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I am a US Master's graduate that is looking at some German universities (Max Planck and University of Munster) to continue my PhD studies at. I've seen videos and comments describing that the overall academic culture in Germany is rather toxic. Is it more toxic than academia broadly or is it a hit or miss? Are some labs/universities/supervisors really healthy and supportive and others really toxic and narcissistic? I am just worried about it since I will likely not be able to tour the campus o

I Had this now with multiple big companies like insurance, banks or internet providers. Its Always the Same Thing, you try to be nice, nothing Happens. If you then threaten to sue them, almost as a Joke and often without any merit, all of a sudden everything works and there are No Problems any more at all. Is this normal, do I have to be a rude grumpy person armed with the worst intentions to get normal Service, or am I the only one noticing this? I am seriously curious 😅

Hey guys I have a question about my rights as a EU citizen. So, me (31F) have been living in Germany for almost 10 years now, and I've been working full time for almost all of that time. I came here to study and then started working afterwards. Recently, I lost my job, with no fault at my own. The company had just recently expanded to Germany, but they were clearly struggling (no surprise tbh lol). So they closed their Germany branch, and I was let go. Shortly before being let go, I had also