany .that you would go to the doctor there when you got sick and then stayed in the hotel when the doctor in the USA confirmed it.or you took vacation days there, especially if the work there took a very long time.one flew to Germany for the holiday or brought the family to the USA to go on holiday there.the astonishment was always very high with the American work colleagues when they noticed that even the assembly manager insisted that someone who "only" had a cold was sent back to the hotel to cure.or even more astonished, especially among the female employees, when a pregnant engineer said goodbye there 6 weeks before the due date for her maternity leave.and yet everything was always ready on time 😄
@brigittelacour5055
2 жыл бұрын
If you take time to rest, don't stress if hill, or even work less hour a week, you have in fact a better productivity.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
There are a LOT of Jonathan's colleagues who are begging to come to the Germany office, just for the work life balance alone.
@pebo8306
2 жыл бұрын
@@TypeAshton Why am I not astonished????--Sure it is a drastic change,but might be worth it!
@bcase5328
2 жыл бұрын
With the US maternity pay only being available after birth is it any wonder the US maternal death rate is higher than Germany's.
@chavbristol2793
2 жыл бұрын
It's about how you organize a society. In Europe it is accepted, or should one say it is expected, that the state, if not providing basic services, at least organizes them. This applies, for example, to pension insurance and the health care system, i.e. health insurance and care allowance insurance. And, which is not understood in the US, the costs are not collected as taxes but are income-related contributions. The money flows into a large pot from which the costs are then paid. This is where Americans often despair, because they are afraid of possibly paying for something that others could benefit from. Instead of being happy about their own health and being proud to support those who are not fortunate enough, they complain and feel exploited. A mistake in reasoning from a European point of view. And it never ceases to amaze that a certain interest group in the US manages to keep these urban legends alive. The rewards for Europeans are largely equalized societies with relatively few social differences. This is intentional. In the US, extreme social differences even seem intentional. It often strikes me as cynicism when poor living conditions are propagated as part of the freedom to shape one's own life. These people do not ask themselves the question of what effective options one has for shaping one's life. I could write hundreds of lines here. For example, about the school and university system in Germany compared to US and, partly, CDN and UK. Nobody in this country starts their working life with a mountain of debt. The state bears the costs of education. In the USA that would be socialism again. If it wasn't so sad you could laugh out loud.
@ProctorsGamble
2 жыл бұрын
And socialism is the same as communism 😆 That’s what is taught in USA
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Logically, by pure economics and reason, a worker will need to be paid less by productive hour to be compensated for non-work. So getting paid vacation is just accepting that you will make less per productive hour. ARE YOU willing just to hand people money for doing nothing for you? like at a restaurant, for a product, for a car? you just go up and hand people money for doing NOTHING for you? No....
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@rextrek
2 жыл бұрын
@@ProctorsGamble well CRITICAL THINKERS KNOW the Diff. - Pssst...America is the SCHITHOLE Country you've Heard so much about.......here in MeriKKKa we ALLOW 50,000+ People to DIE Every Year for LACK of Healthcare & Medications that they CANT AFFORD.... .....here in MeriKKKa we have 100's of 1000's of Homeless and No One cares....here in MeriKKKa we have the MOST people LOCKED up than all countries combined... .....and almost half the Population believe in ANGELS.... All Republicans are the Enemy of America and anything decent to move our Nation forward! Corporate Dems are professional CRUMB givers....depending on what their OWNER-DONORS allow them to give.... CITIZENS UNITED / LEGAL BRIBERY is RUINING Our Democracy .......
@stringbenderbb
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 Productivity, does not rise lineary with working hours, thats been proven. Simply we are not machines. A scandinavian company started a trial with 4 working days a week. The productivity with one day less at work climbed to 8%. Japan with the most working hours has the worst productivity...and very very unsatisfied employees...why? Personally being a sales manager in the biotech field, I can tell my boss after 4 hours of work, that i go for a run or a nap. He does not care, as long I hit target, I can do what I want. You should give people money for doing nothing and have a life (unlike in the US) and recover. I am working for a US company. They would not DARE to offer less than 30 days to european employees, which are all PhDs and make 6 figures as base salary + bonus.The latter will be enough to figure out for themselves how they perform best.
@bz09034
2 жыл бұрын
We are a German/American family currently living in the US. I have been working for the same small business for the last 10 years. I work approximately 35 hours per week and have no, none, zilch benefits. My husband works for the federal government and has generous benefits. The unregulated range of PTO is huge. For the reasons you are stating we will be moving back to Germany next year with our 22 year old son who has now started a job in the US with a 50 hour week. Insane!
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
It really is so interesting just how HUGE of a difference in benefits workers can have, even in the same industry, just by going from one employer to the other. I think it is awesome that your husband has such great benefits, but it always has our heads scratching on why can't that be standard across the board? I hope your move to Germany goes well and you guys find the best opportunity here!
@FactionalSky
2 жыл бұрын
@@thejumper7282 so be fair small business do not need to comply with the very high standards in Germany either. Most of those job related laws only apply to business with 10 or more employees.
@westerwald78
2 жыл бұрын
@@FactionalSky No, that is incorrect! The Federal Leave Act in Germany makes no difference between small and large companies. The health insurance does not make a difference either. All employees are treated the same by law. Differences between small and large companies are due to the fact that the corporations almost always have a collective agreement of the union of their industry. This collective agreement always offers better, usually significantly better conditions than the statutory regulation. And the regulations in the collective agreements are also enforceable in court. Many small companies are not in an employers' association in the industry to which they belong and, under certain conditions, are then not subject to any collective agreement that may exist for the industry. If there is a "generally binding collective agreement" in the industry, especially in the skilled trades where there are many small companies, then this applies to all companies in this industry, regardless of whether the company is large or small. It also applies regardless of whether the employer is a member of the employers' association that negotiated the collective agreement or not. If you work in a company that is not bound by a collective agreement, at least the statutory regulations always apply, and they are the same for everyone as far as the topics in the video are concerned.
@FactionalSky
2 жыл бұрын
That's just not true. Small companies with not more than 10 employees or 10,25 full-time equivalents are exempt from many regulations or they have lower standards that they must meet. In a small company with less than 10,25 full-time equivalents, for example, there is no statutory protection against dismissal. There is also no legal entitlement to severance pay or any other benefit under the Employment Protection Act, as this does not apply to those small businesses. At most, the regulations of the German Civil Code and a few principles of so-called good manners apply. And the rest of what you say just doesn't matter. Things like that are my job, so don't try to lecture me.
@westerwald78
2 жыл бұрын
@@FactionalSkyI have commented on the issue of leave law and health insurance, not on the issue of protection against dismissal. So don't accuse me of having made a statement, which I have not.
@Mikej1592
2 жыл бұрын
the pregnancy's rules in america, I can totally see the situation where a woman is so ready to give birth at work, water breaks and the manager say to her, "hey, you're gona clean that up before you go right?"
@wwm84
Жыл бұрын
Then they'd follow up with "So you'll be back later to finish your shift, right?"
@jb.9526
2 ай бұрын
Or maybe they will deduct the cleaning fee from your salary.
@ddotduval
2 жыл бұрын
The first job I received in Germany after finishing my masters (tuition was free, so that's an even bigger advantage over the US) HR said, you have to take 2 weeks off at least consecutively for vacation to recover. I looked at her like she was crazy and said, excuse me....you mean, I can't take 2 weeks consecutively, right? The emphasis on family time and keeping your mental sanity does not compare.
@johnny_eth
2 жыл бұрын
The thing with the law requiring you to take two weeks together is so to prevent abusive employers to force you to use your vacation days spread out, say between holidays and weekends.
@carstenbeinecke5493
2 жыл бұрын
You really make the US sound like a third world country regarding leave days. Keep up the good work to educate your fellow Americans.
@DidierWierdsma6335
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly it kinda is it's not the land of the free far from it Europe is so much better period.
@michasan6145
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it is when coming to social issues. I suspect many people in the U.S. mistake "social" with "socialism". And it's to the unions to work for these really important things as they did here in Europe.
@byemyself3166
2 жыл бұрын
@@michasan6145 Exactly! This mindless fear of anything a bit regulated especially in the social sector is insane - sadly, literally insane.
@Medley3000
2 жыл бұрын
It don't just sound like it, it is a failed state. A state that allows the weak to be exploited is antisocial. From the minimum wage, no one can afford an apartment. Nowhere. Try living on $7.25 per hour minimum wage in Texas for example. Without health insurance. Without pension insurance. Without protection against dismissal. I don't even want to start with how prison inmates are treated. It is disgusting!
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
We can only hope our videos will be shown more in the United States. The algorithm right now appears to be prioritizing Europe.
@ElinT13
2 жыл бұрын
Hearing this, I hate to say this and I do not want to offend anybody, but: I am very, very glad that I did not stay in America. And I feel for all people who have to work under these conditions. I feel so privileged that I have such good work conditions here in Germany. Thank you for this video
@spiegelbild1799
2 жыл бұрын
This is balm for my soul!!
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Don't get us wrong, there are wonderful things too about America - but there are so many areas where we can, and should do better. After having Jack, the maternity leave in the US is just so heartbreaking. It literally forces mothers to choose between making money so they can keep feeding their babies or bonding with their babies and healing from a major medical event.
@Felix90167
2 жыл бұрын
You can not compare these countries. In America you can make serious money in contrast to Germany especially on a net basis, while the risks are higher you are required to take.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Logically, by pure economics and reason, a worker will need to be paid less by productive hour to be compensated for non-work. So getting paid vacation is just accepting that you will make less per productive hour. ARE YOU willing just to hand people money for doing nothing for you? like at a restaurant, for a product, for a car? you just go up and hand people money for doing NOTHING for you? No....
