A day in the office with the Average German | What he eats, earns and enjoys

[@e.kupfer8631]

I can remember when Germans thought it kinda weird for grown-ups to wear backpacks...the idea was that doing that made them look like kids. I'm glad today's culture is more practical.

[@jojoanggono3229]

Indeed, in where I live, carrying a brief case to work is now seen as uptight...😊 Unless you are a lawyer, univ professor, or medical doctor.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Amerikanisiert. 24 hours day and 🌃 GHt.......leaves it's mark

[@LaoSoftware]

Backpack is easy to carry. It free your hands to hold drinks and mobile phones.

[@suthasineec]

I do enjoy this series! We need more of daily work life of Germans. So many things we can learn and improve work life in my country in a quite fun way like this. Thank you ❤

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you so much for your kind feedback! Much more to come for you :)

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

Improve?

[@edsontransports9400]

Really funny, and Michael starts becoming a meme. And Brant's cameo...

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Department Of Justice Drive Jeep

[@harsh4800]

Haha, I love the way Clare shares the information in the video 😂

[@omarhamid3638]

I’ve really enjoyed this unique series of day to day life for the average German. Very informative and fun at the same time 👏👍

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you so much! We love to hear it. Is there another part of Michael's day you'd like to see?

[@sahilshroff9988]

​@dweuromaxx Yes, how Michael spends his weekends. Also, to mention I very much enjoyed the video.

[@demahonesto5576]

haha. Is actually a very fun way to present information. I had my 7-year-old daughter watching behind me and she didn't move the whole time. I asked her if She like it and she say YES, i want to watch more!!! well done DW Euromaxx.

[@dweuromaxx]

What a great comment!! Thank you. A new episode is up now ;)

[@elvenblood]

Mahlzeit! Always a treat to watch these. Dankeschön 💝

[@peterwhitehead2453]

Fun fact. For every average German, there is a Brant out there somewhere waiting to weird-out your day. As an Aussie working in Germany for 3 yrs, I was one of them…Mahlzeit!

[@arinmovsisyan3391]

Its polite to say hello in the elevator, but at the same time try to hold a cold face as much as you can :-)

[@strangetoucan]

Yeah that's true I always do this face that I call my "internal smile". Bit like pressing my lips up together and to the side. It doesn't look like a smile but people seem to know it's a greeting.

[@dweuromaxx]

Sounds very German 😅

[@EA-ck4so]

​@@strangetoucan😂😂😂😂

[@alfonsmelenhorst9672]

Wir sind keine Amerikaner

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

You can say Grüß Gott or Hei l.

[@RaphaelFassy]

Love the video. Very informative. We don't often pay attention to the small everyday life details of a different country. But the small things make the difference when comparing lifestyles.

[@parachute5274]

Love this video. Michael's a star!

[@ChristinBlueSky]

Funny and nice editing! I think it would be fun to make a video about the average German and his dating life/relationships etc.

[@australianpatriot]

ofc you'd like that

[@dweuromaxx]

😏 perhaps we've got something coming up for you...

[@wandilismus8726]

I don't want to know how many takes you needed to cut out the laughing 😂😂😂

[@dweuromaxx]

We have to do an outtake reel :D

[@akinigiri]

This is awesome! Love it haha

[@helenannleeshung9028]

This was very creative and informative ❤

[@dweuromaxx]

Thanks, Helen :)

[@DasihUstiatin]

also fun and funny, repeat it few times :)

[@RazorflasK]

This is great. Keep them comin!

[@yogasamsu]

Fact: Average Germans spend 60 seconds to get 1 minute

[@dweuromaxx]

No way!

[@helenebach3440]

The pronounciation of Mischael ;-) sweet

[@atulpandey2292]

Ahhh "Mahlzeit" is so true I have been to Germany once 😂..... And they observe others a lot specially "Ausländer" 😅

[@dweuromaxx]

Mahlzeit is an office staple.. As is the German stare - we've heard ;)

[@ARebuh]

0:02 please "entkalke" your shower tap. If not, I'll have to tell your family 😂

[@incompetentotter]

Imagine this done with a Attenborough-style voice narration.

[@dweuromaxx]

😅 we'll try it!

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

What a name Attenborough...the English language ....attenborough

[@letigre21]

This is very interesting! Please continue the videos on the average German

[@dweuromaxx]

Don't worry, we've got more coming up :)

[@Jeroen_van_den_Berg667]

Ja Danke!

[@Rjb123]

I really enjoyed watching this.

[@giduus]

I really like these videos…but I wonder if you have any videos recorded in german? As an German teacher I would really love that 🇩🇪 🥳

[@dweuromaxx]

Hi there, at the moment, it's in English. But thank you for your feedback - we'll consider adding other editions!

[@marios.8184]

Nice done! Congrats from Brazil! :)

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you very much!

