WORKING IN THE USA VS WORKING IN GERMANY | WHY IS IT SO DIFFERENT?
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I got a new job and have so many cultural differences to talk about!! Yall... When I tell you the work culture in the USA is SO DIFFERENT COMPARED TO GERMANY... I would be understating the emphasis 😂
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00:00 Working in the USA vs working in Germany
00:43 What is my job?
01:20 Tuition reimbursment
03:19 Flexible scheduling
04:36 PTO, Vacation, & public holidays
07:18 Clocking in | Hour tracking
09:24 Breaks
11:42 Don't forget to subscribe
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Florida
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Germany
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Would you be interested in a paycheck breakdown? I always love those types of videos because you can have a glimpse into what a "typical" US job looks like regarding taxes, insurance, etc. 🇺🇸💰🤫
Girl, i work in healthcare too, but in social work. If i saw a breakdown in my paycheck i’d be sad. lol. But i’m sure someone from another country would be very interested. ❤
@karenkingrey6142 LMAO I try my best to not focus too much on the "take out" money because it can be a lot in some cases. I am waiting on a few more paychecks so I can maybe show an average more than just 1 particular check so then people have a general idea of what a part-time worker in the USA would make.
I'm a doctor working in a german hospital.
The short explanation of why things are different in germany: unions
The german work force is highly unionized and a lot of jobs are regulated by union contracts. E.g. in the health care sector, you will only very rarely find non-union jobs, mostly for unskilled labor. But doctors, nurses, techs, etc. will all be working according to a union contract. There can be individual additions but only those that benefit the employee, i.e. you can negotiate a salary above the standard, e.g., but cannot work for less even if you wanted to.
The union negotiations have also (slowly over many years) added to vacation days, from the legal minimum of 20 work days to where now 30 or 31 work days (that's based off of a 5 day work week, so effectively 6 weeks) is the norm.
There is no paid time off that workers accrue over time as part of their contract, however, overtime hours can usually be either paid out or taken as paid off days (the bonus you get for working overtime in the first place is paid out in addition either way).
Clocking in and out of work is seen as a advantage to employees as well: it makes working hours transparent and thus subject to controls by regulatory authorities to ensure the (generally favourable for the employee) laws are followed, it records overtime and ensures that you can claim it, etc. If an employee is constantly late, they might be asked to change their behaviour and show up on time, but irrelevant amounts such as being late for 1 min would not be taken seriously, if it ever came to a labor dispute. And you cannot easily be fired here, either, there are multiple previous formal written reprimands required, and only if an employee still doesn't change their behaviour after that and is still consistently significantly late, could that possibly be grounds for them being fired.
Also, the general example set by the unions has over time led to an increase in the expected standard, so now even non-unions jobs and even labor laws are better overall for the employee than they once were.
Now that's not to say that everything is perfect here. Employers still try to skirt the rules sometimes, such as the example you gave of being constantly "asked" to "voulntarily" not take your mandated break. Also, if you're a highly skilled employee, you might earn somewhat less than a comparable position in america would get you. E.g., doctors get rich a lot more slowly here, although that may have more to do with the different health care systems in general.
Personally, I wouldn't ever want to switch to the American system.
Yes. I can agree to everything. We used to clock in - due to the fact that we tended to "overwork". We had flexible working hours, but always had too much overtime - therefore clocking in and out made things much easier for everyone.
Ach, die Pflege in DE hat dennoch keine Lobby. Bis auf Bummelstreiks geht da trotz Gewerkschaften nicht viel, weil eben der Großteil der Pflegekräfte etwaige miese Bezahlung nicht auf dem Rücken ihrer Patienten austragen will. Wäre längst dafür, dass diesbezüglich in diversen KHs mal gestreikt wird.
@@D0MiN0ChAnWas haben Pflegekräfte in Krankenhäusern zu suchen? Die sind kein medizinisches Personal.
@@wolfgangpreier9160 Ähh? Pflegekräfte = Medinzisches Pflegepersonal? Aka Krankenschwestern & Pfleger (aka *die* , die die Patienten zu 80% im Krankenhaus versorgen)? Bisschen Leseverständnis setze ich hier durchaus voraus.
@@D0MiN0ChAn "Pflegekräfte = Medinzisches Pflegepersonal?" Nicht hier in Österreich. Pflegekräfte sind definitv KEIN medizinisches Personal.
Pflegepersonal wird meistens privat oder per Werkvertrag ohne Ausbildung organisiert. Oft und gerne - weil billiger - aus Ukraine, Rumänien, Ungarn.
Krankenschwestern sind keine Pflegekräfte sondern haben eine medizinische Ausbildung, Kollektivvertrag, sind in einem Spital o. äquivalent angestellt und können und dürfen nicht auf Werksvertragsbasis arbeiten.