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@justingistpreuninger3447
2 жыл бұрын
And people ask me when I'm moving back to America lmao... even in the UK we have many similar protections to what you've laid out here... 25 days annual leave usually, theoretically unlimited sick time, extended maternity leave, etc. And if they make a bunch of the company redundant, they have to do a consultation and likely pay out some amount of severance, they can't just throw people to curb overnight because the shareholders are greedy this week. :)
@ajminxy
2 жыл бұрын
This hits home so much. Why I hate living in the US and am currently packing up to immigrate to the Netherlands. I had to deal with years of unpaid leave to deal with cancer treatments, relying on others generosity to donate their leave and having to work while sick just to have insurance to pay for only a fraction of the medical bill. I just turned 40 with 25 more work years in me and I refuse to live like this anymore. I want a supportive social and work environment. Plus I'm newly married and my hub wants a child. My condition is, sure, as long as it's in a different with good social healthcare and leave practices and won't be a US citizen. I don't want to encounter another crisis that makes me choose between being homeless or extended illness
@leenprael3583
2 жыл бұрын
You narrow it down to Germany but in reality it goes for all of Europe
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Yes you're right. Unfortunately we are not as familiar with the other European countries and it's difficult to pile them all into one video. I think in the future we can expand our horizons and provide more information.
@mllecamill3
2 жыл бұрын
@@TypeAshton There are for sure differences to some extend but the general consensus alongside the countries is in europe the same I think. The State is there to provide some basic rules to make sure every citizen has a decent live and doesnt have to live on the street. And what for - if not that - is the state for? I do understand the striving to make things different, thats what made people go to the new world in the first place I think. But not all in europe was or is bad and it is no treason to the ideal or the idea of america, to adopt things from europe. I have the feeling a large proportion of US citizens are so blinded that they call whatever other countries do that benefits the general public, they call "socialism". That would be a great idea for a video probably. Why is the US political system as it is? Why only 2 parties?
@sascharambeaud1609
2 жыл бұрын
I'm always disgusted, when I find people actually defending the US system. Most times it turns out, quite expectedly, that those are people in a strong bargaining position, so they can get most of those benefits from their respective company. However, there is still an astonishingly high number of people, who clearly do NOT benefit from the US system at all, that will still defend it based on patriotism (?) or a general aversion to anything associated with communist ideas. As someone who tries to base most oft his decisions on rationality, I'm utterly flabbergasted by that attitude.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
It's a large percentage of American's who will defend how things are simply because that's how they are. They have their 'reasons' however they are often not fact.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@rextrek
2 жыл бұрын
they're the Idiots whom constantly Vote against their own Interests because Jesus, God, Gays and Guns ..Racism or some such Republican Lead BULLSCHIT Pssst...America is the SCHITHOLE Country you've Heard so much about.......here in MeriKKKa we ALLOW 50,000+ People to DIE Every Year for LACK of Healthcare & Medications that they CANT AFFORD.... .....here in MeriKKKa we have 100's of 1000's of Homeless and No One cares....here in MeriKKKa we have the MOST people LOCKED up than all countries combined... .....and almost half the Population believe in ANGELS.... All Republicans are the Enemy of America and anything decent to move our Nation forward! Corporate Dems are professional CRUMB givers....depending on what their OWNER-DONORS allow them to give.... CITIZENS UNITED / LEGAL BRIBERY is RUINING Our Democracy .......
@sascharambeaud1609
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 while that's partly true, it's totally besides the point, even less so with imaginary numbers. Yes, actual net pay is reduced by our system, everyone's aware of that. Not in the least because neo-'liberalists' won't stop complaining about it. Mostly, it's a solidarity system, to prevent people from being additionally punished for already suffering from an illness. However, this would probably not exist to the extend it does, if companies didn't profit somehow, too. Your contractor going to work even if he's sick can potentially shut down a whole company for a time. The worker returning from a week of vacation will bring an increased productivity back to work. Finally, let's work with your imaginary numbers a bit. Your contract worked will need a private health insurance, taking a good chunk out of his 75$. He needs to take into account every day he won't be working. Some of it voluntary - vacations count double, as not only will you have to pay for accomodations, but also not earn anything during that time, which is hugely stressful (been there) - some involuntary. That broken leg will really set you back. And will it heal cleanly, if you're forced to rush back to work prematurely?
@stephanweinberger
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 That might be true _within_ the US, but it simply isn't the case when comparing the US to Europe. The ratio between income and expenses is much better in Europe; in other words: Europeans - on average - have more money left in their pockets at the end of the day (plus time to actually enjoy life with that money).
@Amalung54
2 жыл бұрын
Most of the benefits you rave about did not fall from the sky, but were hard fought for by the unions since the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. The trade unions are inextricably linked to this and were and are the main driver of social progress. Every sector of trade, craft, industry and the civil service has its own trade union, which are united in the German Trade Union Federation (DGB - Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund). Representatives of the unions sit in the major political parties and on political committees and have a strong influence on the legislative process. The unique position of the German trade unions is also documented by the Works Constitution Act of 1952, which stipulates the rights to establish a works council and to participate in all major company decisions. A look at the Works Constitution Act (website of the Ministry of Justice - there is even an English translation available), is helpful to understand on which foundations employee rights are based and since when, from where and why the world of work is organized so much differently in Germany than in the USA for example. The Works Constitution Act is one of the supporting pillars from which other labor laws derive (example: Vacation Act). Another pillar is the constitutional right to form independent trade unions, as well as the principle of collective bargaining sovereignty between trade unions and employers' associations. State intervention in the autonomy of collective bargaining is excluded.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I think some day soon we need to make a video on unions.
@pebo8306
2 жыл бұрын
@@TypeAshton Absolutely!But.....you should point out,that this worker protection also makes it difficult to get rid of people,and there are a lot,that perfectly "play"the system!---When in slightest doubt about a person,a German employer will not hire you!
@jhkcreates8462
2 жыл бұрын
And also let us be clear. Companies still find a lot of ways to get around a lot of those requirements. It is a constant struggle.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@susa8115
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 are you a troll or a robot? Same senseless answers all over the comments.
@christsciple
2 жыл бұрын
This is great. I'm an American software engineer and in my travels throughout Europe there's a number of differences, but one difference that seems prevalent in most European countries is with the people themselves - they are happy, content, and relatively humble about it compared to us Americans. I mean, software engineers there don't make the same amount I'm making here in the U.S. but they get more bang for their buck so to speak. Better social welfare like free or nearly free university, cheaper food prices (most places), better/higher quality food is far more par for the course there than here, they don't worry about going to hospital because at most they may a couple Euros for the same treatments that costs us thousands of dollars. The people move at a slower pace and I don't mean this in a bad way, it's like they're comfortable with life and are more intent on enjoying the moment versus rushing to somewhere. I can work remotely for U.S. wages while reaping many benefits of European life which for me is quite good. It's just really sad how the U.S. treats work, treats people, and life in general compared to many of our European friends. I'm aware of many of the reasons for it, but I can't help thinking we could still improve and learn from Germany, from the UK, France, Norway, the Netherlands, etc. I have full health coverage, but I still worry about "what if I get into a car accident?" or "what if I get slip on the ice?" - worried from a financial sense, not even about my own health.
@fumanchu4785
2 жыл бұрын
See? There is THE difference. I, as an European -- in case of accident -- would worry about my own health and NOT about financial stuff. Why? Because I don't have to. I will not lose my job, and don't even will get bankrupt if have to be in a hospital some months. ... So yeah, move over there -- it is worth it. I mean what you cannot buy with this little bit more money you may earn in the US is ...time. You even trade your limited time to have some more bucks, that you cannot enjoy because you have no time left to do so! That is just insane!
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Logically, by pure economics and reason, a worker will need to be paid less by productive hour to be compensated for non-work. So getting paid vacation is just accepting that you will make less per productive hour. ARE YOU willing just to hand people money for doing nothing for you? like at a restaurant, for a product, for a car? you just go up and hand people money for doing NOTHING for you? No....
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@stephanweinberger
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 No, you're coming at this from the US perspective - which simply does not apply to Europe. The "no benefits"-case simply does not exist over here - so that distinction is completely pointless for comparing the US to Europe. Also: if you add up all the federal, state, and county taxes, plus private insurance premiums, plus out-of-pocket expenses, US citizens actually pay _way_ more than Europeans for a comparable standard of living.
@wolfgangdautriche623
Жыл бұрын
An American recently wrote in a US newspaper: The Germans have everything we have plus a 4-week annual holiday. Not quite true. In addition there are Easter holidays 8 days, autumn holidays 10 days, some long weekends from Friday to Monday inclusive. In total you get almost 7 weeks.
@mohammeddavidzhang-singh5846
2 жыл бұрын
The response from >70 % of US politicians to this video would be like: "That's socialism!" But what is building new football stadiums with billions of public money? The 80 years old Bernie Sanders is one of the few politicians who understands what's going wrong in US.
@Gothiqueluv
2 жыл бұрын
That's why I voted for him, but stupid Rep Trump got elected because of the Electoral College. *eyeroll*
@kaess307
2 жыл бұрын
We have the trade unions to thank for many of these legal regulations. For example, in 1956/57 there was a 16-week strike in the Schleswig-Holstein metal industry over continued payment of wages in the event of illness. Many regulations that were initially laid down in the collective agreement were later regulated by law.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
YES! I think this would be such a cool topic for a future video.
@knuderikjensen533
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your channel. As always you've always made excellent research on your subject. I'm living in Denmark and most of the things you describe in this video are very similar between Denmark and Germany. In general the numbers here are a bit higher than in Germany, but not much. One of the things, that I missed in your comments was that at least in Denmark; and I believe also in Germany; many of these benefits were actually achieved by the trade unions and then made into law. It would be very interesting to see a video on how you see the role and influence of trade unions in the US an Germany.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU so much for watching! And yes I totally agree - I think it would be SUPER interesting to make a video someday about unions and the history of unions in the US and Germany. These benefits didn't come without a fight, and there's a lot of backstory to this.
@Ratherbflyin
2 жыл бұрын
I am doing my best to not take things like this into consideration when I am thinking about the possibility of moving to Germany. I don't want to be "that American who moved to Germany just for more vacation time." However, the more I start to pay attention to the often exploitative labor practices here in the US compared with pretty much every other country on the planet, the more difficult that becomes.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Fortunately it's really all of Europe which has these benefits, we are just the most knowledgeable with Germany. There are many options available.
