BENEFITS OF WORKING IN GERMANY
Germany is a developed company with fast-growing economy, and a great economy means great opportunities. There are numerous opportunities in IT, Engineering, and Manufacturing sector, and above all German government is consistently working to bring foreigners into the workforce, which is a great benefit especially for the people from less or under developed countries.
Some attractive employee benefits
1. Average Salaries
The salaries can vary based on the industry, region and size of the company. According to Stepstone an online job portal, the average salary in Germany comes to about 58.800 Euros. Another report by an online job portal XING, the annual salary is 70.754 Euros including bonuses, holiday and Christmas allowances. As of 2020 the minimum wage was 9.35 Euros per hour. When compared to other countries in Europe, the average salary in Germany in higher:
2. Work-life Balance
German companies strictly follow the rule of working five days in a week, by which employees gets to spend time with their families and can indulge in other activities. The employees are not under pressure to work extra hours or to work on non-working days. Moreover, some companies also give freedom of flexible working hours. In Germany employees are not expected to work extra but should work productively.
3. Required and Provided Leaves
Sickness and Disability Leave
The employer in Germany have to continue paying employees who are on sick leave. Salaries continue to be paid to those who work legally in an event of sickness or any accident. The employer is entitled to continue the payment for a duration of six weeks.After working for six months in a company, a severely disabled employee may claim additional vacation, based on a five-day-week.
Maternity and Paternity Leave
The female employees are continued to paid during maternity leave, for the time period of 6 weeks before and 8 weeks after giving birth. The maternity leave can be extended to 12 weeks in case of multiple births, premature births and disabled children.After the birth of child, both female and male employees are provided maximum 3 years of parental leave per child, but employers are not obliged to pay to the employees during this period. After the expiry of parental leave, employees can return to their previous position.
Holidays and Vacation Leave
The number of public holidays vary from one federal state to other in Germany, in some states like Berlin and Lower Saxony public holiday is minimum 10, and in some states like Bavaria and Saarland public holiday is 12. The companies in the tech industry in Germany provide 20 to 30 days of vacation leave to all the employees based on status and seniority.
4. High Demand for Skilled Expats
German is the economic powerhouse of the Europe, that means the country runs on the workforce. Skilled IT workers are required in almost every company in any sector of Germany. Automotive engineering, Electrical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Computer science, Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications, Medical Professions and Mathematics Information Technology(MINT) are some other sectors in which skilled expats are highly required.
