Re:I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
by pjmlp on Thursday January 13, 2022 @04:45AM
(#29918794)
Pick companies that have IG Metal deals, for example.
Quite a well known names do it.
Re:I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
by ChuckNorris89 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:42AM
(#29919204)
>Pick companies that have IG Metal deals
Cherry picking a specific company/domains doesn't help your argument of "everyone in Europe has it so good".
Yeah, everyone knows IG metal in Germany has it good. Others? Maybe not so much.
Re:I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
by pjmlp on Thursday January 13, 2022 @08:11AM
(#29920369)
Whatever I would have written, people would always nitpick one way or the other, so I simplified it anyway.
Re:I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
by rusticpenn on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:53AM
(#29919295)
I am in a company which is part of IG Metal. Still does not work well. IG Metal does a lot of good for us though.
Re:I think I know why you can't hire engineers right now
by bitschubser_ on Thursday January 13, 2022 @08:47AM
(#29920677)
I second that... IG Metal companies have nice deals
35h/week is the norm, 30days paid vacation and a decent salary for germany...
>Healthcare
That's definitely a you problem, the US is the outlier here.
>30 paid holidays
24. Based on 6 day workweek. So 20. More is optional.
>Unions, Paid overtime
Rarely are there Unions specifically for the IT department. Employers here like "Vertrauensarbeitszeit", which means count your own hours, which usually ends up with you doing more (unpaid) work.
>weekends and calls off work come extra
Also very much depends on the job, many people do it without asking for compensation. In one place just being on call got me a good extra 20% salary, in another they refused to pay for it and now it's "non-mandatory" - but they know someone will likely still pick up the phone.
>Retirement
Biggest scam in history. I get the need for such a programm, but I'll be getting maybe 10% of what I put in out. Fuck being a millennial I guess.
>Flex Time
Already said. Mostly a negative because your performance review will check if your projects, planned with way too little time, will be completed. At least that's the case in development teams. I stick to platform teams for this reason.