[@markchapman3811]

Wonderful video as always! Ps: He was wearing black socks at the beginning of the video but at the end of the day, we see white ones😅

[@dweuromaxx]

:0 Michael's a shapeshifter!

[@hypernewlapse]

Brant being the loud one in the elevator is so on brand for him lol

[@FhargaZ]

Love this series, moar!!! 😆

[@aisha6277]

LOVE this!

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you! :D

[@shahlabadel8628]

really amusing! thanks and next??

[@dweuromaxx]

Working on it!:)

[@albertoyarmuch]

Ach Michael 😂

[@ashrafmdtanjid]

That's nice 😂 funny too. The acting was fantastic.😂

[@dweuromaxx]

Thank you! :)

[@hendriekyopin8590]

Ah, German humor. Great.

[@JostSchwider]

Großartig! 👍 - auch für den YT-Algo! 😊 👍 - also for the YT algo! 😊

[@Sourabhgkulkarni]

Very interesting and informative. Would love to watch how germans spend their weekend

[@dweuromaxx]

In our new episode we talk about Michael's Friday night 😏 And Michael's Sunday is on the way!

[@МихаилДыль-г8л]

Good job . I consume right the same amand of coffee .

[@julianfueller7186]

Unfortunatly, I'v never had a REAL office-job. Funny video!

[@chtubbie]

Lucky you!

[@julianfueller7186]

@@chtubbie Actually, it would be very comfortable to have one. Retail is very stressfull.

[@shaclo1512]

office jobs are great, you don't get tired over the day and can do a lot of stuff after work.

[@shy6892]

All this work life balance is only possible people in 3rd world countries are grinding 16hrs consulting gigs for peanuts

[@onestarabove7027]

Yes, same as here in the United States. Who only works 40 hours?

[@shy6892]

@@onestarabove7027 i worked 16 hours every day and developed so many health problems

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

There is no work-life balance. Many people suffer from burnout there.

[@frankymorello123]

Clare is hard with us😂

[@themanwnoname3454]

2023(G) “Respect and dignity.” Furthermore:

[@bjorn6726]

In Germany we call it Party-Evening 😃

[@Pedder246]

The better Translation for "mahlzeit" would be "meal time" since its out of two words (mahl = meal / food and zeit = time)

[@willzyxOfficial]

But how is it used? For example in Dutch it's virtually the same, "maaltijd", but people use this word to mean "meal", not "meal time", even if that is the literal translation. Could imagine German does the same.

[@Pedder246]

​​@@willzyxOfficial how is it used, thats kinda weird to explain. I'll portray some Situations in a lets say office job: 1. You leave your Desk for lunch: you simply say "mahlzeit" to your coworkers while you exit the room. Everybody Knows youre having your lunch break. 2. You come back from your lunch break: you step into the office and say "mahlzeit". Everybody knows you've Finished your lunch break. 3. You Pass by a coworker at the corridor around lunch break time: you simply say "mahlzeit". Therefore its more Like a greeting or something like "hey dude, its time for lunch" So basically its a multi purpose word for working fellas that is used for greeting, goodbye, and telling somebody that you are going to take a lunch break.

[@willzyxOfficial]

@@Pedder246 But is it then only a lunch/work thing? Not something you use when having dinner with friends for example? Like after eating "Das war ein leckeres mahlzeit"?

[@Pedder246]

@@willzyxOfficial some people may use it in their non-working-environment. But its very unusal. If youre having lunch with friends you would more likely say "guten appetit" wich is like good appetite. Or you say "gudn" wich kinda means enjoy your meal. Do you say maaltjijd before taking lunch or any other meal?

[@willzyxOfficial]

@@Pedder246 It isn't just a greeting/wish to someone else, it's used as a regular word for meal. Like you can use it when saying you had a good meal, or you're going to make a nice meal tonight, etc. Seems like the use is indeed a bit different, despite being the literal translation. Always funny to see how virtually same words in Dutch and German sometimes get used differently. Sometimes very differently, or even reversed (See/Meer).

[@mln7771]

Hilarious. I’m watching more.

[@Luca_86]

I love the yiddish way of calling him Mishael...

[@adoyer04]

you forgot the "i know it better" attitude in here.

[@amineouelji47]

The reporter is funny😂

[@minilroy8774]

Creative. 🔥

[@notroll1279]

I would have placed "the average German" in a middling town like Osnabrück or Siegen rather than in Berlin, where things like transport or the home renter/owner ratio are far off the German average.

[@dweuromaxx]

Production limitations ;)

[@shadmansadab]

Complete “Paolo from Tokyo” vibes

[@clownhipp7066]

Thx u🎉

[@filiphlupic1582]

Make more of those, please.

[@dweuromaxx]

More Michael Müller comin' in hot!

