Something’s not adding up. Germany is the go to destination for thousands of refugees, not so long ago they were letting everyone in with little verification. Huge addition to the workforce. Plus the economy is not doing well lately. And still no hands to work?
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Educational_Pass5854 on
There is no shortage of workers, especially not in the current economy. The decline of the industry keeps setting free a potential of qualified workers that will find no way to rise up to higher positions but will have to settle down to lower-paying positions. German immigration politics have been a complete mess that somehow believed that opening the gates for anyone without any education would somehow lead to economic growth. By deluding themselves with such ideas, they completely ignored the need for organic population growth from within, providing education and improving infrastructure.
ieatthosedownvotes on
whenever i see “labor shortage” I read it as employers don’t want to pay people what the labor is worth.
GoRangers5 on
Shortage of workers willing to accept shit pay…
Southern-Reveal5111 on
There is a shortage of workers, because no one wants to work in a peanut salary.
Otherwise-Sun2486 on
That is not the solution
DriftingBadly on
Canada would like a word…
Roadsless-travelled on
Lmao before Germany does something like importing Indians, please ask us Canadians how that went.
bappestinian on
Condolences, Germany.
cs_throwawayyy on
Western wealth is depended on exploitation. It used to be slavery, now immigrants are the politically correct term for slavery. Importing people who will work for fraction of the wages, In America they call it American dream.
Sad_Interaction2278 on
Speaking from Canada. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
Equivalent-Emu7908 on
The Canada approach
Accomplished-Pace207 on
Shortage of workers or shortage of workers willing to work?
Or, shortage of workers willing to work on low pay.
NeedleworkerPrize253 on
Germany… this isn’t going to end well…
skyper_mark on
I work in IT in Germany and I hate this.
The market for IT is truly saturated as fuck…if there is a shortage of workers, its in blue collar jobs and healthcare. We don’t need any more CS graduates moving to Berlin, Hamburg or Munich
Stahl_Scharnhorst on
Funny. I look it up and Germany has a 6.3% unemployment rate as of last month and nearly 3 million workers representing that percentage. Another statistic says 4.2% and 1.86 million to the same month. I’m sure the true stats lie within that range. Either way it seems Germany has an abundance of workers already in the country who need jobs. Perhaps the government and private industry should join hands and work together to form a program to get these people retrained and employed. Instead of importing non German workers. Employ your citizens first. Then only if the market has a real shortage should you allow to bring in foreign workers. But I’m sure the boardrooms disagree with me on that.
The__Photographer on
I returned from Germany because there are shortage of jobs for English speaking people, If you know German, your chances are higher but not that great. A few friends who have B1-B2 German are still searching for job since 1 year. So I am tired of this post coming up every week.
Germany doesn’t have a shortage of workers, it’s economy is currently not great, language limitations, low salaries getting offered.
zero5activated on
Canada here. Once you open that door, it’s super hard to shut it. We have so many Indian students working in low paying jobs that have no benefits and safety. It’s unfair for migrant workers and unfair for for Canadians. Because, young Canadians don’t get an opportunity in working in entry level jobs. Or regular Canadians who need a 2nd job due the new inflation for the price of goods and services.
randobis on
Western countries are so desperate to import a cheap labour class it’s sickening. It’s also insidious how it’s framed as a labour shortage and “diversity”.
W1shm4ster on
Nah, we don’t have a lack of workers.
The lack is in those workers not working an exhausting job with bad pay. I also believe that our shortage comes for some jobs having a way too highly set education of entry.
I remember those short articles on TV saying we need to import skilled workers and they show some employers talking about the lack of new people wanting to learn the trade…. then just a second later they say, they’ve people that want to work, in this field, but lack the education for entry in the first place.
Instead of working to see those people receive the missing education (often just a better school degree for some folks), we look to get it outside of Germany.
Crafty_Aspect8122 on
Shortage of people willing to move there to spend most of their salary on rent. I guess housing is just for the aristocracy now and we’re back to literal feudalism.
