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As an engineer in multi-national company, I had options to be tranferred to Germany, Netherlands, France, UK, Belgium. Belgium, Germany & Netherlands are my least preferred, mainly due to high income tax. Your bank saving increases very slowly every month ?

As an experienced engineer in multi-national company, I had options to be tranferred to Germany, Netherlands, France, UK, Belgium. Belgium, Germany & Netherlands are my least preferred, mainly due to high income tax. Your bank saving only increases very slowly every month ?

I'm an immigrant living in Sweden. I've been to Germany several times, including on business trips and even though Sweden has its quirks, I'd never trade my life here for Germany. You know how people say Swedish people are cold? Well, compared to Germans, they're practically latinos ?

The only foreigners happy in germany are cameroonians

Germany wants cheap labour. So they should scout from Southeast Asia ..younger population

I understand that it's probably not easy to integrate in Germany due to the cold attitude, bureaucracy, apartment shortages, etc. But the Turkish guy blaming Germans for not speaking English is a bold move, considering that in Turkey even in their international airport in Istanbul many employees do not speak a word of English. I lived in Turkey, public officials and doctors do not speak English either, not even talking about the store staff and other services. No blame here, it's the same in most places, with maybe the exception of the Nordic countries and the countries made by immigrants. His grievances with Germany about his language barrier only show that he hasn't tried to live elsewhere and that he lacks perspective to realise that the only reason he didn't experience this problem in his own country, is because he is from there, but all the newcomers go through very much the same language issues he is going through in Germany.

Germany needs skilled workers but Germans are stuck with German language restrictions and feel insecure with foreigners. I don't know why I have to pay Radio tax every month. Even you get each documents in German language

i am a blue card holder, working in tech , i was laid off 3 months after coming to Germany, to this day i cant find a suitable job offer, unfortunately i ve only had bad experiences here, so can't wait to leave

You have to be very adventurous in terms of playing the psychological game in order to make an attempt at life in Germany. Some people's hearts are colder than the coldest winter.

I am living here, I love Germany.

Anybody wants to point out differences between Sweden and Germany. Which one is better?

If i will ever move to Germany my number one reason will be human friendly urban design and democracy. Who cares about money when the road outside your house is broken and democracy is dwindling

So why are Palestinians fleeing to Turkey,Greece, Belgium, and Germany ? Be honest you don’t want them either. All of these middle eastern countries are full of crap. They cheered for the conflict, but now don’t want to take the consequences. A bunch of hypocrites in my opinion.

Does Canada have a programm in which companies can recrute strangers and train them and hire them at the end of the training. I'm asking cause Germany have something like that.\nSorry for my broken english ?

Why would they come in the first place? I don't know what is the hype about Germany? I'd rather go to North Korea, at least they say that they are a dictatorship, not like the hidden dictatorship in Germany.

Considering the german gov is funding israel to cause genocide after the holocaust i wouldnt go there if it was the last place on earth\nI am surprised that it ranked 5th from the bottom and not first from the bottom\nAll that tax money could have been spent on housing amd making the immigrants feel more welcomed\n\nHeres an idea interview people who lived in germany and already left, because people living there wont give you the full scoop because they are afraid of the gov

So depressing working in Germany. The government takes more than half of your fruits of labor and wastes your time with useless regulations.

Germany thought bringing slaves would save them. Lol

I am planning also to leave Germany, i won't recommand Germany to immigrant if the have another choice, German are racist, only waste of money, hospital service is worse

I’m a student that’s just started their studies in Berlin, a multicultural city (by Germany’s standards), and I already don’t see myself staying here long term enough to want to work let alone settle down here. This is despite the fact that I’ve already invested a lot of time learning the language to C1 level. I can already tell it’s going to be a depressing next few years until my degree ends.

Bureaucracy is horrible in Germany

If you know what’s good for you, avoid Germany by all means. It isn’t what the media makes it seem. Major housing crisis, micro/subtle racism, dealing with the bureaucracy and worst of all “Steuer, teuer… Germany isn’t for the weak!

Other commenters have pretty much said it all. But I have a theory that countries with a strong maritime tradition have a much more outward-looking attitude, and are keen to interact with other people, cultures and nations. Such countries are UK and other English-speaking nations, Netherlands, Nordic nations, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Egypt, the Gulf states, and much of South East Asia.\n\nCountries without this seafaring tradition are inward-looking, and regard outsiders with envy and as a threat, rather than as an opportunity. Germany is a quintessential example of such a nation.

Germany is far from a perfect country. People love to hate Germany and I have done it too in harsh times. But no country is better or can offer as much as Germany for the contributions you pay. Where do you think you are going to get better roads and highways, in the UK? Medical appointments also in the UK? Are you getter better salaries in Spain? Better costo of living in the US?

Great video! I think whether Germany is attractive to someone largely depends on where they are coming from. I know many American expats like me (especially teachers) find Germany very attractive because of the contrast with how chaotic and dangerous the schools have become in the USA.

Racism. Every corner in Germany.

Sounds like Germany is about to break down. If there's not enough of anything then it means there are too many people and not enough proper systems to work with. \nThey seem to mot be providing enough for the current population nor has a heart for it.

