When you lose your job, you visit the Job Center, right? Seems logical. Except that when you get there, you'll often get told to visit the job agency instead (Agentur für Arbeit). And when you get THERE, they tell you to visit the job agency on the other side of town! What the bloody hell is going on here? ... Read More
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