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Germans of levels.fyi - are all the companies like this?

I recently started a new job in Germany, after working for an US based tech firm. And I find these things quite interesting:
- quite a lot of old people, not gonna lie there is probably 2-5 people still in their 20s or early 30s. Most people are >50
- everyone works so slow. I find it weird seeing how much time is spent for stupid things, still using paper etc. And the amount spend chitchatting is insane
- everyone is so concerned about making it 40hrs, but really don't work for probably 20 each week.

Keep in mind this is not a government job thing, it's a profitable private company that works in several countries
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As a German, I would say yes. Basically all „established“ large cooperations (e. g. Siemens, Bosch, Volkswagen etc.) and even smaller corps work like this. A result of of strong labour laws, laziness and unions in my opinion. Salary at these companies is usually also good for that e. g. starting with 60k as a Junior SWE. Germans don‘t like change, are risk averse, especially the older generation, so they stay in jobs for a long time. If you want a more dynamic environment you need to look for startups or scaleups of the coorps. But even there things tend to be on the slower side, pay is often less and there is less job security.
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