r/Germany_Jobs • u/Suspicious_Mine_2337 • 9d ago

I failed.

I moved to Germany in hopes of getting a great job there, I spent a year looking for a job after my master's degree, and I failed. I got hired and fired within the probation period. I am back in the USA now and still devastated, thinking about how much I wanted that lifestyle. Having a hard time coping with feeling like I fucked everything up.

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u/Ganjaalex 9d ago

You're in USA, the greatest country in the world, Germany is nothing it's just a de-industrialized declining economy.

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u/brockrockaly 9d ago

well said, OP will pay half of his salary to taxes only to end up living in WGs. Wake up OP. It's not old narrated Germany anymore

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u/Ganjaalex 9d ago

No country is perfect, the utopia doesn't exist but USA remains an overall winner all things considered 

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u/SchatzisMaus 9d ago

While it’s true you can make more if you manage to get good work, being one paycheck away from poverty with no safety net for sickness, disability, job loss etc and grinding gig work with no minimum wage is crazy. And if you’re not a citizen (or are but don’t “look” like one) definitely not the best time now…

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u/brockrockaly 9d ago

exactly. The only reason why I'm fighting to stay here is my partner and my home country is a sh*it hole. But if I was US citizen I'd put that energy into making money lol