(Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.)<\/p>\n
4 JANUARY 2007, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
Bureaucratic Theater of the Absurd \u2013 Even in Munich or at the Technical University of Munich? \u2013 15<\/p>\n
\u201dPeter-Burkhard Maassen, deputy supervisor of the labor office in Viersen: \u2018In practice, that kind of proof need not be presented, because, if you think about it, getting such proof would require an enormous effort, and in the final objective analysis, it couldn\u2019t be gotten at all.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cJOURNALIST: \u2018Aha! So in this case, besides sloppy work, we have bureaucratic arbitrariness. And in addition, to this day, Claudia Wassmann has not had a single job offer mediated by the labor office \u2013 except for the job as a kitchen helper. On the other hand, Dr. Wassmann herself found and applied for twenty-six positions and has had nine interviews, both in Germany and in other countries. Her chances, therefore, of finding a suitable position are quite good. Not because of the German labor office, but in spite of it. What the labor office did was simply to make life difficult for Dr. Wassmann, while at the same time impeding her attempts to apply for work suited to her qualifications\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n (Note: It is perhaps useful to point out to Americans that the reason Dr. Wassmann registered with the labor office in the first place was to try to take advantage of Germany\u2019s relatively generous social welfare benefits while she looked for a position as a research scientist or physician. This is fairly normal procedure in Germany. Unlike what would happen in the United States under similar circumstances, few German professionals in Dr. Wassmann\u2019s situation would hesitate to register as she did.)<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Nowak, Dana, \u201eBeitrag: Arbeitsvermittlung absurd – Eine Wissenschaftlerin als Kuechenhilfe\u201c, Frontal 21, Broadcast of December 5, 2006, ZDF German Public Television.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like someone who has been attacked and injured by a group of thugs. You forgive the thugs, but at the same time you have to warn other people about them.\u201d \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n “I love (my country) more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n —————————————————————————-<\/p>\n 4 JANUAR 2007, DONNERSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Arbeitsvermittlung absurd \u2013 auch in M\u00fcnchen oder an der Technischen Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen? \u2013 15<\/p>\n \u201ePeter-Burkhard Maa\u00dfen, Stellvertretender Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrer ARGE Kreis Viersen: \u201aDer Nachweis ist in der Praxis wirklich nicht zu f\u00fchren. Denn, wenn man das mal zuende denkt, mit enormen Aufwand verbunden w\u00e4re, der auch letztendlich objektiv gar nicht leistbar ist.\u2019<\/p>\n Aha! Zur Schlamperei gesellt sich also noch B\u00fcrokratenwillk\u00fcr. Dazu bis heute kein einziges Stellenangebot von der ARGE \u2013 au\u00dfer eben der K\u00fcchenhilfe. Claudia Wassmann dagegen hat neun Vorstellungsgespr\u00e4che im In- und Ausland gef\u00fchrt, sich auf 26 Stellen beworben. Ihre Chancen stehen deshalb sehr gut. Nicht wegen, sondern trotz ARGE. Die macht Claudia Wassmann nur das Leben und bewerben schwer.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Nowak, Dana, \u201eBeitrag: Arbeitsvermittlung absurd – Eine Wissenschaftlerin als K\u00fcchenhilfe\u201c, Frontal 21, Sendung vom 5. Dezember 2006, ZDF.<\/p>\n \u201eIch f\u00fchle mich wie eine Person, die von einer Gruppe Schl\u00e4ger angegriffen und verletzt wird. Man vergibt die Schl\u00e4ger, aber man muss andere Menschen vor ihnen warnen.\u201c \u2013 George Sand<\/p>\n \u201eIch liebe (mein Land) mehr, als alle anderen L\u00e4nder der Welt, und genau aus diesem Grund bestehe ich auf das Recht, es ewig zu kritisieren.\u201c – James Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/<\/p>\n ===========================================<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Eine Deutsche Fassung steht weiter unten. German version below.) 4 JANUARY 2007, THURSDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY Bureaucratic Theater of the Absurd \u2013 Even in Munich or at the Technical University of Munich? \u2013 15 \u201dPeter-Burkhard Maassen, deputy supervisor of the labor office in Viersen: \u2018In practice, that kind of proof need not be presented, because, if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu-munich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}