I don’t know what the current pay rate is for that job, but I am certain that if the pay was double of whatever it is now the worker shortage would suddenly vanish!
That’s pretty much the case for all missing workers. The pay in some jobs is utterly ridiculous here in Germany. And that’s not because of the Taxes.
Maybe it’s because Bavaria is pining to be Texas.
Funny - Bavaria is more like California though.
Where in Bavaria have you been??
Probably the airport.
Are you telling us that California is not the US state where conservatism, religious idiocy and xenophobia rule?
Texas isn’t?
Germany: “NEIN IMMIGRANTS, NO MORE!”
Also Germany: “Why can’t we replace the workers of our aging population?! Where did we go wrong?”
EDIT: Btw these aren’t children, it’s university students older than 21.
In this case it’s a giant housing shortage though. The city (and large surrounding area) is Freiburg in the south. Rents are so expensive and available flats are so rare that companies don’t find workers who could actually live there. Also: the comparably good loans don’t mean much when it’s only channeled into a greedy landlord’s pockets.
Edit: oh no i was wrong it’s Nuremberg - their public transport organization is also “VAG”. But Freiburg has a huge labor shortage due to unaffordable housing and housing shortage.
By housing the students in the trams, they are freeing valuable real estate.
It’s practically the same. Nürnberg has a joined University with it’s neighbouring city, Erlangen. Erlangen has the highest rent per square meter (if you’re not eligible for student housing). It’s high prices for the whole region, because the Nürnberg-Erlangen metro region is the biggest population, business and cultural center in the north of Bavaria.
Pay people more? No, no, bring in cheap labour from overseas!
That is fair, too, Germany’s minimum wage is €12 which is slightly more than half of their neighbouring Switzerland’s 23 CHF per hour. I bet tons of people would be willing to drive a tram if they payed more.
That said, I don’t think it’s nice to refer to immigrants as “cheap labour from overseas” especially when the alternative is literally children.
That said, I don’t think it’s nice to refer to immigrants as “cheap labour from overseas”
Do you think the ruling class see it as anything other than?
The ruling class of Germany…? The fuck? On every democracy index Germany places 14th or higher.
And?
You think you don’t have career politicians, billionaires, lobbyists, and backroom deals?
Germany on-budget allocation is 477 Bn Euros and their off-budget special funds are 869 Bn Euros, as long as people vote for who is in power then German Billionaires are far below them on the food chain.
Do I think backroom deals occur? Yeah, enough to put them at #14 in the democracy index instead of #1. That’s what that number means, how compromised they are on a scale. The German ruling class are the average people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
According to this, my country, Australia is tied with 14th and 100% there is a ruling class who favour corporate lobbying and billionaires over everyone else.
This ranking means jack shit. The only way you’re not going to have a ruling class is to be a true democracy, a direct democracy, and not have a class of people dedicated to leading for you. Anyone else is too easily and systematically bought out.
I entirely reject your premise that being 14th in a democracy ranking means you don’t have a ruling class.
Lol you are very naïve
Lol you are very naïve
Immigration isn’t a the cause of all our problems. But it also isn’t the solution to all our problems.
Idk I feel like having more working people would solve not having enough working people.
Yes but Germans are racist, despite their PR push to be seen as the most progressive, liberal people, they’re actually pretty backwards
I think that’s a separate problem they need to address. Immigration solves the worker shortage problem quite neatly.
Don’t know why you are getting downvoted, at least this comment is spot on. Best regards, a German.
This seems like a weird headline. Maybe “Student gets a part time job while at University” would be a better headline.
Perhaps they reduced barrier of entry for these jobs, allowing for working less hours, flexible schedules, less training time, etc.
Edit: seems i was right aftwr actually reading the article. They mention part-time, working arouns their classes, ans this:
They are also expected to take on extra homework to make up for the accelerated pace of the course, which is half the length of regular training.
Yeah, at my university it was pretty common for students to take on bus driver jobs. A tram is, admittedly, a bit different from that, but a job is a job.
Man if i got to wear a jacket that said VAG on it, I’d work for free.
“I’m the state sponsored VAG inspector, I’m gonna need to see your ticket or ass.”
So where do you think the clit is?
Nuremberg. The German city is Nuremberg. It’s a beautiful medieval city.
Medieval because of the lack of tramway driver?
Medieval because of Bavarian Landtag voting in medieval shit.
It’s never a worker shortage, it’s a reasonable wage shortage.
they taking any English speaking asian who would work in Germany??
also,i love bratwurst and beer!!
You will need to learn at least a little German. There are definitely prospects though, the country is trying to attract more immigrants.
Attract more immigrants *who have years of experience in specific high-qualification professions
You can get in there as someone who’s worked as an engineer for 3 years or something, but it’s unlikely for someone who’s not an EU citizen to be able to get employment there to drive trams.
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I used to drive a bus for my university
Don’t those things practically drive themselves?
Yes. Although if it’s not on an entirely separated path, it likely is still better to have a driver.
