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To: elmatador who wrote (6336)	7/27/2001 1:46:08 PM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 74559

<"We cannot give you a job because to give a job to a foreigner must e a aprpoved by the union representative" They will not approve it since we have many engineers unemployed and we have to employ them first"> When I worked there they had to tell some govt agency that they could not find what a German to fill my position... since it was esoteric [derivatives] this was commonly done and lots of Brits and Yanks lived in Frankfurt. DAK

To: elmatador who wrote (6336)	7/27/2001 1:55:44 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 74559

The (relative) inflexibility of German employment mechanisms is one of the things that needs to change. I just dont see much action yet. The walls of german companies are rather thick and one thinks twice before changing jobs. And an employer thinks twice as well - it costs about one manyear in direct costs to get rid of an unexpected lemon. Of course it's even tougher if you're out in the rain, unemployed, female, over 50,unskilled (an multiple-choice question, check as many as you like sg) In my specific case it helped I had my Canadian experience to show. And I guess I was dirt cheap too. Re "German engineers that need to be employed first" - this is a non-issue by now. If you feel like working for real in Germany, give your old boss a call - he probably waits for it. >>They gave me a bonus of 5.000DM and send me back to Africa...Worked for them for about 15 years<< Bastards. But there's others I assure you. dj