Captser on
We have more than enough „workers” that Germany invited to EU, and now trying to force distribute to smarter countries… these guys never learn
laundrybin456 on
In a free market, when there is a shortage of labour, the bargaining power goes to the working class and puts upward pressure on wages. Less leverage for owner class. Do we see increasing wages? No. Still just increasing profits. If these businesses really had no one to work for them, they wouldn’t be in business long enough to be lobbying the government. The work is still being done, but not on the terms the owner class would like, where they have all the leverage. So they complain.
Code_Monster on
India’s demographic dividend will be useful to everyone but India.
WolfGuptaofficial on
oh no ! paying a fair wage would eat up our multi billion dollar corpo’s profits !
let us bribe (read lobby) politicians to import cheap labour and exploit them ! yay !
Tsunakien on
Short of workers that don’t want to deal with a 8e hourly salary and a 600e contract on paper.
One-Refrigerator6038 on
As long as employers offer normal or average salary like 3000 euros per month, for each vacancy, they will receive thousands of applications. Immediately changed from lack of workers to lack of jobs and oversupply of skilled workers and flood of applicants. The reason no one want to work in those places because the pay are too low, many times even less than German basic social assistance money for unemployed people. There are some reports that sometimes, those employers even ask workers to pay them back their salary in cash so that on paper the salary may be 1200 euro per month but in reality, workers only receive 800 euros per month or less
Flambouyant_sharting on
Somehow it seems like the leadership in Germany is “shitting” on such a high castle that they have no clue of whats going on the ground.
cgrms on
There is no shortage of workers in Germany.
EuropeanPepe on
They were so happy after they got cheaper workers from Poland, Czech republic Romania etc… their issue is that now these Countries are getting developed and pay increased 2-6 times as much but the chart must grow… so the solution: import indian workers after they are too expensive go to such megapolis like Africa and South America…
Or… pay a decent salary and expect a chart will not always grow but i guess that i am a filthy Communist for having such radical anti-capitalist desperate thoughts.
as a person who voted not AfD or CDU.. (do not want to be political) i guess this will radicalize people and we will have soon a very bad coalition… which will make it worse prob… cause no politician or party want to regulate corporations.
people live on salary from 2014 but costs increased by around 80-200% for most basic stuff…
FKAMimikyu on
This is such bullshit, they’ll just push out EU workers for cheaper ones
eternalsymphony777 on
Nobody has kids? Nobody wants to work? Social systems are being frauded?
Import 5 million immigrants immediately!
E8282 on
Dont do it Germany! Its a horrible “solution”. Speaking from first hand experience.
wowlock_taylan on
It is not a shortage of workers. It is a shortage of proper wages.
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Something’s not adding up. Germany is the go to destination for thousands of refugees, not so long ago they were letting everyone in with little verification. Huge addition to the workforce. Plus the economy is not doing well lately. And still no hands to work?
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There is no shortage of workers, especially not in the current economy. The decline of the industry keeps setting free a potential of qualified workers that will find no way to rise up to higher positions but will have to settle down to lower-paying positions. German immigration politics have been a complete mess that somehow believed that opening the gates for anyone without any education would somehow lead to economic growth. By deluding themselves with such ideas, they completely ignored the need for organic population growth from within, providing education and improving infrastructure.
whenever i see “labor shortage” I read it as employers don’t want to pay people what the labor is worth.
Shortage of workers willing to accept shit pay…
There is a shortage of workers, because no one wants to work in a peanut salary.
That is not the solution
Canada would like a word…
Lmao before Germany does something like importing Indians, please ask us Canadians how that went.
Condolences, Germany.
Western wealth is depended on exploitation. It used to be slavery, now immigrants are the politically correct term for slavery. Importing people who will work for fraction of the wages, In America they call it American dream.
Speaking from Canada. DO NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
The Canada approach
Shortage of workers or shortage of workers willing to work?
Or, shortage of workers willing to work on low pay.
Germany… this isn’t going to end well…
I work in IT in Germany and I hate this.
