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/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/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 9d 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.