@arnodobler1096
2 жыл бұрын
If a company offers you better working conditions, you don't have to be ashamed to accept it, do you?
@Ratherbflyin
2 жыл бұрын
@@arnodobler1096 That is a fair point. I have several reasons for wanting to move to Germany, including this one. I just don't want this reason to be my primary reason. Perhaps it is my own pride talking there, but even if the average German would not see it that way, I would see myself as having moved primarily to take advantage of a more favorable labor system. Or I am just overthinking things, which I tend to do with major decisions, and it doesn't really matter why I move to Germany, just that I make it work.
@westfale520
2 жыл бұрын
moreover, these are not gifts but rights.if you work as a us citizen here in Germany then you also pay in solidarity with it.Nobody will insinuate here that you only want to take advantage of the welfare state here.you still have to work hard here.germany or the EU is not paradise. Ashton and Jonathan are also not in bed all year and when the payslip comes then you will already see that nothing is free 😄
@Ratherbflyin
2 жыл бұрын
@@westfale520 I understand that the system is not free, and I fully expect to contribute my share. As I said before, I am probably overthinking everything. I know that Germany is not a utopia, but it certainly seems to treat those that live and work there better overall than the US does.
@uliwehner
2 жыл бұрын
here is you a heartwarming story from a (then) young german traveling the US and staying in a small motel on the side of the interstate, some time in the late 80s. I met the friendly owner of the motel when i checked in, and later we got to talking. He was curious what some young dude from germany was doing in the US. I ended up learning that he had retired a couple of years prior and moved to Florida where he bought a condo to live out his old age with his wife of 40+ years. Well, she got cancer. they could not afford the cost of treatment and hospital stays, so he sold the condo, bought a small motel on the side of the interstate where he then worked to pay for his wife's care and treatment. He felt good about taking care of his wife and he hoped that he could do this until they both died. he was 75 or so at the time we spoke. This story of this little old man stuck with me, and occasionally i wonder what their retirement could have looked like had they lived in Germany instead. As i am writing this, my mother has cancer, she is 79, and will probably live a couple of more years, without worrying about her healthcare cost, or the cost of my father who is in a personal care home with dementia.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
I'm really sorry to hear about your parents and hope that they are doing well despite the cancer diagnosis and dementia. That has to be an incredible amount to carry as their son. I am happy, however, to hear that they are able to receive quality care without the risk of losing their home and taking on extra employment. The story you shared of the man you met is all too common in the US.
@christophdenner8878
2 жыл бұрын
I was once working voluntarily for some time on a farm in Hawaii. The owners of the farm were a couple in their 60ies, both without health insurance. As I asked the woman "What would you do if you get diagnosed with a disease that requires expensive treatment?", she just said: "Well, then I guess I'd have to die. But that's nature, in the wild, sick animals have to die as well." They were both looking forward to their 65th birthday because apparently your 65th comes along with basic health insurance and coverage of basic expenses.
@Celisar1
2 жыл бұрын
Stop right there: any Pflegeheim is extremely costly in Germany and has to be paid for by the closest relatives, mostly by the adult children. And they take all of your income that exceeds a certain limit which is quite low, especially for unmarried adult children. A few years ago the limit for what the government let you keep in that case was 1500 or 1600 Euro per month- the rest of your income goes completely and directly for payment or the care home. So please stop telling people it’s all free!
@uliwehner
2 жыл бұрын
@@Celisar1 i am not sure you read the post. we are not talking nursing home or personal care home, we are talking literally about the cost of lifesaving cancer treatment. If you think germany is expensive for a personal care home, i invite you to research the cost in the US.
@christophdenner8878
2 жыл бұрын
@@Celisar1 Is that really true? I'm asking, because in Austria this is all paid for by the federal state in case an elderly person's pension does not suffice. In the past, there was a certain amount to be paid by children or close relatives, but this has been cancelled. Now the federal state is paying the difference.
@johnh3095
2 жыл бұрын
The more I learn about the USA, the less impressed I am! Land of the free? More like land of the exploited! Outrageous behaviour, and asking others to donate paid leave to someone who is ill is super douchbaggy! Maternity leave, the US' take on this is almost dangerous when you combine it with your expensive health system. $10k to have a baby plus no paid time off is a double whammy of suckiness, then lump on zero parental leave and you have the triple 👑 of exploitation! Great video, helping to open the eyes of the world and Americans about how poorly they are treated! Keep it up!
@ulliulli
2 жыл бұрын
The US is the land of the free... US-Americans are freed of workers rights, freed of properly health insurance system, freed from a functioning political system (they have a very heavy-handed winner-takes-it-all mentality), freed from human rights in prisons, freed from a broadly open and tolerant school system that teaches its students everything they need to know...
@Hightower301
2 жыл бұрын
True but 10k is a very hard example thats in my believe the very upper End of the table correct me if im wrong? and insurence YOU are absolutly right a total mess!!!
@johnh3095
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hightower301 $10k came from another of their video's, but still, that's a lot of money to 90% of ppl!! 2 of my kids were born in the UK on the NHS, & 1 in Germany. My wife had 3 cesarean sections (1 of which was an emergency), so I'd hate to think how much that would have cost us if we'd been in America!!! $30k each perhaps.....scary 💰
@Hightower301
2 жыл бұрын
True that would’ve be expensive I hope your family is alright and healthy after this experience Fair play to the NHS and German healthcare far from perfect but way better then the USA
@HH-hd7nd
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hightower301 Actually - no it is not the upper end. It is the average what people WITH ensurance have to pay. Without insurance prices of 30,000-50,000 are common, depending on the location (obviously not all states and cities as well as individual hospitals will be the same). To have to pay less than 10 k is extremely rare in the USA - and most likely the monthly premiums for such an insurance would be so high that it doesn't matter anyway.
@vh1281
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your youtube contributions! I am German, but I describe myself more as an European who lives in Germany. Because I am very proud of what our parents achieved during the last decades in Europe. As more as you have chosen Europe and even morel Germany 😉 as your adopted country. I see it as a confirmation that we are doing some things right in Europe. By far not everything is going well for us either! Some things are even going very badly, but we have the chance and the right to continuously name and adjust this step by step. That is our highest good! However, the last few years (and weeks) also have shown that democratic social systems like yours and ours are very fragile which need to be nurtured and cared for every day anew. That's why I find your contributions so important. Not only to point out the differences, but also to help the viewer to reorient himself again and again. Because all too often the achievements of our parents are taken for granted! But why can we afford all this? Quite simply because, we pay for it and we pay for it as a community. That is like the principle of community insurance. Everyone in the world has one thing in common, we all want to be able to live our lives in peace, healthy and in the best possible prosperity. But this is not possible if everyone thinks only of themselves. Because I am convinced of it, a society must be measured by how it treats its weakest members. Maybe that's the biggest difference between the societies in the USA and Europe. In the USA, the individual's own commitment is rated very highly. With the negative consequence that many people who cannot keep up here end up on the social sidelines with all its consequences for society. In Europe, although individual's own is also honored but social support has a much higher value. With the negative consequence that the system is exploited. With side effects to the society too. As you can see, both variants have their advantages and disadvantages and must therefore be continuously adapted. Why do we have such a comprehensive social system in Europe? I think we in Europe had to learn in a painfully way after the years of the Second World War, that it is important to support each other. But we also had to learn, that individual support quickly reaches its limits. The only way out was to distribute the burden (for example reconstruction after the war) on all shoulders of the community. As always, when something is decided, there are not only supporters of such measures. But from today's point of view we were lucky and our governments at that time, together with the USA, created the necessary legal framework. It quickly became apparent that it worked, and so the legal framework of mutual social support was successively expanded. With the result that Europe is seen as one of the most attractive places to live on our small ball. Yes, i am happy to live in europe too. Please continue in exactly the same way. You are doing a great job! Personally, I would like to see you not only to point out the differences in the future. I would really appreciate to point out why all this is possible and what a society must be willing to give and to invest that all this is possible. Take care and all the best for your family…!
@tasminoben686
2 жыл бұрын
Einer für Alle, Alle für Einen! Der Grundgedanke in einem Satz.. Danke, du hast es gut beschrieben! Auch ich fühle mich als deutscher Europäer und danke den Gründungsmenschen der Europäischen Union! Es ist wunderbar, in einem 'grenzenlosen' Europa leben und arbeiten zu können! LG aus Hamburg
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this comment. In the future, we hope to have videos "build" upon one another, where the content becomes more and more deep with each episode. The trouble is that so many of these issues or items that we point out have also become so deeply embedded in various institutions. Take socialized housing, for example. The current status in the US is not only due to historical failures of public housing (Pruitt Igoe) but also developments in Tax Code, federal spending, and social constructs of property valuation. We are always trying to strike a balance between entertainment, education, and time - sometimes we get it right, sometimes, not so much. But we really appreciate your feedback.
@lui1989
2 жыл бұрын
What a breakdown. Thanks for the comment. Gives even me as a German something to think about.
@markferwerda7968
2 жыл бұрын
I am an American who lived 37 years in Germany. Early on I attended language courses at the Goethe Institute and paid a private tutor to assist me with pronunciation. That was well worth whatever I spent on it. It's a way to avoid being quickly identified as an Auslaender -- which was important to me. I love your videos.
@davidmalarkey1302
2 жыл бұрын
Let's face it America is a 3rd world country when it comes to worker rights
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, yes. I think so too.
@wora1111
2 жыл бұрын
Not only in that regard. I once read an article about methods of stabilizing the electric network and they wrote the USA found a way to reduce the length of the average power-out by 30 minutes. In Switzerland the average time of a power-out is far below that, in most years below 10 minutes. Most European countries are a bit worse, durations of 10-30 minutes are possible
@LordWaldemaart
2 жыл бұрын
Great video but one small correction in the holiday section: the Urlaubsanspruch of part-time workers is not calculated by the amount of hours they work but instead the amount of working days in a week. That means someone who works for 5 days with 4 hours has the same amount of paid holiday as someone who works for 5 days with 8 hours.