Ich kann mir beim besten Willen nicht vorstellen dass diese Regelung in Deutschland anders ist.
In Germany the employer(!) can get big financial penalties violating the breaks. Mandatory 30 minutes after 6 hours work, another 15 if work time exceeds 9 hours .. can be combined into a 45 minutes lunch break.
48 hours max in one week which means 8 hours Monday to Saturday. As 8 hours a day is seen as "normal", 10 hours are mandatory as max. A few exception are possible in some circumstances. Often people work 40 hours a week, in some fields 35 hours are already fulltime jobs.
USA: 12 hour shift ... not in Europe for all the negative result that long shifts produces.
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Hayley: I like these 'new style' videos. As I'm working in a Munich payroll department: yes, a short (4 min) view on a paycheck might be interesting for the community.
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I clocked in all my life. In Germany small businesses often don't spend money for technical equipment.
I worked 12 hour shifts in germany for over 30 years
@@thodan467mit der Erlaubnis vom Amt für Arbeitschutz kein Problem
@@thodan467This is a useless claim as long as we don't know more about the circumstances.
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What do you want to know
In Germany, I guess it all depends on where you work. In my current job, working at a hospital, but in administration, I have "Kernarbeitszeit" and "Gleitzeit", meaning i do clock in and out, but I can do so anytime between 7 and 8:30 in the morning. And then, when clocking out, the time is registered and I have either + or - time. If i stay in the building for my break, after working more than 6 hours, 30 minutes are automatically deducted, if I go outside, i have to clock out and back in. For the medical staff like nurses, they usually have shifts with a set start and finish time. Gleitzeit and Kernarbeitszeit are quite common in all kinds of office work, less in other fields like retail or public services etc. And it often is like the bigger the company, the more likely to have badges for electronic timing of worktime.
The model of students getting uni paid by a company exists in Germany, too !!
And like in the USoA they have to work for a certain time for that business after they finished their studies. Semester holidays are spent at the company BUT THEY ARE NOT AT THE COMPANY DURING THE SEMESTER normally as that is time to study !
This model is mostly if not only for TECHNICAL studies like ingeneer or pharmacist or chemist etc etc.
Germans clock in when they start work and clock out when they leave. Breaks are mandatory !
I guess that is a difference as well because you still have to work at the company during school (part-time or full-time) in order to get the money.
Also clocking in was not a requirement until March 2024. A lot of jobs in Germany did not have manual clock-in requirements (like I stated none of the childcare jobs that I had required me to clock in, I worked in a restaurant that did not require clocking in, and I also worked for a big company in the entertainment industry in Germany and never once clocked-in) It honestly depends on the industry and the employer... but out of working 8 years in Germany not a single job required it.
@@HayleyAlexis Yes, sadly not a requirement in Germany and Companys work hard to avoid it to become a requirement, even stating that it would be bad for worker and sadly a lot of people who commented articals about it, seem to believe it...
While the truth even in Germany is, that in companys that don't clock there is a lot of unpaid overtime and people accept it for some reason, which makes me sick.
But you are allowed to keep track of your clocking yourself and sue your employer for the money, if you happen to have a lot of overtime in an unclocked job. Especially, if it happens that you work for more than 10 hours on one day, which is illegal and can get you employer in really deep personal trouble.
@@HayleyAlexis
already since longer
Der Arbeitgeber ist nach § 16 Absatz 2 des Arbeitszeitgesetzes verpflichtet, die werktägliche Arbeitszeit über acht Stunden sowie die gesamte Arbeitszeit an Sonn- und Feiertagen aufzuzeichnen und mindestens zwei Jahre aufzubewahren1. Arbeitet ein Mitarbeiter länger als die gesetzlich erlaubte Höchstdauer von acht Stunden, gibt es für Unternehmen somit eine Pflicht zur Arbeitszeiterfassung2. Die Arbeitszeit muss bis zum Ablauf des siebten auf den Tag der Arbeitsleistung folgenden Kalendertages dokumentiert sein3. Arbeitgeber sind nach dem Nachweisgesetz gesetzlich verpflichtet, Arbeitszeiten in einer Niederschrift zu dokumentieren und dem Arbeitnehmer auszuhändigen4.
@hh-kv6fh yes it is required to have them listed but what I experienced is that you just sign off on your hours. You or your employer would document that you worked from 9-5 on Monday - Friday and you would generally sign off on those hours unless you worked overtime... but having a computer where you clock in to the minute/second is not something I experienced in the country working there for 8 years. Like I stated- this video is about my personal experience regarding work.
@@hh-kv6fh Eventuell ergeben sich aus dem Mindestlohngesetz weitere Aufzeichnungspflichten, um nachzuweisen, dass Geld geteilt Stunden nicht unter Mindestlohn liegen. Allerdings wurden die anfangs unsinnigen Mindestlohn-Regeln später entschärft=der Realität angepasst.