[@filiphlupic1582]

@@dweuromaxx jawoll!

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

Is this the famous deutscher Michel that works for everybody? We should say thanks to him when we get our Bürgergeld.

[@orhandag540]

Germans have such a well-structured working culture that they even have special words that define lunchtime and the end of the shift.

[@dweuromaxx]

Good point 😅

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

And Feierabend. Work is such a terrible thing that they wait until the evening to make party.

[@caveatlector1591]

our fave german is back!

[@Oleksa-Derevianchenko]

2:50 how does this happen? 🤔 do Germans have some special etiquette for getting closer to colleagues, like "don't kiss a colleague that has already been kissed by another colleague that day" or something. German unspoken office rules are pretty much a mistery for me. Hopefully, some of those 32% will read this comment and care to explain

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

They are just sick rules. When they go for lunch, they just rush and swallow everything. After that, they go back to their offices and stare at their mobile phones (Handy 😂).

[@nubianprincessqueenofsaba2342]

Never put your weenie into company material that is an unspoken law

[@Just4Kixs]

I love these series!

[@Can-uy1bb]

Doesn't earn much, eats bad food and enjoys beer after work

[@ShowBizJunkie]

What is the deal with in office there are usually only two workers? Can anyone explain?

[@farhad.Niyazi]

Das war toll 🎉🎉

[@Priya3]

Not the cliffhanger😢 ......Germans pls answer- Where is Michael going on a date? P.S I want this to be a show on netflix

[@lucassilbernagel5330]

Mahlzeit everyone!!1!

[@AlexTurner_666]

3:25 No creo que sea muy higienico sentarse donde las personas comen.

[@Sophia-dq5we]

Ich würde gerne das Kapitel von Michaels Zitat sehen. Dankeschön!

[@G.Harley.Davidson]

What happened to Rachel Stewart?

[@niamhwatson]

wondering the same! I loved her videos.

[@DIETRICHCICCONE]

The German Etiquette Council ? 😱

[@dweuromaxx]

It exists! :D

[@mudassarhussain5853]

My management professor has always something to say about German.

[@dweuromaxx]

Hopefully good things 😅

[@jarjarbinks3193]

Misha-yale?! Is that how "Michael" is pronounced in Germany?

[@dweuromaxx]

Yes, indeed :)

[@jarjarbinks3193]

@@dweuromaxx Thanks!

[@Malte_OJ]

The pronounciation in the video is a little bit off, but Misha-ale is as close as you can get with english pronounciation. The "ch" is pronounced like "ch" in "Loch Ness" (not 100%, but close)

[@vanessat9309]

No, the way it's pronounced in the video sounds French. DW could have made more of an effort...

[@k.s.421]

No, she pronounced it a bit weird. Its called Micha-el. With a soft "CH"

[@falka7639]

Stalking 😅,wenn es eine mir sympathische Person ist die ich kenne könnte ich es bedingt gut finden 😮.

[@pkorobase]

Isnt the "homeoffice rate" risen substantially since the pandemic? my employer still tries to get his employes (roughly 2000, an IT-company) "back to office" - but mostly in vain. "kein bock auf office" is more the common saying.😂

[@dweuromaxx]

Yes, it rose substantially since the pandemic. But, like you said, it’s changing a little now. Our reference here is Germans’ preference for how they want to work in the future - and indeed, it seems a lot want that hope office flexibility 😎

[@sleepysam2015]

In Danish, it is arbejder.

[@reidakted4416]

Is an average German the same as a mean German? 🤣🤣🤣

[@dweuromaxx]

Michael is a sweetheart!

[@ErenYeager36]

Michael.. go get her Tiger.

[@ericstrahler5767]

She is absolutely adorable. I would love to know where she got her wig. Is this common with germans?

[@c0d3_m0nk3y]

I hope you meant wit 😂

[@dweuromaxx]

😅 If you meant wig, it's unfortunately from her own head. But if you meant wit, she says it's from growing up watching Edgar Wright movies

[@7md_IRQ]

Claire Trelawney so cute

[@suzaku1039]

is it average for germans to speak with their co workers when they are not asked about work topics?

[@FXT130]

Lucky guy, blonde is chasing him.

[@canisiuszharare1797]

How do i move to Germany i have a logistics degree hoping to move

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

Don't do that, please.

[@billyponsonby]

Where have we seen Clare before DW?

[@dweuromaxx]

Either on TikTok or winning a local art prize in 2002

[@thomaswindham4457]

Do germans really work about 1300 hours annually, i.e. 25 hours per week? Danke.

[@dweuromaxx]

Hi there! Full-time employees in Germany work around 40 hours per week, while part-time employees work around 20. The average weekly working hours (comprising both part- and full-time employees) is 34.7 hours per week (2022). 👷‍♀️👩🏿‍💻 SOURCE: www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Labour/Labour-Market/Quality-Employment/Dimension3/3_1_WeeklyHoursWorked.html

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

Krankgeschrieben is the key word.