@ankem4329
2 жыл бұрын
Addition to the above: The part time days then are paid by tbe normal hours worked.
@brigittelacour5055
2 жыл бұрын
And if you only work a day of 7,5 h ( as an example) pro week, you still have 5 weeks paid holidays ! 5 weeks of 7,5h paid !
@VulpesChama
2 жыл бұрын
That is actually the same as having the "Urlaubsanspruch" calculated by your work hours. You just don't do the math with individual hours, but weekly hours. This is possible due to our 'Arbeitsrecht' making it easier to calculate work times on a weekly basis, thus having as employee stable weekly hours and sometimes more and sometimes fewer work hours per week. Core of this is, that due to that Arbeitsrecht, we kinda have to calculate work hours on an average per day for a week. So, if you have a 39 hour week, your work day is calculated with an average of 7.8 hours a day even if you actually have different work hours on each day. Obviously this way of calculating could be exploited by someone, who, let's say gets "sick" on long work days and only shows up for short days, yet technically having still 7.8 hours per day. If an employer recognizes a person doing this, they are definitely in for a serious talk, but usually this is very rarely the case and it actually evens out throughout the year, with people usually not getting sick on purpose for specific days, but relatively random. But in the end, due to how we calculate work hours on a weekly basis, the relative amount of paid vacation stays the same. You can calculate it on week hours or individual hours. For your example of 7.5 work hours a week, you'd have, per vacation week, 7.5 hours of paid vacation / aka time you do not have to show up for work. With a 39 hour week, you'd obviously have 39 hours per week you wouldn't have to show up. So, with increased work hours per week, you obviously get more "vacation hours". It's too obvious, I know. So the amount of work hours you do not have to come for are changing with the hours you'd have to be working without vacation. So yes, you can calculate it through the amount of hours and not on a weekly basis within our system. It'd be just a step more to make. It may be simply too obvious, but the math is more or less the same, however you try to calculate work hours.
@alexanderwagner474
2 жыл бұрын
Well, the fire brigades and the police are also financed by taxes. Is this also Socialism? Think about it 😁
@toniderdon
2 жыл бұрын
I wish your videos would get millions of views, because I am pretty sure that people living in America would like to have these benefits too, but they don't know that they exist and they are being told that it is unaffordable and the country would go bankrupt if they would provide something like 24 days paid time off.
@toniderdon
2 жыл бұрын
15:50 this is insane. "Greatest country in the world" yeah no even close. If a country can't take care of it's citizens, why even live there
@WooShell
2 жыл бұрын
The Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung is colloquially called "gelber Schein", due to its color, and because not even Germans want to say that word..
@robwilliams2410
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve been here in Germany for 23 years, and this is one of several reasons why I couldn’t imagine moving back to the United States. Speaking about holidays, while it might not count as one of the most obscure holidays, the situation about Maria Himmelfahrt in Bavaria is somewhat strange. It is only given to employees who live in predominantly Catholic parts of Bavaria. So, when we moved from Würzburg to Nürnberg, I lost one paid holiday. Also, it is a good day to avoid going shopping in Nürnberg because loads of people from the surrounding Catholic areas descend on Nürnberg, the one place in the area where stores are open. My wife works in a small satellite office. As the main office is in Munich, her boss recently decided to give my wife and her colleague this day off as well. Another difference between my wife and me regarding holidays is Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. My wife has both days off completely (öffentlicher Dienst), and each is a 1/2 day off for me (IG Metall). She also gets 1/2 day off each for her birthday and Faschingsdienstag. So depending on what day of the week each of these lands on, my wife gets up to 3 more days off per year. We both have 30 days paid vacation per year. While we’re at it: another difference is that I get a 50% pay supplement for each day vacation taken. My wife’s employer previously awarded vacation days on a sliding scale, not based on duration of employment, but age. Since I guess you can call us “middle aged,” she started out with the 30 day top end of the scale, whereas her twenty something colleague had less. This was deemed to be discriminatory by the court, and her younger colleague was immediately bumped up to 30 days vacation as well.
@Netreek
2 жыл бұрын
Depending where you live you have a few holidays more or less. Like some Bundesländer have the 31.10. as an holiday, because of Martin Luther. Other Bunderländer don't have it, since the catholic side had more influence there. So you have the state-holidays and the church-holidays. The holidays set by the state are everywhere the same. The church holidays can differ. like is it more catholic or evangelic where you are living.
@realulli
2 жыл бұрын
You lost one holiday but gained another. Predominantly catholic parts have Maria Himmelfahrt, predominantly protestant parts have something else (can't remember what).
@robwilliams2410
2 жыл бұрын
@@realulli actually, no. We have exactly one holiday less than in Würzburg or Munich. I should know: we moved from Würzburg to Nürnberg, and my wife’s employer has one office in Nürnberg and one in Munich. Augsburg is the only other exception: on 8 August, Friedensfest is a legal holiday there.
@robwilliams2410
2 жыл бұрын
@@Netreek we do have it good in Bavaria. 8 Bundesländer have 10 holidays, 6 have 11, Baden Württemberg and Bavaria 12. The predominantly Catholic parts of Bavaria have 13 and Augsburg has the most in Germany with 14.
@Ned-Ryerson
2 жыл бұрын
This leads to some strange situations: I grew up near Schweinfurt, which, for a very long time, was predominantly Protestant. So, on Assumption Day, we would not have time off, while the Catholic pupils at our school would also only return to school on Ash Wednesday during the second or third lesson, after mass (which, for us Protestants, was actually chilled, as the teachers would not do much in those first two lessons with half the class absent). It came as a bit of a surprise when, having moved back to Lower Franconia a few years ago, we found that no, we could no longer go shopping in Schweinfurt on Assumption Day, as the makeup of the population had obviously changed [curse those Catholics for mulitplying faster than us ;)]. However, the town of Kitzingen turned out to have an - ever so small - protestant majority, which meant that it was ABSOLUTELY heaving, as half the districts of Würzburg, Schweinfurt and Kitzingen decided that shopping was better than celebrating the Assumption of Mary.
@denniswitt1638
2 жыл бұрын
On the other hand it is quite easy to get away with not working at all on your job in the U.S. In my observation when most Americans are at work it is like I am on vacation. In no other country I have visited I have seen so much unprofessionalism and non-existent work ethic as in the U.S.
@DK-oy6ee
Жыл бұрын
We left the Us for the UK in 1990. Never looked back. Currently 7 weeks vacation plus 8 public holidays. Sick leave is separate. Quality of life is much higher here. Life expectancy is several years longer, health care is free, and leets not forget infant mortality in the US is down there with Turkey. No guns, lower crime, much less drugs , no great opioid problem, great maternity and paternal leave. Americans are brainwashed into believing it’s the best country in the world. Sure it has the best armed forces, greatest % in jail, and greatest % god believers.
@Fritz999
2 жыл бұрын
Workers in Germany, have rights and privileges that are unimaginable in the USA.
@realulli
2 жыл бұрын
I think the large amount of vacation days is one of the secrets why Germany is so successful in the international market. People who are not constantly worried about things (e.g. do I have time to do thing X for my house, can I afford to get sick?) are happier, and happier employees will produce higher quality output. I wonder if a German company could implement a similar regime in the US, e.g. 30 days of paid vacation, unlimited sick days, etc. and be successful. The main problem I see is, the salary will be quite a bit lower, since all these things have to be paid somehow. On the other hand, the increased output in the time people are working might make up for that to a large degree.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
I agree, I think this is a HUGE reason why German workers are also so productive.
@stephanweinberger
2 жыл бұрын
Well, just take a look at what happens in the other direction. US companies operating in Europe suddenly _are_ able to pay their workers fair wages _and_ provide paid time off _and_ adhere to the in many cases stricter regulations - and they still make a profit (else why would they operate over here?). The classic example is McDonalds. Their European employees earn almost 3 times (!) as much than their US counterparts (for _exactly_ the same jobs, as McD operates in an extremely standardized way). And they get their 25 paid vacation days, paid sick leave, paid maternity leave (i.e. effectively they actually earn about 3.5 to 4 times as much per working hour); _plus_ even the quality of the products is higher (i.e. the ingredients are more expensive). McD has an annual profit of about 6 _billion_ USD. They could easily e.g. raise the salary of every single one of their 36,500 employees in the US by 25,000$ per year (i.e. effectively double or in some cases even triple it) - _and_ _still_ _make_ _5_ _billion_ _in_ _profit_ ! It's not that they _can't_ - it's that they _wont_. Because shareholder value is infinitely more important than their worker's wellbeing.
@Aghul
2 жыл бұрын
The answer to your question is: Yes. Yes, they absolutely can and are already doing it. My spouse's aunt works for a German company but is stationed in America (as are several of her colleagues) and all her insurance, PTO, sick leave etc is regulated by German laws and standards. The company is *thriving*. And I can assure you if they so much as *hinted* at implementing American standards instead, they'd lose their employees faster than they could blink.
@realulli
2 жыл бұрын
@@Aghul That's excellent news! :-)
@Hensepens64
2 жыл бұрын
Sad part..only a few Americans (those living abroad in say Europe) will see the difference and shocked. The rest still brlieve they are living in the best country in the world. If only they would know ...
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Reading the comments from many Americans, it seems like this is generally the case. We've been surprised at how many are arguing that it is great employers are legally allowed to treat people this way.
@derdickedieter943
2 жыл бұрын
I am an employee of an American company in Germany. I have all the benefits, like 30 days payed vacation a year, extra money in June for vacation, a 13 month of extra paycheck before Christmas, fully paid when I am sick and so on. But now I see what is going on in the new Tesla factory in Germany and now I fear that German employer's try to adopt the American regulations in order to save a lot of money and make more profit 🤔
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Let's hope some of these American companies in Germany do not influence politics the wrong direction. I know I would much rather work for Tesla in Germany than in California. :)
@andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928
Жыл бұрын
Did you also read the latest news the Tesla plant made? - They weren't able to recruit all the staff they needed. - Many left after a few months discribing the situation as terrible to be polite. - Most of the remaining have quit mentally. - Add to the way the employees are treated the 'murican way of management and anti trade union policies Tesla is going to fail for the same reasons as Walmart did.