Thx Hayley this makes me appreciate more the job I have.
Ich arbeite nicht mehr aber ich habe vom ersten Job an vor ewiger Zeit immer Zeiterfassung gehabt, aber auch immer Gleitzeit, das heißt es zählte dass man die vereinbarte Arbeitszeit einhält. Zu spät war ich nur wenn ich den variablen Teil der Arbeitszeit überschritten hätte hatte. Ich hab 38 Jahre gearbeitet und eine akzeptable Altersrente. Mit 20 Tagen Urlaub im Jahr begonnen, mit 34 Tagen am Schluss. Krankentage davon natürlich unabhängig.
I worked in Germany 40 years ago. We had Gleitzeit and had to clock in and out at the start and end of the day. The clock stopped for a15 minute "breakfast" break and 30 minute "mid day" break, which were not part of the working time. I took the normal German holidays, 30 paid days off, plus Gleitzeit hours gained and also the usual state holidays. I could accrue 10 hours a month Gleitzeit and add it to my holiday to take 1 week off every 6 weeks to return home. In addition, as I found out after working there a few months, I was entitled to "holiday pay" which worked out at about half a days pay extra above my normal salary. I only left that job because our kids were growing up and needed to be at school back home.
Hello Hayley, a while ago the European Court of Justice ruled that working hours must be recorded. This will soon be mandatory throughout the EU. Germany already has a law on this, but the details are still being worked on. You know German bureaucracy
I'm glad you seem to like your job.
Yes I read about it! It is still a little different than the USA but nonetheless interesting. It will be cool to see how they implement everything... If they will take an approach like in the USA where everything is down to the minute/second or if they wull be a little more relaxed.
@@HayleyAlexis It has been down to the minute in every job I ever had (started working in 2003 unless you count the Zivi year...no clocking in there), the usual Gleitzeit model.
@@HayleyAlexis
It is mainly to record overtime and many have flextime
I am a bookseller in Germany and I do clock in, but not for breaks, they are sceduled and we are expected to come and leave at the right time. I work 8 h shifts and the law mandates a 45 min break for that, but my work place gives us an hour because thats easier to scedule. And they do make sure we use it. Today I had a video conference at 3 pm and my break was supposed to start at 2pm, but my boss made me go 10 min earlier so I would have time to get on the call and dont miss any of my breaktime
In Germany it is law that you can't work more than 6 hours a piece and then you need to take at least a 30 min break, and another 15 minutes after 9 hours.
Hey, where have you been? Happy to see you again!
💎Thanx for that beautiful,funny video!
7 weeks/ months??😁Very interesting again.
I wish you all the best!
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It’s interesting that you never had to clock in or out in Germany but maybe it’s like this in childcare facilities here in Germany! I work in a bakery in Germany and I have to clock in every morning otherwise I won’t get paid and I have to clock out for my lunch or breakfast break because we’re not allowed to work more than 6 hours without taking a 30 minute break and otherwise they won’t be able to see if we took it ! We’re considered being late when the clock hits 6:01 , at 6:00 o’clock and 59 seconds we’re still in time so that’s the same here ! We’ve got an idea card with a barcode on it that we have to hold underneath the cash register to clock us in !
At my former company (Munich) we had to record starting and stopping points for work, including breaks - but this was mostly because we were working on different projects paid for by different clients, so the company needed to have a record of who of us had worked how many hours for which project. So it was less clocking in/out and more documenting when you worked on what so that the documentation was accurate for the bills.
interesting what you said about clocking in. I've only had 2 employers before, but for both it was very normal to have a badge and clocking in electronically at the beginning and the end of each shift. I think it has to do a lot with, as you said, laws for different activities plus the general standards throughout various professions (in my case the german travel industry).
Hi Süße, schön zu sehen das es dir gut geht. Damit Du dein Deutsch nicht vergisst, alles auf Deutsch. Wünsche Dir weiterhin viel Erfolg, Glück und die Gesundheit.
When I had to clock in it was with industrial work. Like e.g. at IBM in the quality assurance facility. But that came also with a very good pay for a student. Other internships didn't come with it. In my real job we had to do it from the late 90s. It was by simply writing up your time to ebnter and leave the facility. 3/4 of an hour were automatically taken off your hours for breakfast and lunch breaks (15 minuites and 30 minuites respectively). Later we had to punch in electronically. But then again we had to do it ba hand the last years I worked.
I suggested to you the "duales Studium". There you attended the lectures during the semester and work full time during the rest of the year. The employers pays you a decent salary and the university fees. You get time off for writing your papers and holidays of course. And the chance to stay with the company after finishing your degree.
