We Asked People in Frankfurt What They Earn | Easy German 527

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Learn German with our street interviews: In this episode, Cari, Manuel and Janusz are on the road in Germany's financial capital Frankfurt. What better question to ask there than about salary? Have a look and find out what people in expensive suits and ordinary people earn in Frankfurt.

Lernt Deutsch mit unseren Straßeninterviews: In dieser Episode sind Cari, Manuel und Janusz in Deutschlands Finanzhauptstadt Frankfurt unterwegs. Welche Frage würde sich dort besser anbieten, als die nach dem Gehalt? Schaut rein und erfahrt, was Anzugträger und ganz normale Menschen in Frankfurt verdienen.

Correction: 01:11 Hier wurde "Immobilienbereich" als "financial sector" übersetzt. Die richtige Übersetzung ist "real estate sector".
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Hosts of this episode: Janusz Hamerski/Carina Schmid/Manuel Salmann
Camera: Rawad Sabbagh/Chris Thornberry
Edit: Rawad Sabbagh
Translation: Ben Eve

[perovicb]

Warum fragt er brutto oder netto, wenn er es nicht sagen will?😂

[lukasmarcik]

I think the only ones who benefit from the salary taboo and contract restrictions are the companies. I actually broke this rule because I wasn't aware of it (young and stupid) and I managed to get myself and my colleague a raise because our new colleague with no experience was getting more than us, which we weren't supposed to know, but we complained to management....

[paddykrueger]

„In Deutschland sehen die Leute nicht was man arbeitet sondern nur was man verdient!“

Perfekt ausgedrückt!

[JTSuter]

I live within the Washington DC area, and I'm a government contractor. We all freely tell each other our salaries, because it's in our best interest to know if we aren't being paid enough for our work. It's also easy to change companies since there are so many jobs, so once you find out you aren't earning enough compared to your peers, it's certainly possible to change companies and get a bump in income.

[Pavelinski]

Brutto = brutal viel
Netto = net so viel
So merke ich es mir immer 😄

[ppalom]

It seems that people in Germany think Americans are completely transparent in revealing their salary. I think we are just the same as Germans. It is not very appropriate to ask (or to tell) other your salary. Only 2 things can happen - either YOU will feel bad because they earn more money - or THEY will feel bad because you earn more money. Both ways loose.
So how much do Janusz, Cari and Manuel earn - Netto?

[DaniTrujillo]

we should definitely speak more openly about it, cause the only ones benefiting from this are companies. Then we could hold them accountable and ask for fair raises! Let's start doing this more often! thanks Easy German for starting out!

[learngermangames]

I was surprised with how many people actually gave a direct answer to the salary question! It’s so refreshing to see people be comfortable with that. I love the directness of Germans! 😍

[mhh]

At 1:12, the person says "im Immobilienbereich" and it's translated as "financial sector", shouldn't it be "real estate" instead?

[rirl.]

I think the topic of salary is a universal taboo questions in all countries. Because people tend to link the salary with self worth together and also people don’t really know what’s the real questions behind it. Not everyone has a good intention to it. So salary makes people kind of vulnerable.

[c.y.]

Man merkt, dass die Menschen mit ausländischen Wurzeln viel offener waren und direkter geantwortet haben, während es für die Deutschen eher ein Tabuthema war.

[stevenpam]

Sehr schön gedreht und geschnitten, wie immer 🔝

[Buecherwurm-ivnn]

Klingt alles ziemlich authentisch. Dankeschön. Sehr interessant.

[BiomXD]

Wie hatte damals ein Arbeitskollege mal gesagt ...?
"Wir arbeiten alle an der gleichen Maschine, jeder gleich schnell - und trotzdem hast du 5 verschiedene Leute mit 5 unterschiedlichen Gehältern"
Die einzigen, die von der Geheimhaltung der Löhne profitieren sind die Unternehmen - manchen is das sogar so wichtig, dass unter Androhung einer saftigen Vertragsstrafe explizit der interne Austausch unter den Mitarbeitern übers Gehalt untersagt wird (extern natürlich genauso).

[sven]

Sehr interessant 👍 Neben den meist nicht preisgegeben Gehältern (was mir relativ klar war) habt ihr vor allem sehr viele interessante Gesprächspartner gefunden!👌 Ich persönliche gönne jedem sein möglicherweise sehr hohes Gehalt, solange es sich um einen seriösen Job handelt. Ich hab euch jedenfalls seit heute abonniert 😉

[andrewdennis]

It's a very uncomfortable question for a lot of people. We tend to see our value based on how much we make. I wonder how many of these people are being honest about their salaries

[ArmandoBellagio]

Frankfurt is defintitely very expensive for regular people due to the banking sector I think. Also they tend to be quite reserved about it as Janusz noticed.

[niklasstg]

The thing with the salary in germany is: "The more you earn the less you are willing to speak about it". And teachers are still very open about it with maybe 66k a year.

The sentence "because so many get jealous" is also because we had discussions about taxing the rich people more and they always drop that sentence to shut that argument down.

And if your contract says you cant talk about your salary your company can shove it up somewhere because its not valid, you can scream your salary so that everyone on the planet can hear it and it would be completely legal

[sabineschumann]

Ich hatte mal, ohne es zu wollen, einen Einblick in die Gehaltsliste gehabt und war anschließend tatsächlich etwas demotiviert 😕

[jenk]

In USA, salary is also a taboo subject. Most people do not talk about their salary or what they make.