Will Germany Ever Become More Digital?
Will Germany Ever Become More Digital?
1,500 followers on LinkedIn. People want to see the digitalisation of major services in Germany. Job hopping is normal these days. Many Germans are working well past retirement. 😱
Personal News & Musings
🫣 Sometimes, I’ll overshare and/or rant a bit.
The newsletter will be on pause for two weeks until September 15. During that time, I’ll be celebrating my first anniversary at work and my birthday over a long weekend in Copenhagen. 🎉
Very nice! The Berlin Life just hit 1,500 followers on LinkedIn.
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Community News
🤝 News from our community.
In our last poll, we asked: Which significant change in Germany would positively impact your life?
We got 157 responses, and digitalization of major services was #1 at 46%. Second was lower tax rates at 27%, services in different languages came in at 19%, and pay with card anywhere came in at 10%.
This week’s featured Berlin Life guides include, Our Favourite Mexican Restaurants In Berlin and The Top German Language Schools in Berlin.
ICYMI: Read last week’s newsletter, Myth Busting: Germany Isn’t Efficient. To see our past editions, dig through our archives.
Take part in this week’s poll and tell us: How have you gotten raises at work?
Food For Thought
💡 Interesting articles about the world of work and other random things.
The Disruption Network Lab is hosting a pretty rad event in Berlin, Hacking Alienation - Migrant Power, Art, & Tech, on Sep 21 & 22. Tickets are super affordable affordable at €8.
Job hopping is becoming more normalized as more people have realized that corporate loyalty is a capitalist joke.
Do you know that hashtags first appeared on Twitter? You know, back in the day when Musk didn’t own the platform and the “fail whale” was a normal occurrence. Read the history of hashtags and the much beloved fail whale.
On the topic of remote work, a company literally called “Nothing”, has mandated a total return to office. The CEO told resistors that they are welcome to find work elsewhere if they don't like it. Meanwhile, remote workers are lonely, but studies show returning to the office isn’t the answer either .
Companies Hiring
🇩🇪 Companies in Germany hiring right now.
Elvah (Berlin, 3 jobs, EN required)
FRIDAY (Berlin, 2 jobs, DE required)
Instapro Group (Berlin, 19 jobs, EN &/or DE required)
SHK Power (Berlin, 1 job, EN & DE required)
Univention (Berlin, Leipzig, & Bremen, 3 jobs, EN required)
Zattoo (Berlin, 4 jobs, EN &/or DE required)
🇩🇪 German startups that recently raised new funding also have vacancies.
Reliant AI (€11.3 M) | Berlin | Jobs
Root Global (€8 M) | Berlin | Jobs
ℹ️ Don’t miss out, as we post new jobs each day over on LinkedIn. Follow us to learn about new employment opportunities in Germany and get access to other bonus content.
News in Germany
🗞️ All of the news in Germany.
Germany’s Supply Chain Act, which requires companies to respect human rights, is said to have improved working conditions in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, in Germany, more than 1.3 million people are working well past retirement age.
In Green developments, Germany is producing more solar electricity than ever.
A man who professes to love our planet oversaw the chopping down of 500,000 trees at Berlin’s Gigafactory site. Yet, the German government continues to extend its financial generosity to Tesla by providing lower tariffs than imported Chinese EVs.
More than nine million German drivers can expect to see the cost of their car insurance rise, with Berlin being one of the priciest car insurance locations in the country.
Deutsche Bahn has lost control of its timetables, and what you see is often its “best guess.”
We often complain about the BVG, but it ranks as the fastest public transport system in the DACH region.
Bah humbug! Many people were happy when BER removed the flight liquid limits, but unfortunately, the old rules are back.
President Steinmeier has officially signed off on the country’s next election date, September 28, 2025.
Low-income earners (and others) will see their housing benefits increase in 2025.
A street in Berlin’s Wedding has been stripped of its brutal colonialist figure name and renamed Maji-Maji Alle.
A German pop singer has been fined for making a Hitler salute at a concert. Far-right figures are trying to normalize things that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. We can’t let such behavior go unchecked.
Germany’s Duden dictionary added 3,000 new words, including Ghosting, Klimaklebe (climate gluer), Coronaleugner (COVID-19 conspiracy theorist), and ChatGPT.
Head to Berlin’s best rooftop bars before summer ends, and we’re all stuck inside.
Think twice before swimming in some of Berlin’s lakes.
Berlin’s Zoo welcomed two baby panda twins earlier this week, which is the kind of news we always need. It’s hard to think that only 80 years ago, the same zoo featured humans on display.
You’ll have to see it to believe it, as local organizers plan to whip up the world’s biggest fruit salad when Berlin Fruchthof on Beusselstrasse celebrates its 75th anniversary next month.
A German navel vessel visiting London blasted Star Wars tunes as it made its way along the Thames.
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