My son studied in Germany Hamburg for 1.5 year and moving to Aachen for 5.5 years, finished his study with a 【master degree】。????\n\nLuckily he decided to leave Germany after study 。????

I raised and grow up in Germany and left it with 22 because what they need is cheap labor they don't care about you and bureaucracy is astronomical.

Goodyear healthcare sistem in germany? I dont think so

dont forget to say that the birth rate in Germany is lower and lower in 2023 is -6%

Germany=Bureaucracy ?

Wealthy societies, like Canada, began with charity supporting refugees in the whole world. This is based on the Ideologie of human rights. This big scale charity will be financed of tax of these Wealthy countries. Now the case is the the economics is declining and a refugees getting more, which leads allover to higher taxes, which again makes business suffer. Si the negative trend is stronger. Maybe there are still some countries, where you can get more from the cake, but the differences are less and less. But I keep my finger crossed for you. Greetings from Germany.

I am an international student in Germany and am about to earn a master's degree here. I looked for jobs here but I am not fluent in the language they want. So, I am going to take my newly acquired skills somewhere else.

Germany is the Japan of EU.

Im moving out of germany, one of the main reasons are, besides taxes and language, etc that people complain about:\n\n1. Worst food in the world, if you don’t eat fast food you will starve, I need to cook my own meals every single day because there is absolutely nothing decent to eat. Only things I can eat here are schnizel and sushi. \n\n2. Unless you come from a rich white country (USA, Australia, Canada, Japan…) you are not allowed to drive unless you do the test etc again even though as a tourist you can drive. This is just a plain racist law. Uber also sucks in Germany because they over-regulated it. So you cannot get around if you don’t live INSIDE a big urban center.

Don't listen. I'm from Poland, in Germany only Brandenburg accept our university degree. We are in same European union. As a result I'm working for Dutch company, they don't have problems. Germany wants from me to do under skill job for 9 euros.

Germany is a good designation but the only problem one face is language barrier

Germany will be ruled AFD in a couple of years. After all that happened in this country..Says a lot about people.

What this video doesnt address is why arn't german young people getting skilled for these in demand jobs? Aging population cannot be the only factor. I have my own personal experience with living in germany, and feel the video tries to diminish the severity of the issues. I can relate to all the comments: xenophobia, neighbors literally spying on you and complaining to the authorities, unnecessarily complicated paperwork, the great free medical care? waiting times for care are months and months long! You will never be integrated even if you speak the language, you will always be a foreigner and not accepted. Similarly, i left for the netherlands - it was like night and day and have been here for the past 10 years. There are challenges here as well - eg. housing crisis, but the people and environment is a lot more positive.

If Germany can have an international environment were speaking English is the norm then i moght be interested to spend some time there

The problem with Germany is that every employee is taxed from the revenue /tax board. So the employers have to pay 25% on Top of the salary to the revenue board whereas the employee also pays tax on his salary. This leads employers to feel they are paying a lot for the service and the employees to feel that they are not getting enough in hand as net income. Both become unsatisfied. On the top, this money is used to support the social system where it is very easy to get to. So the people who are not willing to work sneak into the social support and are getting supported by the high taxes which the employees and the employers are paying. Unless this disparity is avoided and social reform is brought in, this dissatisfaction will continue and Germany will never get enough workers.

I am in Germany Run better for you

The problem with Germany is that it is too welcoming to the unskilled while puts every sort of barrier for those with skill and degrees

Healthcare for free? ? where??? Not in Germany

Only when you try to apply for any work visa in Germany will you realize how bad the system is. It is stuck in the 1950s.

Naaa tried Germany once.. never again!

I had been living in Germany for a very long time, before I moved to the Netherlands several years ago. If we compare DE to NL, than I would indicate the following main advantages of each country:\n\n?? 1) low prices for food and relatively low rental prices for apartments (the prices in NL are at least two times higher) 2) the enterprises are more willing to invest in their employees (in NL you must be already a very skilled/talented worker) 3) if we speak about the German health care system, then you can directly approach a specialist without visiting your GP, even though you must wait an eternity for your Termin (in NL is your huisarts always a key decision maker). 4) The Germans are more friendly towards foreigners (probably because they made a lot of experience with them, due to the mass immigration)\n\n??1) much lower taxes and premiums 3K net salary = 4,2K list salary = 5,2 K premiums (in DE the same 3K net=5K list=8K premiums, of course approximately). 2) much much less courts/lawsuits/warnings about every crumb (have you ever heard about the German Abmahnindustrie???) 3) the young people in NL are the priority (even if we compare the Corona pandemic time, the whole German society strongly prioritized the older ones) 4) much more order in the cities/villages and much less pre-conventional/spoiled immigrants/freeloaders (step out from the same train in Aachen and in Maastricht- you will instantly notice the difference!).\n\nHope to have informed you all sufficiently ??

Havent met anyone foreigner living in germany who likes germany

After a while, it's also burdensome to put up with the attitude of employers. Germany does have a high level of protection and security for employees, many times HR departments don't apply the same rules for natives and foreigners.\n\nThis isn't just the case for hiring, but also for employees with existing contracts. Which is illegal, but they are doing it anyway. If you ever come into a situation like that, make sure to document the incidents. You can ask for legal support in such cases. Definitely do not ever start working for a German company without legal insurance.\n\nI'm glad to leave from here soon!