The market for IT is truly saturated as fuck…if there is a shortage of workers, its in blue collar jobs and healthcare. We don’t need any more CS graduates moving to Berlin, Hamburg or Munich
Funny. I look it up and Germany has a 6.3% unemployment rate as of last month and nearly 3 million workers representing that percentage. Another statistic says 4.2% and 1.86 million to the same month. I’m sure the true stats lie within that range. Either way it seems Germany has an abundance of workers already in the country who need jobs. Perhaps the government and private industry should join hands and work together to form a program to get these people retrained and employed. Instead of importing non German workers. Employ your citizens first. Then only if the market has a real shortage should you allow to bring in foreign workers. But I’m sure the boardrooms disagree with me on that.
I returned from Germany because there are shortage of jobs for English speaking people, If you know German, your chances are higher but not that great. A few friends who have B1-B2 German are still searching for job since 1 year. So I am tired of this post coming up every week.
Germany doesn’t have a shortage of workers, it’s economy is currently not great, language limitations, low salaries getting offered.
Canada here. Once you open that door, it’s super hard to shut it. We have so many Indian students working in low paying jobs that have no benefits and safety. It’s unfair for migrant workers and unfair for for Canadians. Because, young Canadians don’t get an opportunity in working in entry level jobs. Or regular Canadians who need a 2nd job due the new inflation for the price of goods and services.
Western countries are so desperate to import a cheap labour class it’s sickening. It’s also insidious how it’s framed as a labour shortage and “diversity”.
Nah, we don’t have a lack of workers.
The lack is in those workers not working an exhausting job with bad pay. I also believe that our shortage comes for some jobs having a way too highly set education of entry.
I remember those short articles on TV saying we need to import skilled workers and they show some employers talking about the lack of new people wanting to learn the trade…. then just a second later they say, they’ve people that want to work, in this field, but lack the education for entry in the first place.
Instead of working to see those people receive the missing education (often just a better school degree for some folks), we look to get it outside of Germany.
Shortage of people willing to move there to spend most of their salary on rent. I guess housing is just for the aristocracy now and we’re back to literal feudalism.
We have more than enough „workers” that Germany invited to EU, and now trying to force distribute to smarter countries… these guys never learn
In a free market, when there is a shortage of labour, the bargaining power goes to the working class and puts upward pressure on wages. Less leverage for owner class. Do we see increasing wages? No. Still just increasing profits. If these businesses really had no one to work for them, they wouldn’t be in business long enough to be lobbying the government. The work is still being done, but not on the terms the owner class would like, where they have all the leverage. So they complain.
India’s demographic dividend will be useful to everyone but India.
oh no ! paying a fair wage would eat up our multi billion dollar corpo’s profits !
let us bribe (read lobby) politicians to import cheap labour and exploit them ! yay !
Short of workers that don’t want to deal with a 8e hourly salary and a 600e contract on paper.
As long as employers offer normal or average salary like 3000 euros per month, for each vacancy, they will receive thousands of applications. Immediately changed from lack of workers to lack of jobs and oversupply of skilled workers and flood of applicants. The reason no one want to work in those places because the pay are too low, many times even less than German basic social assistance money for unemployed people. There are some reports that sometimes, those employers even ask workers to pay them back their salary in cash so that on paper the salary may be 1200 euro per month but in reality, workers only receive 800 euros per month or less
Somehow it seems like the leadership in Germany is “shitting” on such a high castle that they have no clue of whats going on the ground.
There is no shortage of workers in Germany.
They were so happy after they got cheaper workers from Poland, Czech republic Romania etc… their issue is that now these Countries are getting developed and pay increased 2-6 times as much but the chart must grow… so the solution: import indian workers after they are too expensive go to such megapolis like Africa and South America…
Or… pay a decent salary and expect a chart will not always grow but i guess that i am a filthy Communist for having such radical anti-capitalist desperate thoughts.
as a person who voted not AfD or CDU.. (do not want to be political) i guess this will radicalize people and we will have soon a very bad coalition… which will make it worse prob… cause no politician or party want to regulate corporations.
people live on salary from 2014 but costs increased by around 80-200% for most basic stuff…
This is such bullshit, they’ll just push out EU workers for cheaper ones
Nobody has kids? Nobody wants to work? Social systems are being frauded?
Import 5 million immigrants immediately!
Dont do it Germany! Its a horrible “solution”. Speaking from first hand experience.
It is not a shortage of workers. It is a shortage of proper wages.