It’s been so long, I hope your schedule isn’t too draining! I work for a European company remotely and it’s still hard to remember my schedule doesn’t need to be exact to every second. I hope you’ve been well!
Long time no see!
There is something akin to a reverse reimbursement in Germany. A company may send you to a costly enhanced training, e.g. in the field of CAD, and pay all expenses. In return the company can demand that you stay with them for the next two years. Otherwise you would have to reimburse the company in relation to the time you left too early.
Public authorities also use a similar strategy. No one with a medical degree would work for an authority with their comparatively low salaries. But to study with the goal of becoming a doctor is not as easy as one needs very good gradings. So if one signs up with an authority for three times the duration of the study the harsh entry requirements can be circumvented.
There are enough jobs here in Germany where you still do clock in and out. I am working in Public Administration and I do have to clock in, when I come, clock out, if I leave my building, be it break, be it a cigarette break (I am a non-smoker, so that's hypothetically). I have to clock back in when returning and clock out, when leaving for the day. That is just normal.
And if you cheat on that - your employer can fire you immediately (something very rare here in Germany).
So yeah, it depends on your job and your work place if you use some time-controlling device or not.
I guess it's just for safety reasons you have to clock in ?
@@wanneske1969 No, it is because within 6 am to 9 pm we can serve the public - but have to do a certain amount of time a week, civil servants have 41 hours on their clock, people who got employed by contract got 39 hours and there is WFH people who have to clock in on their devices, to account for their time etc.
In corporate jobs in Germany you also have to clock-in/out unless you have an "all-in" contract. Even in these cases some companies still require you to clock-in/out.
§16 Abs2 ArbZG-E: All employees have to clock in and out. This is regulated by European and national law (thankfully)!
I put that on the screen..... It is a new law from March 2024 onward
When I worked in Kassel, we had 30 days PTO, 10 Paid holidays (almost always on Tuesday or Thursday), PLUS, if I worked 45 hours in a week, the extra 5 when straight to PTO credit, not overtime. I had to have supervisors approval to work over 45 hours a week.
I had to clock in & our when I was working at a retail store in southern Germany (Baden Würtemberg) . I had to use a (plastic) card to slide through a machine every time I started/ended my workdays and before/after lunch.
You look so great Hayley! Greetings from Berlin
Oh thank you! Sending some virtual hugs from Florida :)
That was my first thought too upon opening this video.
Not from Germany, not from US.
At some my works I just came to a certain time and walked away when my worktime has finished. At some others (including my current) I should mark my entrance into the building/working space and leaving it at evening.
I work as an accounter. My current employer sets my worktime 9:30 to 18:30 Monday-Thursday and 9:30 to 17:00 Friday, gives me a 40 mins lunchbreak and two extra breaks 15 mins each (officially they're not combined, but it's possible to shift them if you need to). I can stay at my working place and just chill or walk away, and if I leave and came back a little late, it's not big deal (unless I start to do it constantly and not for 5 mins late or at any time I want... This is a cause to a serious convercation). If my boss calles me at my break time, I can have my break a bit later. And if my boss calles me at my break time and I'm not on my workplace, it's completely OK - have your time, just call back when you're return.
Lunch breaks, vacation times ans sick leaves are protected by law. If employer violates them, or forced employees to work overtime, or delayed paychecks, employees can complain to the work protection structure, and employer will have some bad times with officials.
Tuition reimbursement: Can only happen when there is tuition, and that's only a thing under certain circumstances.
On the first day of my apprenticeship, they offered us to study in the evenings and weekends for a Diplom (before the Bachelor/Master mess). That was to be gained at a private Fachhochschule, and as there was a monthly (by semester? I don't really remember) fee of 270€, they covered part of the cost.
The years before me had to sign a 5-year-contract to get that, and the amount of money they got back depended on their grades. My year got back 50% and no requirement to do a certain time.
Back then, I was extremely annoyed about that, but by now, I think it was good to have to move to another company due to a hiring freeze when my last contract there expired.
If it is a really expensive training or a scholarship, that happens also in Germany.
The German Army offers that also, if the soldier signs for twelve years, the officer will get a study up to a master degree.
Mandatory vacation days, is there any other country in the wolrd, without mandatory vacation days by law?
For a few years now, even in Germany you should have to clock in and out, but the government is struggeling a bit with that law, because the highest court on employment law in Germany ruled, clocking is necessary to be sure, the employee does not work too much and has enough rest and break to stay healthy.
Saturday and Sunday are not always considered "normal" working days in Belgium. The employee is entitled to extra pay and/or free time when he works on those days.
My small German company runs events and the hourly workers started clocking in because that just made reporting their hours easier. A lot of us spend significant portions of their time working from home so it's not really strictly controlled anyway and for most people there really isn't a "being late" as long as they do their jobs and keep their schedules in terms of meetings and such.