@snafufubar
Жыл бұрын
@Andreasarno Althofsobottka agree. UK is going the same way. More and more companies are trying zero hour contracts.
@andreasarnoalthofsobottka2928
Жыл бұрын
@@snafufubar Though I do understand the term (zero hour contract) I dont get the point behind it. In respect of work I've been living under a stone since 2012.
@wwm84
Жыл бұрын
If Walmart with its shitty labor abuses couldn't sway German labor laws, I doubt Tesla will.
@Hebrews123
2 жыл бұрын
I am born in the United States my family is in Berlin I spent my life going back In forth between both countries. I think your audience might find the German high school system interesting. My opinion it’s much better in Germany
@peterkesseler9898
2 жыл бұрын
You did a very good job in saying "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung"! Once again an informative video. Thank you and greetings from the Westerwald-region.
@Michi-yv8rs
2 жыл бұрын
And it's all documented on the Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungsformular!
@Balleehuuu
2 жыл бұрын
@@Michi-yv8rs Yeah and often doctor's offices now don't use the prefabricated "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungsformular" any more - they use the "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungsformularausdruck" from their own programs and printers in the office. For which their software surely provides some configurations which perhaps can be called as "Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigungsformularausdruckeinstellungen" - okay, okay this is a little bit exxegerated, but it also is how the German language works ...
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, we are glad you enjoyed it!
@brucemc1581
2 жыл бұрын
Living in Germany. We had two children 14 months apart. My wife took 6 years off from her full time job during the first 5 and 6 years of the kids life. 4 of the years she got about 2/3s of her net salary. Bavaria extends the 1 year federal regulation to two. We decided she should take it all and I would work as normal as my income loss would be higher. On top we got Kindergeld for each little monster. When I speak to family, friend and colleagues back in the US they either A) don’t believe it or think the country will go bankrupt, or B) that we pay 90% taxes to support all this.
@kalterverwalter4516
2 жыл бұрын
Not familiar with the US but do you Pay less Taxes in the US?
@juanjosedelrio
2 жыл бұрын
@@kalterverwalter4516 you pay less taxes... then you pay for healthcare and other services with your salary after tax, which in the end leaves you poorer after all. The US method to finance this is short sighted and inefficient in the long term.
@kalterverwalter4516
2 жыл бұрын
@@juanjosedelrio Wow That sucks I am sorry to hear That. I Wish you the best and more Importantly Change.
@brucemc1581
2 жыл бұрын
@@kalterverwalter4516 In short, no. But many Americans, only look at the surface and think that Germans pay a lot more. I think though, overall it is the same, but maybe slightly higher in Germany on average. Personally, I pay less in Germany than if I had the same income and lived in the the same states as I used to back in the US. However, some states in the US do not have a "state" income tax. There is only federal tax and VAT (which is usually lower in the US than Europe). For example Florida has no state income tax. The state gets its money through other revenue streams, like tourism taxes. This is fine as long as you have those natural advantages to do so. I doubt Montana would be able to stay solvent on tourism. On the flip side, here in Germany the government delivers much more and at a higher quality services for the money. Generally better roads, infrastructure, mass transport, schools, environment etc... And for those Americans who might be reading this, there is no National Health Care organization like UK, Spain, or France in Germany. There is however rules and regulations, a framework, on insurance companies (for profit and for non-profit) which keeps the costs low however still competitive. There are public and and private hospitals. And doctors have their own private practices which they run as businesses. So not all Europe is the same.
@RustyDust101
2 жыл бұрын
@@brucemc1581 What I do agree on is that the actual tax rate (both average as well as median) in Germany is higher than in the USA. If you lump in all of the fees (including healthcare, pensions, etc) Germany's average deducted gross salary can range up to 42%. Totally agreed, that is steep. But then comes the question what you get for that. If for that money you get all the benefits Jonathan and Ashton listed in this video, plus healthcare even when unemployed, employee's rights and laws, good infrastructure (on average), affordable good food (supported by a low VAT of 7% instead of the standard 19% VAT on most staple groceries), unemployment benefits, social welfare, etc. then I'd never want to *work* in the USA. If I won the lottery in one those huge multi-million jackpots then I might consider popping over now or then to vacation in the USA but certainly not for a long time. Heck, if I ever get sick in the USA, heal me up to be transport ready at the minimum cost possible, set me on a first class airplane transport back to Germany, and let me get treated here. It will still be cheaper by a long shot than the average US hospital bill.
@philipptielmann
2 жыл бұрын
I fully agree. Of all the “anti american” sentiment in Germany or Europe, there is only one thing I cannot defend or argue away: it’s the whole sick leave / health insurance thing. all the other things that seem weird or strange from a European perspective can just be explained and justified by cultural differences and if someone (like me) spent several years in the US (both as a Highschool stundent and a young professional) they can see that there are good reasons for many of those differences and they all have their pros and cons. however, what’s really ruining the idea for me to move and live in the US is the health situation. everything you described is true and it’s not just “unfair” or “sad” or “shocking” but it has dire consequences: lowest life expectancy in the developed world and worst of all, highest infant mortality. that’s just really bad. and in my opinion it also explains the opioid crisis, the problems with alcohol and other drugs. and the mass shootings. it’s just too much pressure for (too) many people. constantly staring into the abyss when just thinking you might fall sick. and a vicious circle of falling sick, using up your vacation days which means no rest and then falling sick again for the lack of rest. and if you have something really bad like cancer you will be losing the job after using up PTO and losing the health insurance with it. and then huge medical bills that stack on top of your student debt (which is also not a thing Germans have) and ruining your entire family (financially) that way as well. for many people that’s just too much to carry. they either need to numb their fears with drugs or just mentally break and shoot up schools. it’s of course my personal theory with no research (that I am aware off) backing it up, but I think it’s quite plausible.
@Medley3000
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting! You can argue away that the United States operates torture prisons (so-called Black Sites) like Guantanamo Bay all over the world? Where inmates are held without trial for many years under inhumane conditions? I am curious about that. 🤨 What cultural differences justify that? And what cultural differences justify executing people without a trial as is done daily by U.S. drone strikes in foreign countries. ☠️ Sometimes even US citizens are executed in this way by their own government. That is a crime even in the USA.
@inka87871
2 жыл бұрын
@@Medley3000 WOW 🤣
@mllecamill3
2 жыл бұрын
I think that explains a lot indeed. I could not imagine to work in the US with that constant fear to lose my job, get sick.. You may get homeless pretty quick.
@olafhenke3216
2 жыл бұрын
I also find this statement very interesting. I would be interested to know how you justify the fact that the United States, as one of the initiators of the "Nuremberg Trials" to deal with German war crimes, still refuses to allow Americans to be brought before the International Court of Justice when they have committed war crimes. Ah, I forgot, there are no American war criminals.
@philipptielmann
2 жыл бұрын
@@inka87871 that’s what I thought. “That escalated quickly” ;-). Apparently you just can’t say enough bad things about the US. next time I will try and make sure that whenever I voice an opinion, that I include a complete list of all my moral shortcomings as well ;-). but in all honesty: not having started and lost two out of two world wars just puts you in a position where you don’t get the chance / find it necessary to completely rethink and rebuild your 300 year old political and legal system. and sooner or later that will show.
@BalduinTube
2 жыл бұрын
Germany is definitely not perfect, but most german workers don´t recognize that they live in kind of a paradise. And this is not just true for the area of work environment.
@nigelgould7859
2 жыл бұрын
Not just Germany guys, kind of all of Europe.......oooo we're so socialist!
@hape3862
2 жыл бұрын
And I thought that the USA had abolished slavery. Silly me. Regarding regional holidays: My hometown of Augsburg has the most public holidays in Germany, because it is located in Bavaria, which already has the most of all German states, and Augsburg adds to that with the Augsburg Peace Festival at the 8th of August every year. It remembers the end of the 30-year war in 1648.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
On the template PTO, they show only .77 PTO per 40 hours worked. 😳 We were shocked.
@chrisalf995
2 жыл бұрын
@@TypeAshton if Germany still had legal slavery, there would be regulations providing for more „owned time off“ than .77 hours/week.
@knutvoberg4236
2 жыл бұрын
@@chrisalf995 There was serfdom on the territory of present-day Germany, but never legal slavery. Serfdom would be abolished about 50 years before the founding of Germany.
@chrisalf995
2 жыл бұрын
@@knutvoberg4236 thanks for the important correction. So I should change my posting to „If Germany ever had had slavery, there would have been …“ This turns out to be a joke rather on germans than on worker‘s rights elsewhere.
@wora1111
2 жыл бұрын
I once had to do a calendar program. Augsburg was the reason I had to add "town-specific holiday' to the menu with the types of holidays and integrate that into the prognosis of energy use per day. No way I ever forget that town.
@indiramichaelahealey5156
2 жыл бұрын
It's funny, every time I talked about the differences of sick leave and vacation in Germany and the US (I am a German who lived and worked in 3 different states in the US for 6 years) everybody stared in disbelief about working conditions in the respective other country. When I lived in the US the only Americans who got similar vacation days or health benefits as the Germans are those in the military.
@arnodobler1096
2 жыл бұрын
funny the US Military is the most social"ist" Place in the US
@SharienGaming
2 жыл бұрын
yeah from what ive heard - the military is one of the few employers in the us who cares about the condition of their employees... turns out, if you want people able and willing to perform at peak performance at any moment - you need to make sure that they are well rested, healthy and overall content the airforce in particular seems to be pretty active on that front (for example in supporting their LGBTQ+ folks against the hateful laws in some of the us states) for the exact same reasons - they need them able and ready to do their job at any moment (well and their training and qualifications are much more difficult and time intensive to aquire) meanwhile the industry just throws people into the grinder...
@nelsvantoor5159
2 жыл бұрын
So; summarized: The USA never REALLY abolished slavery...
@juliaclaire42
2 жыл бұрын
The minimun vacation time of 24 days is calculated at a 6 day week. Minimum vacation by law is 4 weeks.