[@sweiland75]

Here in Canada, if you looked at a woman and said, "meal" you may be punched or slapped.

[@Priya3]

Meal or snacc?

[@samakolBanbol]

type of guy who doesn't celebrate Bastille day!!

[@Visionery1]

Na ja, Mahlzeit sage ich nie, und eine Tasse Kaffee täglich ist mir genug.

[@annypenny8621]

… du bist ja auch nicht durchschnittlich…😉

[@shaclo1512]

da können wir nichts dazu dass du nicht normal bist.

[@marleneMS]

He works a lot then doesn't he

[@Cz-De-Lifestyle]

50/50 chance you're gonna do overtime.Means they wont have much time for for social stuff, no wonder they're gonna start checkin their co-worker

[@strangetoucan]

If you're out of the office at 5 - 5:30 without overtime there is not much left of the day anyway if you want to do anything else like go to the gym

[@fa18superhornet]

Hallo aus Griechenland! Und wann bekommen wir die Kriegsreparationen?

[@k.s.421]

Germany is broke.

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

They should sell their islands, but nobody would buy them.

[@8tonystark8]

What? How is Clare so cute...

[@Trigun_arcx]

Hard hitting news!! Very Europeans…

[@brunod8578]

" how much does he earn?"

[@markb978]

€22.65/hour is average for an office worker? McDonalds in hiring at a starting wage of $17-$18 in California, with lower taxes.

[@strangetoucan]

Yeah it's lower in Germany but your employer also pays half of your health insurance and pension. Also you get unlimited paid sick time and at least 24 days paid holiday. But to be fair minimum wage is 12€ and we have a big exploitative sector. Cheap labour is the Germans favourite labour. It's very common to have a master's degree and work for 17 € hourly wage. That's what I did. 3000 a month before taxes. We have a lot of older people that complain that they can't find anyone who wants to work anymore. But pay rises are ridiculously small and you'll never get a well paid job without years of experience and a leading role. (Unless you're a programmer or some sort of business studies person)

[@sweiland75]

America has a reputation for terrible employee rights.

[@markb978]

@@sweiland75 "Reputation"? I watch/listen a fair bit of DW, France 24, BBC, and I have to say they all present a very selective (i.e. biased) view of America. They seem to get their talking points from the Socialist Party USA. I've been to Europe 7 times and look forward to my next visit but, personally, I'd prefer to make more money and keep more of it. I don't need the government deciding how the fruits of my labor should be allocated in my "best interest." I'm capable of doing that myself. More and more people don't mind because it's easier to have government bureaucrats make their decisions for them. Sad. In any event, wages in Europe are shockingly much lower than in the U.S., that was the point of my post.

[@SiberianSwiftieAlexanderS]

@@markb978 To make money for life or to live for making money ?

[@sollte1239]

​@@markb978Germans also pay less money for food, get money from the goverment and have more holiday days off work

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

Lol annoying coworker!

[@userz1985A]

And its in Berlin😅

[@dweuromaxx]

Shhh 😉

[@markluka7356]

Are Germans consider shy people?

[@dweuromaxx]

Perhaps more reserved than shy. It can be said that they're certainly not shy if you've broken a rule 😅

[@ponkavinthangavel7974]

❤verryfunny

[@mmz5844]

Boys don't be like Michael otherwise you will go blind 😎

[@sunu84]

I want to see other Germans , this is a Büro German, What about construction employee Germans?

[@dweuromaxx]

As the series is about the Average German, and unfortunately the most common job here is an office job, we've got to follow the data 💔 but we'll try to introduce you to as many side characters as we can!

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

There is no such a thing. They are all immigrants.

[@michaell.8185]

900 Euro's per month?

[@mariannelueder237]

Of course not. Michael works 40,4 hours per week, not per month. So, his gross salary is about € 3.600,- per month, minus income tax , health insurance, unemployment insurance, pension insurance and nursing care insurance. His net income should be around € 2.300,-, I guess.

[@michaell.8185]

@@mariannelueder237 Correctly

[@sebastianstangl4726]

Schade ist nur das er so leidend aussieht. Sind wir Deutschen so?

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

Ja.

[@jamesgekas9904]

What happened to other British gir ?

[@dweuromaxx]

Rachel is still with us, just working on different projects :)

[@warrior29363]

I saw a guy taking a shower.. is that fake? I heard europeans never takes showers and smell son bad.

[@mariannelueder237]

???? Who, the heck says that we europeans don’t shower? Of course, we do.

[@FreeWanderingThinker]

I don't know about that, but in Germany, I have seen many times people wash their dishes but not rinsing them under the water. It's pretty disgusting.