My previous employer, also in the event industry, gave me a "Abmahnung" (an official warning, after too many of which your employment can be terminated) after being late for five minutes once in like 3 years. Since it's just a warning there were no consequences but there were many other instances showing that the workforce wasn't really respected as people. The work was fun, the co-workers on the job site were nice but the people in the office were often terrible to deal with.
I have to clock in clock out for everything in germany. my american boyfriend on the other hand does not have to do this with his american contract 😂
So funny (after forty years still), to see weeks starting on Sundays...! 😄
The only time I had to clock in was working at a McD's in the 80s in Augsburg/Germany as a student.
Even later when working for the US Military in Stuttgart and Augsburg (still in the 80s) I did't have to clock in.
But one morning driving thru the thickest fog and arriving 15 minutes late, I got a verbal admonishment from my boss. He said I should have "known" about bad driving conditions and left home accordingly early. I was kinda baffled about that..... Are you supposed to check the weather during the night, like every hour or what? But he was ..... yeah.
Technically our weeks start on Monday but for pay purposes they start on Sunday!!
The break thing isn't violated in every state. Tennessee has an extremely strict law saying if you work 6 hours, you need a minimum 30-minute break. Employers and bosses don't dare violate this law. If you as an employee violate the law you get a verbal warning, then you are written up, and then you are fired. A business that violates the law is charged with a class B misdemeanor which carries a fine of $500. They also can be charged with civil penalties of $1,000. Every violation carries a separate fine so if there's 10 employees that didn't take a break the business is charged with $5,000. If they are charged with civil penalties it would be $10,000 so it costs the business $15,000.
I am working in a Sparkasse and I also have to clock in. But as I am not working in the first row with customers, I am free to do my work somewhere between 7 and 20 o'clock. So its just to count the time. And of course thats ok, because so I always know if I have overtime and know how many days I can take off to get it back. Also I can decide how long I do my breaks and I am not limited to special times.
same here, I am working at a Krankenkasse :) I can do my work between 6.30 am and 8 pm. I can decide when and for how long I want to take my break(s). I have to work 38 hours a week (7.36 hours per day), but nobody really checks on that, sometimes I work a little less and sometimes a little more, on fridays I usually start my "Feierabend" after exatly 6 hours of work, because that way I don't have to take a 30 min. lunch break - instead of that I just go home.
The first job I worked, out of middle school, 19 years old, first contract for 6 months I had 21 paid vacation days and an extra day and a half for every month of work. Not to mention unlimited sick leave if it was deemed necessary by a doctor.
I had a hard time keeping eye contact,not complaining.
You are growing your hair back out? Thanks for the vid, Hayley! I am thinking of moving to Europe but boy am I nervous since I am in my 40s.
Yes! It will probably be another year until it is a decent length (ponytail) but I am enjoying my little afro at the moment!
In the US, I work in medical insurance, doing claims and I have three monitoring programs, one of which I must interact with once a minute or it says I am nonproductive. I have to clock everything that happens that prevents my work. To add to this, even though I can be remotely viewed, physically approached , contacted by phone or IM, I still have to account for work that these three monitoring programs (somehow) do not count as real work. Verint yo, it's fully garbage.
Yes! I think a lot of Germans don't understand this concept regarding clocking-in time. It is something so invasive in my opinion which is something I never experienced in Germany.
@@HayleyAlexis It creates a culture of distrust. It's pretty simple: If someone doesn't trust me, I know they will react to me irrationally and, in turn, I cannot trust them. If you cannot trust someone, you cannot respect them. I don't know how the US doesn't understand this.
how can you work under such conditions
Hey Hayley nice you seems lucky now
Hello hello :) I am ok! Thank you for caring!!
I thought you would have gone into becoming a dental hygienist last time when you mentioned you are doing a course in the US.
To work: Yes, you nailed it, Hayley.
There is another nuance to this: I worked in a mixed German and USA-team for TechSupport. The American team alway complained about being overwhelmed with the amount of work (and so did the German team).
The difference: The USA team dropped their pencil exactly at 17:00. Even in the midst of a constructive conversation with a customer who had pains with our software. The German team had a different attitude and spent the 30 more minutes needed to get the customer happy. That is a big difference.
That is not at all what I have experienced in Germany. Usually if a German is scheduled until 19uhr they willnot work 1 minute over that hour.
@@HayleyAlexisInterestingly I know this mode of work only from rumors in Germany. But I can confirm that this "1 minute over the hour" is not the minute a German will work is kind of proverbial. There may be huge differences between industries and companies.
I just need a job in Uk or Germany any job am ready
European labour laws are very strict. If a company isn't giving their employees breaks, has them working longer hours then they are allowed to or do not let them go on their legally allowed vacation, companies risk serious fines.
