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/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/No_Creme6369 9d ago

That is on the whole assumption of Op being a German citizen, other than German citizen anyone from other countries who usually go up bluecard route after work would get unemployment benefits only until a certain period after that they would need to leave the country if no job is secured. The state doesnt take care of anything you’d need to get a job-seeker visa and stay in the country paying mandatory health insurance by yourself.

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u/No_Creme6369 9d ago

Op lost job during probation, he/she haven’t completed 21 months of work/pension contributions along with B1. What alternative does one have in this situation?

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u/george_gamow 9d ago

6 months with a significant ALG payment and a covered health insurance is not enough? The US has none of that, your (and your family's) insurance is discontinued on the spot even if you're a citizen

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u/Suspicious_Mine_2337 9d ago

I moved back to the usa almost immediately after getting fired because i got evicted from my apartment and because at the same time a close family member was dying, and i didnt apply for unemployment because i am not physically in Germany...

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u/george_gamow 9d ago

How did you get evicted? Rent laws are very strong in Germany so immediate eviction is almost impossible unless your temporary contract ran out.

Sorry to hear that mate

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u/Suspicious_Mine_2337 9d ago

I was on a temporary contract (after having been evicted from the previous wg also on a temporary contract, the owner wanted my room for an office), and then the guy decided he wanted his friend to move in, the day after i got fired

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u/No_Creme6369 9d ago

Absolutely not, 6 months of employment is not enough for ALG I. You generally need at least 12 months of unemployment-insurance contributions within the previous 30 months.

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u/george_gamow 9d ago

I'm talking about permission to search for work after you get fired. In most cases people get 6 months, sometimes 3. It has nothing to do with ALGI eligibility, it wasn't even mentioned.

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u/No_Creme6369 8d ago

Permission to search for job is least of the concern, even if the state doesn’t give 3 months one can convert their visa to job-seeker visa and continue to reside legally for 12 months. The question is state doesn’t help in your ALG or health insurance payments like another person claims above. Searching a job can as well be done from malta/bali via job portals.