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Re:Companies to publish salary ranges in job adverts under n... by solarkraft on Thursday March 23, 2023 @05:16AM (#35272085)
> Employees being termed "dependents" of the company is a big tell on Italy's work culture

In german there's a funny situation as well: The employer is called the "work provider", while the employee is the "work receiver". Thank you, company, for providing me with work.

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Re:Companies to publish salary ranges in job adverts under n... by namaria on Thursday March 23, 2023 @06:59AM (#35272798)
>In german there's a funny situation as well: The employer is called the "work provider", while the employee is the "work receiver"

Hm in Dutch I'd translate werknemer as 'work taker'... is it very different from that in German?

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Re:Companies to publish salary ranges in job adverts under n... by rkta on Thursday March 23, 2023 @07:35AM (#35273118)
No, it's actually pretty close. German werknemer is Arbeitnehmer.
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Re:Companies to publish salary ranges in job adverts under n... by solarkraft on Thursday March 23, 2023 @03:38PM (#35280182)
Literally it's actually "work giver" and "work taker", I just found it less idiomatic in english (it doesn't quite transport the connotation of providing the work being something noble).
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