The joys and sorrows of German civil servants: With great work flexibility, you don’t have to worry about losing your job

The work pressure is low, the working atmosphere is relaxed, the working hours are flexible, and you don’t have to worry about losing your job. This is the majority nowadays. What Germans say about the work of civil servants. The latest survey by the German Federal Labor Department shows that 80% of German civil servants believe that civil service is an "ideal job." There are also an increasing number of college graduates who hope to enter the civil service.

Government work has a high status

In the eyes of Germans, the government has strict systems, standardized procedures and absolute credibility. Professor Michel Sauger, head of the Employment Department of Humboldt University, a famous German university, said: "More and more university graduates choose the career of civil servants. Because working in the government makes them feel that they have a lot of social status, and they feel that I am doing something very important, representing the government and even the country.”

Dr. Schmitt of the German Federal Ministry of Personnel told reporters that the scope of German civil servants is wide, except for officials from various government departments. , employees in schools, post offices, railways and other departments are civil servants. Currently, Germany has 5.01 million public employees, including 1.6 million state civil servants. There are two types of civil servants in Germany. One is a life-long civil servant who cannot be fired. The other is an elected civil servant, such as a mayor, who cannot be fired during his term and will find his own job after the term expires.

In Germany, there are two ways to become a civil servant: first, when there is a vacancy in the civil service establishment, government employees can submit an application and it will be reviewed and approved by the relevant departments; second, according to the requirements of government agencies for recruiting civil servants , ordinary people can apply to become civil servants. All citizens in Germany have the right to apply for the civil service, but they must pass a strict qualification examination. Junior high school graduates can apply for low-level civil servants, high school graduates are eligible to apply for middle- and lower-level civil servants, and middle- and high-level civil servants must have a bachelor's degree or above.

Civil servants feel very safe

In Germany, civil servants have generous salaries and high welfare benefits, and their status as civil servants also means they will not be fired for life. Dr. Schmidt said that according to Germany's "Federal Salary Law", the salary of German civil servants must be equivalent to the salary of private sector personnel. For example, the monthly salary of a civil servant who has just started working is about 1,400 euros, that of a section chief is 2,500 euros, that of a division director is about 4,000 euros, that of a director can be 8,000 euros, and that of a deputy ministerial official is tens of thousands of euros. Plus, you'll get an extra 13th month's pay before Christmas.

German civil servants are employed by the state for life and do not need to pay social insurance and pension insurance; civil servants with 40 consecutive years of service can receive a pension of 75% of the maximum salary when they retire at the age of 65; civil servants also have some other income , such as position allowance, which is set for those officials with the word "long". Of course, there are also job allowances, annual leave subsidies, rent subsidies, etc.; female civil servants can enjoy 6 to 8 weeks of maternity leave after giving birth, and can also apply for 3 years of unpaid leave and childcare subsidies; civil servants who have worked for 25 or 40 years and 50 years, annual benefits are also available. In addition, Germany also has a Civil Servant Credit Union, which specializes in providing safe and convenient financial services to government civil servants, such as low-interest loans for purchasing houses, cars and sending children to college.