@alexandrelarsac9115
2 жыл бұрын
Same in France. So taking two weeks off "cost" you 12 days. Here, when you work, you save a minimum of 2.5 days of paid leave by month. The minimum is 5 weeks per year.
@americanexpat8792
Жыл бұрын
Once you leave America, there’s no returning. Quality of life here in Europe is simply better!! It’s a great example how the Continent was able to leapfrog the US in quality of life. I think it’s obvious who runs the show in America. It sure as hell isn’t ordinary people, is it?
@mllecamill3
2 жыл бұрын
I waited for a video, where you are a bit more explicit and angry about the differences between US and Germany. ^^ The saddest thing is, that it is probably not even known by most people that there even can be something else than how it works in the US. I can really understand Jonathan's feeling when he came to Germany and suddenly had so much time off - paid even. The US is such a land of extremes - and not in favor of the individual. Look at what congressmen in the US all the time say out loud, may it be as racist or just cruel or dumb as it can be, it seems perfectly normal there and people actually vote for these people. It is rather shocking and frightening. I never hear stuff like this from german politicians. They behave like normal, sane people. US is the country with the lowest standards in regards of valuing the individual. It is the country where people still are told that the free market will by itself provide the best solution for everyone. And it completely ignores that some things just shouldn't be used as bargaining chips or left to the companies to handle and should be regulated. Because capitalism doesn't care at all about the individual. And it shows in the US. And I dont wanna drift of.. but the law they made in Texas regarding abortions where a private citizen can and is supposed to report on these people..because abortion is prohibited - how f...d up is this?? These are the examples where everybody with a sane mind should just get angry and be shocked. I dont have even words for this. In what century do we live?! And these politicians were also voted for and still are! Its just insane.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Your comment aligns with what Ashton and I discuss privately and we have been hesitant to share our personal thoughts simply because our video may then seem too biased. Especially with politics. I think after some more time we will better learn the best way to handle this balance. For your other points, it's important to remember in the United States that the loud (and often awful) comments are what give media attention and make people remember. This has been very evident in the last 8 or so years. Unfortunately this often sticks and gets votes.
@mllecamill3
2 жыл бұрын
@@TypeAshton I suspected something like this because you try to always be neutral, which is good. ^^ But it is not wrong to say what is wrong when it just is. I think it doesnt matter from where you are, when you do. We are all humans.
@ValerieJLong
2 жыл бұрын
The USA make a perfect example for predatory capitalism - and what we're doing is mostly called "socialism" there (meant as a swearword).
@ignaalex4651
2 жыл бұрын
@@mllecamill3 i do not dissagree with the statement, but i am pretty sure that the ideea behind this wonderfull channel was not for it to become a political discussion "platform". From time to time neutral is the better choice.
@wora1111
2 жыл бұрын
@@ignaalex4651 You probably are using the word "political" with it's negative American meaning. I think it is only negative if you try influencing people to act in a way you want them to. The words "Demagogie" or "Sendungsbewusstsein " come to mind for that. Russian television shows that at the moment.
@anjaneuber7381
Жыл бұрын
Germany will be looking for 5 million qualified immigrant workers within the next decade, as for baby boomers dropping out of the job market. We'll be happy for people to come and save our economy, so, a warm welcome if you come here! By the way, in bigger businesses the common language is often English and in the bigger cities most people speak English well. So no need to speak fluent German for the start.
@SmartAndy
2 жыл бұрын
Just a little correction: The "Bundesurlaubsgesetz" (German Federal Leave Act) dates from a time, when the work week had been usually 6 days long. Hence the 24 day of paid vacation as a required minimum (4 weeks * 6 days = 24 days off). Today the work week is only 5 days long, therefore the legal minimum of paid vacation is 20 days (4 weeks). Most employers will grant more than the legal minimum, f.e. 25 days (5 weeks)
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@SmartAndy
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 the only difference is who is to pay the social insurance (and the paid time off). If you're a contract worker you have to pay the insurance by yourself so the net-income will be remarkably lower than your gross paid hours. And since there's no employment in the first place, there can't be paid days off. I see no disadvantage in being employed, paying into the social security system and being able to profit from it's benefits.
@solidpain9098
2 жыл бұрын
The minimum is 30 days, nobody works for less. Yes, it would be theoreticly possible to offer 20, you would be laughed at and nobody would apply.
@SmartAndy
2 жыл бұрын
@@solidpain9098 that might be your opinion but that's not a fact. Even some union rates start with 25 days for the first two years of employment, then 27, 29 and up to 30. (I'm a staff executive by the way and yes, I do have 30 days of paid vacation)
@aroace7913
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 You really spreading your bullshit everywhere.
@angelikaschrauth7469
2 жыл бұрын
Ich schlage das Friedensfest in Augsburg/Bayern vor. Auf der Suche nach den meisten Feiertagen in Deutschland sollte man nach Augsburg ziehen. Bayern hat die meisten Feiertage und Augsburg setzt mit dem Friedensfest noch einen drauf. Nachdem der Feiertag am 8. August normalerweise in den Sommerferien ist haben Schüler leider nichts davon...
@chrisalf995
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the video. My three cents: 1. you just say it all in one phrase „Vacation is understood to keep employées happy and healthy“ in Europe, it‘s considered a pain in employer‘s back for example in the US. 2. Germans should not be proud of what we‘re experiencing. We should rather be grateful for the circumstances of our lives, nowadays even more than 5 weeks ago. 3. Did Ashton say „we“ when speaking of Germany? Mentally eingebürgert, I suppose.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Eingebürgert, das ist richtig. 😊
@EarMaster55
2 жыл бұрын
You forget to mention another "zeit" that is coming up right now: Spargelzeit 😉
@luisj.serrano5821
2 жыл бұрын
Im so glad I dont live in the USA
@RainerAdam1971
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes, if you move, you get 2 days off, if you get married as well, that has nothing to do with the "normal" holiday, but is additional! :) Just like if you need a cure after a serious illness, for example. The time this cure lasts (mostly 3-4 weeks) is seen as sick leave and this MUST be released by the employer.
@kgspollux6998
2 жыл бұрын
Bitte bedenkt, dass die deutschen sozialen Benefits natürlich gegenfinanziert werden müssen, wenn Deutschland im internationalen Wettbewerb konkurrenzfähig bleiben will. Zum einen sind die Löhne und Gehälter im Vergleich mit den Vereinigten Staaten niedriger (pro Kopf Einkommen) und die steuerlichen Abgaben zur Finanzierung der Infrastruktur, Bildung, Kultur, etc. sind höher. Alles in allem ist Deutschland/Europa mehr gemeinschaftlich ausgerichtet, die USA mehr einzelverantwortlich. Ich denke, zwischen den Polen Raubtier-Kapitalismus und autokratischer Kommunismus ist die Form der demokratischen sozialen Marktwirtschaft ein recht guter Kompromiss. . . 😊
@wora1111
2 жыл бұрын
Ich finde es extrem schwierig, Gehälter in verschiedenen Ländern zu vergleichen. Die nackten Zahlen sagen wenig, man muss die Kaufkraft einerseits und die Sozialleistungen andrerseits berücksichtigen. Ich habe z.B. teilweise nahe bei meinen Arbeitgeber gelebt (10 Minuten zu Fuß), teilweise musste ich ca 15 Kilometer zur Arbeit fahren (20-30 Minuten). Im ersten Fall hatten wir nur ein Familienauto, im zweiten Fall brauchten wir zwei. Im ersten Fall war mein Arbeitstag (von Haustür zu Haustür) ca 8.25 Stunden, im zweiten Fall 9 Stunden. Als ich in der Schweiz gearbeitet habe, war mein Einkommen wesentlich höher als in Deutschland, die Lebenshaltungskosten aber auch. München und ein Dorf haben auch sehr unterschiedliche Randbedingungen. Aber ja, die Mischung ist ganz ordentlich. Ich bin (meist) zufrieden.
@alextamchynova
2 жыл бұрын
Hi neighbors! In the Czech Republic, we have maternity leave for 36 weeks: 6-8 prior to the birth and then the rest. And similarly to Germany, we have then parental leave (for mum or dad) for up to 3 years of the child's age. We are entitled to get a certain amount during the paternity leave, and we choose for how long we want to get the money (so if you want to stay at home for one year, you will have a larger monthly allowance than if you want to stay for three years). And yes, your position is protected, but only if you have a full-time job and you don't have a one-year contract.
@Al69BfR
2 жыл бұрын
In addition some employers offer the possibility of short term paid sick leave without an „Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung“ for up to two two (or even three?) days. After that you‘ll need a sick note from your doctor if you need more time to recover. But that‘s up to your employer and not mandated by law.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
True! Jonathan's employer allows him to stay home for 2 days without one, but on day 3 he has to have a note.
@Himolino
2 жыл бұрын
It seems like that is the Standard for most employers (at least in NRW)
@stephan8894
2 жыл бұрын
It is mandated by law (Entgeldfortzahlungsgesetz 3days) or by Tarifvertrag or Arbeitsvertrag. The employer can only mandat it differently for special reasons (abuse for example). If there is no contract the Entgeldfortzahlungsgesetz applies.
@ohauss
2 жыл бұрын
And, notably, if the employer has reasons to suspect abuse by a specific employee, they are entitled to request one immediately from that employee.
@stephan8894
2 жыл бұрын
@@ohauss Yes Oliver he can even send him to a doctor (formerly Vertrauensarzt today medizinischer Dienst). However it is smarter to notify the KK (I'man old HR....)
@AGWittmann
2 жыл бұрын
Hello Black Forest Family, im curious, how both your own families are responding to this?
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Our families fall on both sides of the political spectrums. We often try to avoid the conversations but when they are brought up we try to be unbiased and fact based. Sometimes they are open to it and sometimes they are looking for an argument.
