An IT specialist from Belarus spoke about his conflicting impressions of working for a German IT company. in an interview dev.by He noted that he faced problems that he did not encounter at home.
“At the end of June 2022, my wife and I moved to Germany. “They chose the country because they acted like opportunists and used a sudden opportunity to get there,” he said. According to him, he received an offer to work in Germany from an employer through LinkedIn.
The Belarusian complained that moving to Germany “feels like a hard comeback from 10 years ago”. “We don’t even have bicycles in Berlin, because the area is dysfunctional, it can be stolen,” said the expert.
He also criticized the attitude towards employees within the company. “My IT kitchen in Germany is like a dictatorship zone in freedom. For example, in Belarus it was possible to be sarcastic, uncensored, a toxic chauvinistic troll with your colleagues in the kitchen or the CEO. In Germany, this is not accepted, ”said the IT specialist.
According to his observations, in Germany people keep their distance and keep quiet, and behind the smiles and short conversations “one feels a falseness and tension.”
“In general, if you are marginal then you cannot be yourself. It is necessary to play the theater of a pleasant person who knows small talk, ”the expert concluded.
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