Saturday, May 21, 2005

German job auction website attacked as 'vulture capitalism'

Student Fabian Low thinks up a way to auction jobs in Germany and here are the results:
Angry politicians and trades union chiefs have called it a "slave market", "vulture capitalism" and a "grave threat" to Germany's pampered social model. Mr Löw has been likened to a pimp.

Prompted by the alarming unemployment figures of 12 per cent or 5.2 million, the highest since the war, Mr Löw said his venture was a "deliberate provocation, an invitation to Germans to stop moaning - the thing they are best at - and start working longer hours and for a price that pays". He insisted that he was merely delivering the shock therapy they needed.
Some people in Germany are obviously overpaid or why would they be so concerned?Germans probably wouldn't be happy with Craigslist.Telegraph