Post by @axel@hsnl.social

2026-02-14 16:43 UTC

@funkylab@mastodon.social @malte@anticapitalist.party @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social So assuming a EU, TV-L group 13, level 6 is a well paid public servant, earning €34 post tax, how is €100 ‘lowballing it’? I guess governments are too used to paying overpriced IT corporations, adding multiple layers of management cruft, instead of directly finding qualified IT personnel. Either as a job or freelancing. Just my €0,02 opinion of course.

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@funkylab@mastodon.social 2026-02-14 16:50

@axel@hsnl.social @malte@anticapitalist.party @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social I'm assuming your 100€/h includes no taxes, right? So, post-taxes and insurances, you're left with a relatively modest amount more than the employee made. (I don't know really how much you make post-tax, post health+care+unemployment+retirement+disability insurances; but my guess is that at the end of your career, you might have more flexible ways to spend your retirement, not necessarily significantly more money; and that's assuming things go well for you).

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@funkylab@mastodon.social 2026-02-14 18:12

@axel@hsnl.social @malte@anticapitalist.party @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social "leitende Funktionen" tend to be in higher groups, or Beamte; it's good, but not "top centil" pay

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@malte@anticapitalist.party 2026-02-14 18:59

@axel@hsnl.social @funkylab@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social 100€ is lowballing it, because people usually are embarassed when they can "only" offer me 150€/hour 🤷‍♀️ and like i'm not a specialist in *anything* 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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