"It is a good combination between the East and the West. "My first encounter with Berlin in 2015 was a great experience," she said. And when I ask if they speak English, they usually say 'no' very quickly and loudly."Īnd yet, Mara opted to move to Germany because she felt the country, and in her case specifically Berlin, had so much to offer. A little more openness and flexibility would help. "But I personally felt quite strange when they asked me for different documents, and I didn't understand anything.
"Of course, I can't ask people in Germany not to speak German. In contrast, Germany's bureaucracy for foreigners remains stubbornly in German, which hasn't made things easier. Loneliness has played a role too: Initially forced to work at home by the coronavirus pandemic, she has found it hard to make social contacts and, since her work is mostly in English, she hasn't been able to improve her German, despite taking courses in Bucharest. She has since struggled with the bureaucracy, with finding an apartment in Berlin's notoriously difficult market, and with learning German. "I'll stay in Germany, but I don't see myself here for the next five or 10 years." "Maybe I'll stay another year or two, but I'm not planning long-term anymore," she told DW. But after a year in Germany, she's already planning a way out. Having previously lived in the UK, the 30-year-old Romanian was delighted to find a good job in advertising in Berlin. Mara knows more about the pluses and minuses of moving to Germany than most. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Do you speak English? 'No' Germany to smooth entry for foreign skilled workers The top four countries were New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and Australia, with the UK and the US in 7th and 8th place. The study isolated four groups of people that governments hope to attract - highly-qualified specialists, businesspeople, start-up founders, and international students - and found that in only one of those groups, the students, was Germany ranked in the top 10. The analysis is based on seven "dimensions" that foreign talents are said to value: Quality of opportunities, income and tax, future prospects, family environment, skills environment, inclusiveness, and quality of life. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) "Indicators of Talent Attractiveness," released on Thursday, shows Germany slipped from 12th place in 2019 to 15th this year among the 38 OECD countries. Germany is becoming less attractive to top foreign talents, according to a new Bertelsmann/OECD study that will worry Olaf Scholz's government, which is trying to get more foreign skilled workers to fill labor market gaps.
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