@jjsmallpiece9234
2 жыл бұрын
Most of the holiday rules and number of days off are pretty similar here in the UK to what you have in Germany. Standard UK holiday is 25days + 8 Public holidays - all paid. As with Germany if you are sick while on holiday, you can claim them back as sickness time. Maternity, not too sure - I'm passed the young kid stage, but I think it something like 12mths post birth. Maternity leave from a point during pregnancy - certainly not working up to day of delivery. Your video title is correct, you are exploited in the US. Its almost a Victorian attitude to holiday -'the company will never make a profit if we pay for you time off'. In all my life I've never seen any reason to even consider living in the US - both from the employment, social and medical point of view, the US is years behind lots of other countries, especially European countries. As someone said in another comment - America isn't the land of the free. Its the land of the exploited.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
All that paid time off does not come "Free", wages during working hours are REDUCED to pay for it. A contract worker with no benefits can make $75/hour. that same worker as a direct with benefits makes $45/hour. So pay is reduced $30.hour to pay for the time off and insurance.
@jjsmallpiece9234
2 жыл бұрын
@@pablopicaro7649 This is not true for the UK. Contractors factor in an allowance for holiday time. I would suspect the same for Germany as well.
@Johnny6586
Жыл бұрын
I am a born and raised German, now living in America. In 5 years I've had maybe 1 but not definitely more than two weeks of PTO. Every time I switched companies I had to start over with accumulating PTO. I love traveling but simply haven't since being here. You guessed it, I'm very exhausted and without going into detail too much, yes I am now part of one of America's worst statistics.
@tobiasente9403
Жыл бұрын
Come Back home dude!
@NoSabine
2 жыл бұрын
For the Holidays. I was shocked that Americans don't close their businesses and offices for Christian holidays. A country that has such a large proportion of often uncomfortably loud and politically active Christians should at least observe the high festivals of the church calendar and do what the Bible dictates for such days, namely nothing. I hear the US ranting about the "war on Christmas," but what about Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost, Ascension Day? You have the evening before All Saints' Day as a festival for the children, but not All Saints' Day itself? What nonsense is this? You have so many cities named after saints or Christian beliefs: San Francisco, Sacramento, Corpus Christi, Los Angeles, Saint Paul, Saint Charles, Saint Peters, Saint Louis... but the patron saints of these cities seem forgotten. Even Thanksgiving, which is actually a Christian day of remembrance and definitely does not take place in November in the church calendar, is appropriated by a national founding myth. The first Thanksgiving, I bet money on it, was certainly not that of the Pilgrim Fathers, it was more like a Catholic High Mass celebrated by a bunch of Spanish clergy. It was so, so awkward for me to be chattered up at a cookout by a very dedicated "holier-than-thou" guy telling me how wonderfully Christian America is, only to find out- with a few questions -that he had absolutely no idea what fundamental Christian beliefs are in traditional churches around the world. To be perfectly clear: nobody here in Germany at a barbecue party could answer these questions for me, but nobody wears a Jesus T-shirt at barbecues here either. and more precisely, no one would bring up these issues with me while eating burgers, knowing that we once fought a rather long and incredibly bloody war over these beliefs here.
@HansTechow
2 жыл бұрын
Only commerce counts.
@Skoell1983
2 жыл бұрын
I think your translation of Mutterschutz is not accurate. It is not just about an (expectant) mother getting paid leave; it is about protecting the health of mother and child in general. E.g., An employer MUST NOT let an expectant mother work if a doctor determines that the employment could endanger the mother's or the child's health. And the employer MUST NOT let a women work until 8 weeks after she gave birth. It also protects pregnant women from working too long or in hazardous environments.
@RoadsFranconia
2 жыл бұрын
I can see many americans angry typing in "Thats Communist"!
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
We are waiting for those to filter in.
@ingeldtiefwalden8117
Жыл бұрын
3:09 is taht a normal Work Policy? 40-120 HOURS free time . And that includes Sicktime? No Vacation ? i Know the USA love there "Freedom" to downstab Workers rights. But Hell for a German thats sounds more as a modern way of Slavery then Work.....
@JessicaT10118
Ай бұрын
Trust me. It is. On top of that, it's nearly impossible to find a job that is only 40 hrs in the US, which is supposedly our standard work week.
@LH9479
2 жыл бұрын
It should be noted that all these things you appreciate about employment laws in Germany did not come out of the blue. They were fought for by unions against a conservative political establishment and company owners. I would encourage all Americans to join a union or run for office to fight for these changes. There are labor shortages in many industries across the US, the employers need you more than you need them.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!! Have you heard about how (some) Starbucks recently unionized?
@tripplebarrelfinn4380
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, there was a conservative branch which had a more paternalistic view of the state, so they were not as against many of the reforms. You still see that today that the major conservative party is not trying to rewoke such reforms like the Republicans in the US. But generally yeah unions did us all a huge favor.
@felixndayisdebologne9725
2 жыл бұрын
class struggle in a nutshell and it's GREAT
@nieksalomons
2 жыл бұрын
First of all, I'm not an expert. I've been watching all your videos, and one thing I noticed is that you are finding the differences between europe and america, but never do a deep dive into the main question: WHY? This strikes me as odd, because surely you want to know why Americans are seen as modern slaves, why America seems under-developed, why is it so hard to make humanistic laws in America. I'd say it is the 2-party-politic-problem, but I am not an expert like I said. Maybe do a deep dive into politics for a video? Shouldn't people be represented by more than 2 parties? So many people, so many differences. I am Dutch and we got like 20 parties people can vote for to represent them in the political arena: If you are rich and want to stay rich, you probably vote VVD If you are christian, you probably vote CDA If you are hardcore christian, you probably vote SGP If you are pro-Europa, you probably vote D66 If you are a farmer, BBB would be the party If you are pro-nature, you probably vote Groenlinks, or animal-lover Partij voor de dieren. and so on and on......... I think most Europeans look at the Democratic party in America as close as like-minded can be, and can't even fathom why anyone ever chooses Republican to vote for. With only 2 parties, laws get never passed, one party is yes, the other is no, so no law ever gets passed. America could use extra political parties, in my mind, do you agree?
@Dueruemtarget
2 жыл бұрын
Well, this channel is not a political channel and the main idea of this channel is to enable viewers getting an inside view of what living in Germany means or feels in an American perspective. I think neither Jonathan nor Ashton are political experts and on KZitem there are better channels like "Second Thought" which are trying to identify the issues of the American society and how they have raised. Those channels can offer better solutions because of the deep insights of political connections and history. Of course, we can ask Ashton and Jonathan how they see America after so many years living in Germany. But both of them are not able to change mindset of their homeland.
@wora1111
2 жыл бұрын
The "WHY" question would be a fascinating subject, I agree. I observe that just about all the (US-) Americans coming to Europe mention the same 'shocks' and if one listens closely you notice they adhere to European or German standards of thinking after some time. So I rather see the basic problem in the education. I went to an American high school in a very rural area and found the students there to be set very much in the "traditional way", a symptom I only associated with the education in the DDR up to that point. Generally I think the main difference is, that Americans are "drilled" in trying to become "the best". Most Europeans would rather be in the "best team" than being the best themselves. I once walked a street and came to a spot, where a group of boys were playing ball. Three of the boys were about ten years old, the other two maybe 15. Twenty meters away a women was standing and telling the older boys to stop stealing the ball from the younger ones. It was easy to see, that the older ones did not like to hear that. But we live in a small village (a few thousand inhabitants) and chances were, their parents would hear of this if they did not comply. They tried to tell the women she could leave now, they would behave. The women replied, she had time and would stay a bit longer. So did I. Doing nothing, just watching the situation and chatting with the lady. First the older boys did not know how to react to this situation, while the younger boys kept shooting at the goal. Then the older ones starting to pick up the ball (when it passed the goal) and returned it to the younger boys immediately. After seeing them cooperating, we grownups left. My daughter, who was with me, still tells this story. In most of Europe "cooperation" is the method, not trying to be the best - at least not as a general rule. Shortly after the last elections in Germany I saw a blog, where a German politician said (before the election): "We can not attack the other party to much or even personally, we may have to cooperate with them after the election". And another statement was: "Our voters will not approve to attacking the opponents personally".
@nieksalomons
2 жыл бұрын
@@wora1111 Never thought about it that way, but I agree. Nice story, good message. Making coalitions (making good teams) is the main thing in politics in Europa. And yes, all these channels of american immigrants all stipulate the same differences, but for the why's you perhaps need a political channel like "Araiguma" is saying.
@peterkoller3761
2 жыл бұрын
my hypothesis: in a puritan mindset and work ethic as the US society is based on, where material success is a reward from god, a sign of divine approval, material failure is punishment from god - and who are you to intervene with god´s decisions? so trample the weak and hurdle the dead on you way to individual success, and striking it rich proves that god loves you. - the whole charity thing that is so big in the USA is again just to show off what a good person you are, so if you make 10mio a year by exploiting your employees to the verge of a nervous breakdown and burnout, and then hypocritically give 20.000.- to charity and your church, you are a wonderful human...
@rikulappi9664
2 жыл бұрын
Most Americans can't imagine European level of benefits is possible. If you don't know something can be done you won't ask for it to be done.
@pattyfairytale4024
2 жыл бұрын
You missed the fact that it is illegel to fire an employee who is sick or a pregnant woman ! People can concentrate on recover without worrying about their income and their job !
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
So, so important.
@mstrillian8981
2 жыл бұрын
While this is true, the company still has the right to lay you off, if you are constantly or regularly sick for a relevant amount of time. You'll be covered by the welfare system then. And if you are a temporary worker or during your probation at the beginning of your employment, many companies use the restriction to the workers protection laws to lay you off. I'm just adding this, as many US Americans think our companies don't have any possibilities to "protect" themselves from "dead" headcounts.
@booboss
2 жыл бұрын
Well... USA is to young country to be civilized I guess.
@stephanteuscher6583
2 жыл бұрын
"Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung"! Very funny, how you struggle with this terrible word. In colloquial language we call it "Krankenschein", "Gelber Schein" or just "der Gelbe". Unfortunately I can't get a Krankenschein any more because I'm retired. I get paid without doing anything ever. Best time of my life! However, I don't get back my sick days while on vacation...😎
@justsomeguy5103
2 жыл бұрын
Speaking of terrible words... The first place newly arrived foreigners need to go when moving to Germany is the Kreisverwaltungsreferat. Always struck me as a bit of twisted German humour.