12h shifts 😨. Would that be legal in Germany? What are the pause times of truck (lorry) drivers in DE? A maximum of 10h I think to remember.
A lot of people work 12hr shifts (in the US and in Germany). It is not as uncommon as you may think.
This reimbursement idea is common in Germany as well.
I think it is more regarding the amount.... It may be common in Germany but due to education not being a huge burden like it is in the USA you will not have such high bills like we do in the USA. If someone pays 200 - 1000€ for your school is different than 20,000€+ like in the USA. If I were to stay in my job while being in school they would pay about 30,000€+ towards my school.
@@HayleyAlexis well.. I know for tuition for a Germany company amounts of 5,000 EUR or less, but up to 7,000. It's an invest of the employer into the employee. Max. duration of contracts is 3 years allowed (less for lower amounts). BUT: the contract is for repay to the employer if you leave the company before end of the time. Hayley: You said your contract is a must stay contract? In Germany you can escape and sometimes the new employer reimburse the penalty the employee has to pay. Random for rare tuition costs but more often for other payments.
@rairei oh yes... I think I misspoke... You can leave the company as well in the USA but you will be required to repay the prorated amount BACK to the company :)
@@HayleyAlexis glad for this freedom for ou 🙂
My boss got a 6000,- € fine cause two employes worked for more than 10 hours twice i a month. Greetings from Hamburg
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It was seriously one of the worst jobs I have ever had!
I once asked a roommate of mine how much paid vacation he was entitled to, every year. He said two weeks.
Now I find that sentiment both discouraging and familiar. Time was, I was under the same impression. In the US, the vast majority of us sincerely believe that we are entitled to two weeks paid vacation by _law,_ just because we tend to get two weeks of paid vacation every _year._
This, however, is the case by _norm;_ not by _law._ If your current employer up and decides not to give you two weeks paid vacation, you can't do a damn thing about it in the US.
But, you know, in the US Armed Forces, one is entitled to 30 days paid leave, every year, and one is not allowed to accumulate them past _60_ days.
Am interested please
in US when you are sick you are basically done. you have to be mentally and physically fit to be able to fulfill the working requirements😢. Never allow the society to make you sick. which is very difficult nowadays.
Never ever. I am a firm believer in taking care of yourself and putting mental/physical health above everything else.
@@HayleyAlexis sorry, i commented in general for everyone who was reading it. I did not mean to address you personally. You are a clever woman👏👍
in germany there are employers who not only pay for your tuition, but also pay you a salary while you study.
That is the same in the US as well
Linet from kenya interested please
12-hour shifts with hardly any breaks, so concentrated work is hardly possible on a permanent basis. imao
It literally steals your time on Earth, it has been proven and were known in the 19th century
12 hour shifts 😣 holy moly
I actually enjoy them and prefer them over 8 hour shifts. If I had 8 I would have to drive another day to work and work an extra day which is not worth it to me.
Ofc, per example, in the industry, we have to clock in, also here in germany - because we are paid per hour, and the production has to run 24/5 or 24/7, depending on the company. In the german day care sector, it is also common to plan your shifts like you want, but of course, there is a necessary for enough of staff to be present, to get the work done. So you are not absolutely free, and you need to find compromise with your colleagues.
Hä?! The semester fee in Germany is lower than 600$. You cannot compare the reimbursement without comparing the actual costs!!
That is literally what I said....do you not listen?
You are still privilege. You can make your own ours and you get to go on holiday.
Most Americans have to work days and don't get overtime payed. They 14 vacation days but are not sure to get it. 8f they get sick they might lode their job and they get no maternity leave. Maternity leave depends on your employer if he is willing to give it. Same goes for healthcare. If and how you are insured deoends 9n the employer.
I live/work in Belgium and I never had to clock in either, the working place is not a prison. The Usa doesn't seem to be so great ...
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It is weird that the manager force you to continue at Victoria Secret during your break. It does not sound professional. Giving your employees a mental break in for far important.
Es lebe das Arbeitsamt!
We need European union guided policies, NOW!
America is a business first.
Every country will be a business first. Unfortunately, the USA takes part in a lot of bad business practices.
@@HayleyAlexis The problem in the US seems to be that there is a pervasive belief by businesses and business managers that if a worker feels secure on their job, it will be detrimental to the company-and to the economy as a whole. A depressed, unhealthy, fearful-the precise term would be downtrodden-worker is less likely to look for 'greener pastures', i.e., better paying jobs. If all the workers are made to feel miserable and unworthy, they will cower, hunker down and accept any kind of demeaning job and demand. Mind you, in the US, all the workers' rights are codified by law-i.e, the barest minimum allowable-and still frequently denied by employers. In other places, managers seem to understand that 'happy chickens lay more-and better-eggs'.
