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https://www.thegermanreview.de/p/are-you-still-with-me
Over the past months and years I have seen a number of friends and colleagues leave Germany for good. Some of them were native Germans, others were expats from all over the world, from India, from other EU countries, America and Asia. All of them had one thing in common: They’ve had enough of Germany and left. Being a native German myself, born in Berlin in 1985, I wondered what made highly qualified workers say “No, Thank you” to my beloved home country.
Below average and high taxes and deductions: welcome to Germany! (Image made with SDXL)
After talking to friends, coworkers, business partners and beergarden acquaintances, I thought I’d write it up. One of my friends said before leaving “People should be told before they come here”. At first I was hesitant to write this up as my fellow countrymen and women often develop a form of false patriotism. It ends up in denial of problems that are very real for expats coming to Germany and thus in a number of heated comments. They often bring up arguments like “But you also get all the services for your taxes” and the like. That of course isn’t very helpful to anyone and we’ll do a reality check of some of these claims in this article.
Over the past months and years I have seen a number of friends and colleagues leave Germany for good. Some of them were native Germans, others were expats from all over the world, from India, from other EU countries, America and Asia. All of them had one thing in common: They’ve had enough of Germany and left. Being a native German myself, born in Berlin in 1985, I wondered what made highly qualified workers say “No, Thank you” to my beloved home country.
Below average and high taxes and deductions: welcome to Germany! (Image made with SDXL)
After talking to friends, coworkers, business partners and beergarden acquaintances, I thought I’d write it up. One of my friends said before leaving “People should be told before they come here”. At first I was hesitant to write this up as my fellow countrymen and women often develop a form of false patriotism. It ends up in denial of problems that are very real for expats coming to Germany and thus in a number of heated comments. They often bring up arguments like “But you also get all the services for your taxes” and the like. That of course isn’t very helpful to anyone and we’ll do a reality check of some of these claims in this article.