@ExtraLeben
2 жыл бұрын
in Austria.. most employers do not care either .. XD .. if you are sick longer than 2 weeks a year... in most jobs you can pack your bag .. (lived in vienna for 20 years)..
@texaswunderkind
2 жыл бұрын
I am employed at a state university in Texas, where workers have 13 paid holidays a year, plus 12 vacation days. Vacation time goes up with longevity, so I actually have 17 days per year. The total is 30 days per year, which makes my paid vacation comparable to the graph at 5:40. We also have leave for things like bereavement, voting, donating blood, etc. that do not count against our vacation. I also have 16 weeks of unused sick leave, so it must be pretty generous.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
That does sound pretty generous but I should mention that Germany's paid vacation does NOT include paid public holidays. This year, I got 30 vacation days from my employer, plus 14 paid public holidays. However, your University sounds really quite generous. ❤️❤️❤️ I'm really happy that they support you so well.
@pablopicaro7649
2 жыл бұрын
Your a Government worker, the Government has guns and lawyers to confiscate money from taxpayers,. Government can provide nothing or horrible service and still be funded. it is not reality of a free market,. most Taxpayers have to work on those days you take paid holiday you take - where you think that money comes from.
@Gothiqueluv
2 жыл бұрын
You are the rare exception, not the rule. Plus it's the State. Totally different than Corporate.
@denzzlinga
2 жыл бұрын
I got a feeling, that there is a significant number of americans moving to germany since at least the last 5 to 10 years. Maybe the word starts to get spread more and more, due to youtube and social media?
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Could be! I'll try to look up some of those statistics.
@satvikparashar9908
2 жыл бұрын
I always think you both are qualified enough to publish a paper titled - 'Mental health and its association with work culture: differences in USA and Germany'. And I'm not even kidding :)
@metacob
2 жыл бұрын
After consuming copious amounts of US media, I understand that the "work ethic" that is so important to Americans really means "work as much as possible", not "do your job well". Someone who works 12 hours a day while sick is considered a better person than someone who works 8 hours, stays home when sick and goes on long vacations who is then considered lazy and entitled, even if their work output is significantly better. Laws need to change of course, but Americans also need to rethink what work ethic really means to them.
@pheumann86
2 жыл бұрын
For your next video I'd recommend two German holidays to look at: First is labour day or in Germany mostly just known as 1. Mai. It's interesting because many union members use it to demonstrate and at the end point of the demonstration route not only are there speeches, but there's also food stands and it's kind of a fair. People meet, talk a lot, eat a lot, drink some beer, meet some old friends and from the early afternoon on they just enjoy the rest of the holiday. Others just use it as a regular holiday. Of course this might border too much on politics, so just think about it! Second is actually two more or less holidays concerning carnival, especially in Mainz, Cologne and Duesseldorf. On Rosenmontag, which is pretty much the high point of carnival, hardly anyone in the three cities mentioned above (and often also the surrounding areas) will work and schools stay closed as well. It's not even an official holiday in the respective states of Northrhine Westphalia and Rhineland Palatinate, it's just customary. However, I for example live in Cologne and work in Duisburg which is just a few kilometers north of Duesseldorf and I don't get a holiday on Rosenmontag. Personally I'm fine with that because I hate carnival (lol), but still it might be an interesting fact within a video. Best whiches from Phuket, we'll be here for another three days!
@o21211671
2 жыл бұрын
I am from Bavaria and when I was a child (long time ago!) I remember, that "Rosenmontag" - at these times there was not a holiday - was a day off for pupils (and teacher) only, BUT the day had to catched-up on the following Saturday. Those were the ONLY days I was reported sick from my parents, even though I felt fine. At that time there were two additional holidays: "Tag der deutschen Einheit" (June, 17th) and "Buß- und Bettag" (Wednesday, before the last Sunday before Advent). The first was cancelled after re-unifaication when "Tag der deutschen Einheit" on October, 3rd war introduced. The second was cancelled in 95 as a holiday, except in Saxony.
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the list!
@pheumann86
2 жыл бұрын
@@o21211671 I never knew that there was a "Tag der deutschen Einheit" on June 17th before 1990. Somehow it's a weird idea. Anyhow, thanks for sharing that info!
@Jan_Seidel
2 жыл бұрын
"Communism matters" XD Gee, I hate the dumb comments about Germany having a communist just because it is more social - a kind of. The vacation time also is raised gradually by age not by time spent in the company. Oh boy. Your son is growing up so quickly. Reminds me about my girls. The time seems to rush by so quickly. Mine are 11 and 13 now and thinking back to the first weeks of my oldest daughter is like it just has been a short while ago. Enjoy the time before they start having growing demands ;) Fun fact, when working at the german pendant of IRS and are a clerk, you can go on parental leave up to 15 (!!!) years. Seems to be some remnant of the past, totally insane and luckily rarely used. Maybe because it ain't common knowledge, but I know a mother who actually did it. She had to work like 3 hours a week to be able to pull this stunt off. There are lots of regional rules in regards of holidays. You should go to Augsburg if you want as many bank holidays as possible. They even have a bank holiday for beer! Maybe that's an interesting topic to dive into. So it is not only a state but a city regulated holiday :) 31:55 that was only 4 times Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung X)
@christianbraun5004
2 жыл бұрын
Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung is such a long word, in most cases even Germans only use the abbreviation AU. 😉
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Seriously. This word.... oh man. I can completely understand the need for an abbreviation. 😂😂
@stlouisix3
2 жыл бұрын
Saying this as a European who loves America: America used to be far wealthier & freer than Germany🇩🇪though America 🇺🇸 has rapidly declined whilst Germany's stayed about the same (relative to the UK & USA 🇺🇸
@arnodobler1096
2 жыл бұрын
Also ich bin Deutscher und in den 70ern aufgewachsen: Im Großen und Ganzen ging es uns noch nie besser. Das sagen auch meine älteren Geschwister. Heute geht es um ein neues I-Phone früher um neue adidas Turnschuhe, bei den Kids. "wir hatten ja nichts!" 🤣 "we had nothing!" In the 90s there was ne quite high unemployment. 70s 80s many drugs. Women's rights didn't become an issue until the 70's, even with legislation - that's where I see more and more regression in the US!!!!
@stlouisix3
2 жыл бұрын
@@arnodobler1096 Westdeutschland war bereits sehr wohlhabend und hatte das meiste wieder aufgebaut, was während der Kriege, insbesondere des Zweiten Weltkriegs, vollständig zerstört und zerstört worden war. Sind Sie in Ostdeutschland aufgewachsen, als es noch unter sowjetischer Besatzung war?
@arnodobler1096
2 жыл бұрын
@@stlouisix3 ich war 83 zu Besuch
@SincerelyFromStephen
2 жыл бұрын
At the organization I work at, PTO covers everything. Maternity leave, vacation, sick leave. All of it. If you get sick right before a vacation, and that sick time can cut your vacation short. You aren’t guaranteed any certain amount of time either. We accrue 5 hours of PTO per pay period. And if you don’t have the PTO hours available, you simply can’t take the time off. They don’t allow for unpaid time off
@wolfgangblocher6850
2 жыл бұрын
Respekt, Ihr habt die geltenden deutschen Sozialgesetze gut gelernt und dargestellt.
@roykliffen9674
Жыл бұрын
Maybe not quite related, but Volkswagen built a large plant in the middle of the US and wanted it organised like in Germany, meaning it wanted trade unions on the work floor and have a seat in management. It's one of the few times politicians were bipartisan in their opposition; they even scared the living lights out of the workforce in order to have them vote against it being a union plant. Politicians - supported by the media - really fought to prevent US Volkswagen staff to have some of the benefits German employees have to prevent competing manufacturers having to offer the same or be deprived of the best workers. Volkswagen management were quite taken aback at the resistance against better conditions for workers. BTW ..... do you in your region have Krampus for the St. Nicholas celebrations (if you even celebrate the latter)
@johnprattley945
2 жыл бұрын
As I understand it while entitled to not having to work on public holidays, in the USA your employer is not required by federal law to pay you. US businessman often claim that the USA cannot afford to give their workers the same benefits as in other countries as it will make them uncompetitive. If that is the case than how come companies from the EU and other countries are able to compete with the USA despite these extra costs? In effect employees are subsiding their employers. The benefit of having federal minimums is that it stops a race to bottom both between companies and individual US states. This level playing field means that companies are more dependent on the quality of their management team, rather than compensating for poor leadership by driving down wages and benefits.
@roarbahamut9866
2 жыл бұрын
When literally the richest country in the world says they cant afford something, you know its bs. They just dont want it because "sOciAlism". Which ofc, only hits the broad workforce. The rich couldnt care less lol
@Marco_Onyxheart
2 жыл бұрын
I am Dutch and I don't think I have sick leave either. I basically have PTO. But I also work in academia and am in holiday whenever students are. Which amounts to almost 3 months of PTO.
@esprit_and_disaster
2 жыл бұрын
Hey guys 😌, I'm very impressed with your pronunciation of the word Arbeitsunfähigkeitsbescheinigung 👍😁. It's a long and difficult to pronounce word, even for Germans, I think. Where I live now (Bavaria), we abbreviate it and call it an AU (eine A U). I'm happy you like it here. My partner is Irish with American passport and citizenship. His kids are born in Germany and have lived mostvofvtgeir life in the US. They moved back to Germany to study here (actually one daughter did get Bachelor in Amsterdam and her Masters degree in Erfurt). They have no student loan that needs to be paid back, as a result. His other daughter did her Bachelor degree in the US and her Masters degree in Bremen, Germany. Both girls did did English tracks here and it was much more affordable than US. Education is a human right and not a privilege for the wealthy! Maybe a topic for another video?
@TypeAshton
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! We have the US education system (specifically University cost/experience) on our list of videos for later on this year. We are looking forward to filming that one!
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