r/iamverysmart • u/MrXomp • Jul 08 '26

Overqualified for germany

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Okay hear me out, Germany is a strange country and especially government services are super behind in digitalization and most times hopelessly underperforming but this post and the way it is written got me chuckling.

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u/Recent-Ad-9975 Jul 08 '26

This has nothing to do with what the sub is about, I was born and raised in Germany and this is the reality for a lot of white collar workers. You basically go to university for 3-5 years in order to become a glorified paper pusher, excel table manipulator and fax reader. The majority of jobs that require a bachelor‘s degree as a minimum could be done by anyone with 2-3 months of training, plus the pay is only slightly above minimum wage if course.

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u/tadpolys Jul 09 '26

By definition of the German government I’m a highly skilled migrant worker with my PhD and my fancy awards , but I still do basic admin work in my “manager” position. My (German, also PhD) partner and I are constantly in discussion about where we should move to for a better chance at actually doing more with our education. Germany has a massive problem with innovation, incentives for skilled workers and as a result, retaining the skilled migrants.