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I get the vibe that you think Amazon treats Germany better. Amazon has warehouses in basically every country and treats their warehouse employees like crap in every country. Amazon as far as I know treats all of their employees like crap.

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My point is rather that in Germany at least one can work on their tech stuff and in warehouses they experienced solid pushback by German unions. Meanwhile rich western investor in Poland? For a plastic bag of cash on the table, they can do literally anything and receive taxbreaks.

> My point is rather that in Germany at least one can work on their tech stuff

I'd bet Amazon tech workers in Gdańsk and Warsaw have more purchasing power than their German counterparts

iPhones and BMWs are more expensive in Poland than in Germany, potato is cheaper though...

Is rent cheaper?

There is no culture of renting. After fall of communism people went into full capitalism mode but don't have the sophistication to invest into something more complicated than a mortgage and real estate. One gets 20-30 sqm studio for 450-600 eur/month. Basically hotel room with kitchen annex. I think Warsaw took over Berlin already.

Kinda. Germany is not famous for high salaries in tech. This wouldnt apply for Switzerland, UK, Netherlands etc.

Amazon still has to abide by the laws and regulations of countries they work in. So I wouldn't be surprised if workers in Germany are treated a lot better than they are in countries with weaker laws (not talking about Poland here, I don't know how they compare).

Not sure if they just slip by while not being in the spot light. Amazon repeatedly failed to follow COVID regulations in France, refused to reduce operations to a manageable point and instead opted to shut the affected warehouses down completely.

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