I guess there are some nice employers in USA, too. But for bad employers there's a lack of laws and rights to protect employees. Begins at the period you can loose your job.
How did you get an US accent and not a British accent?
Brits and Anglo Saxons, close cousins to modern Germans. 😅😂❤
What is a tech?
Google
@@HayleyAlexis wenn ich tech eingebe findet es Technologe und sonstiges aber nichts was mit medizin / nursinf zu tun hat.
Let me find a link for you!
Job description (similar)- I technically don't do a lot of things on these lists BUT if you put them together- you sortuve get what I do. I am not a CNA nor do I have a MA certificate or degree so a lot of these things are out of my "scope". I am technically able to do more stuff when I am a student than what I am able to do at my job: www.allalliedhealthschools.com/medical-technician/medical-technician-careers/
jobdescriptions.unm.edu/detail.php?v&id=T0024
Money: www.zippia.com/health-technician-jobs/salary/
@@HayleyAlexis Danke 🙂. Ich bin selbst Krankenpfleger auf ICU und habe diesen Begriff schon mehrmals gehört das es in den USA techs gibt aber nie was das genau ist.
60-80h per week? long term? german work law would prevent that.
the only difference I see is people working 10 days for max. 12h and then get 5 days off.
With school included... I don't know why people keep missing that part of the video. I really think people don't listen. I am mandated to work specific hours for school which is something I do outside of work.
@@HayleyAlexis what kind of school needs a tech to do that kind of schedule? really - in germany I almost only know people in nursery homes and hospitals (nurses and doctors) to be on such schedule. Techs (i perceive that as an office job) have normal office hours here, for my understanding.
sorry, maybe something gets lost in translation or simply my understanding of your job.
I never said my school needed me to do tech work. I do not work as a tech for school. I work in a hospital and work directly with patients at my job. For school I work in different medical facilities.
I am a German programmer and not a fan of bureaucracy. I once worked for a short time for a company that had its own time tracking system. Everyone at their workplace could and had to enter exactly to the minute when they were working on what task. In hindsight, I was lucky that they fired me.
Das wirkt auf mich sehr umständlich
😕Mmm. The graveyard shift is kind of rough.
I actually prefer it....
Also Hayley, ich hab schon einige Zeit keine Videos mehr angeschaut und heute war ich schockiert. Du machst irgendwas im Schlafzimemr, keine Recherche, Fehler ueber Fehler, und erzeugst einen Eindruck der vollkommen an den Tatsachen vorbei geht. Was ist mit Dir passiert? Sonst has Du immer so genau alle Daten zusammengefasst. Ausserdem, 60-72 Stunden im Monat ist schon extrem wenig in USA. Bzgl Tuition, solltest Du wissen dass Studiengebuehren in Deutschland gering sind, also sind auch die Leistungen der Arbeitgeber gering. Es gibt das duale Hochschulsystem wo die Arbeitgeber ihre MItarbeiter bezahlen, auch wenn diese zeitweise zur Uni gehen, aus den gelcihen Gruenden die Du genant hast. Schade aber ich habe meine Subscription aufgeloest. Ich komme urspruenglich aus Deutschland und war 28 jahre in USA. Ich hoffe es geht Dir bald wieder besser.
Hello Axel, I will respond since you clearly did not listen nor read the information in the video... But left a ridiculous comment.
1) My videos have most of the time been filmed in a bedroom (about 80% of them). I don't know what the issue is with filming in my bedroom nor why you are bringing that up now but that is very weird.
2) I did not say 60-72 hours a month- I said a week (clearly you did not listen).
3) Tuition reimbursment and dualesstudium are not the same. We have a Duales Studium in the USA as well- IT IS NOT THE SAME AS TUTITION REIMBURSEMENT which I think you clearly did not understand.
4) THANK GOD YOU UNSUBSCRIBED- Goodbye and please don't come back. Just as much as you disliked my video- I disliked your uneducated and ignorant comment! God bless!
@@HayleyAlexis You don't have to get defensive. How the hell do you get two 12 hour shifts within a week. You might be superwoman but even she could not do that. Also, tuition is a fraction in Germany of what US school ask and you know that very well - so why not telling everybody. Doesn't matter. best to yuo in the future
@axelmeierhoefer4447 What are you talking about? it is not a complicated concept.
I work 2 / 12 hour shifts... Why is that complicated to understand? People in Germany work 12 hour shifts as well... I have friends who work 12 hour shifts in Germany....
I literally said in the video "semester fees are like 200 - 600$ in Germany". You don't listen and your comment was ignorant.... Why watch a video and comment if you don't listen?
@@HayleyAlexis Yu are amazing Hayley. IN yuor last response you literally said you work 60-72 hours a week dn at the same time you do 2 12-hour shifts- come on girl - are yuo tripping to what's going on?
When I made this video I worked 45 hours that week at work alone... I had 2 12 hour shifts for school which is 69 hours... and that is not including the time I had to put in for zoom calls and homework for school (a minimum of 12 hours- spent 4+ alone on zoom classes).... so I technically spent 81 hours during that week for school and work. I am only required to work 2 12 hour shifts which is what I was referring to in the video for 2/12's. I am allowed to work more if I choose to which is what I chose because I had to finish something at work and didn't want to delay it longer than it needed to be delayed.
Anything else? How many hours do you work? When did you clock in for work? How many hours did you work for your last shift? Why are you upset that I am working? Why are you upset that I am working 12 hour shifts? Why are you concerned with my work schedule? So bizarre....
5:19 holy cat only 11 vacation days 🤣 When do regular people in the US enjoy their lives? Seems like an endless cycle of birthing the next generation of workers, working, dying.
Yeah.... That is why I will probably always be a part-time employee in the USA because it is ridiculous. At least with part-time you can have a semi-life
I already know it sucks,BIG time..to work in America..you have fewer rights then we have in Europe,you have often lower pay, 100 000s of americans are stuck with mcdonalds and other fast food super low incomes that hardly cover their housing costs, you have very little holiday and they are much stricter with sickleave and leave for expecting mothers..All of this has been proven by statistics,by many witnesses that have experienced both side work environment over the atlantic, and basic knowledge ofwork in both continents..its greed,unfortunately,that rules over the american work force..greed and short sigthness. Even if you have a better job then fast food industry but there are still disadvantegous to work in America visavi Europe...people are treated like property..not like human being by too many employers in America..the system is rigged benefit the bosses and owners completely in the US..
Before all this bla bla don't forget that highly skilled person in the US earns at least DOUBLE what highly skilled person earns in Germany. So no wonder they work more.
And no, avg cost of living is not much more expensive than in Germany.
It depends on where you live in each country for cost of living. If I lived in rural Alabama my cost of living will be exponentially lower than in NYC... The same can and could be said about many Germany cities.
You can earn a lot more money in the USA but a lot of things cost more money (medical expenses, traveling, groceries, and more). I have generally calculated that an average person earns about the same in the USA or Germany... The only difference is where you want your money to go when all is said and done.
Come onnnnnnnnnnn. I lived in Germany for 10 years and I have NEVER seen anyone getting rich there In Germany and I have seen countless people earning a lot of money in the US, buying homes in their home-countries, etc. And to say, that an average person earns the same in Germany as in the US...
Take a software developer for instance. A senior developers earns max 80k in Germany. Senior developer salaries start from 150k in the US, and I am not saying necessarily in NYC or Bay area - an average across the country.
People in the US earn MUCH more than in Germany.
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I mean the tech industry is one of the most skewed industries to compare.
My friend is actually a senior software developer in Florida and earns about 85k. Could they find a higher paying job yes... but they love their benefits. For some people making more money is not the end goal... It is about being comfortable and enjoying a work life balance.
There are different ideas of rich.... Rich in Germany could mean everything paid off and being comfortable... Being rich in the USA could mean being able to afford a 1 million $$ mortgage (debt). is there money to be found in the USA? yes... but there are also a lot more risks associated with working in the USA compared to Germany.
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Yes, USA is for sure more risky than Germany, no doubt.
But there is a price to pay for that. People in Germany earn dismal salaries.
3k monthly brutto is a very normal salary in Germany, while in the US, you are considered poor to earn that much (in an average city).
On top, USA motivates you to be entrepreneurial, have 2 jobs, etc. In Germany, you are penalized for having 2 jobs quite significantly.
In one word:
Germany is good for a mediocre life with a low downside.
In the US, you can reach stars, if you try hard.
The average brutto salary in Germany is 4100€ which is almost 4500$…..
also leute scheisst aufs geld. wechselt lieber den arbeitgeber.viele arbeitgeber haben mehr zu bieten als euer alter...nur heult danach nicht rum.
youtube is such a shi.hole.
love the hair, cutie
Thank you! It is getting a lot longer!!
Hi.
Have you and your german motor maniac ever visited Daytona Bike Week or are u only into cars....?....
About the photo at that marriage: you have been invited or YOU invited?? 🤔
Happy Easter in abvance.....
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Mike would love to do Bike Week or even some Nascar races. I just have to wait until school is done in April then we can start exploring a little more.
I think our main goal for the summer is to go to the Miami Formula 1 race. Usually the day of the race or night before they start selling tickets steeply discounted and since we are only 2.5 hours away we might try to snag some up!
That was my cousin's wedding- Mike and I were invited!