German Chancellor Friedrich Merz outlined a package of pension, tax and labor reforms on Thursday, along with measures to cut red tape that he said would boost growth, jobs and competitiveness while maintaining social welfare protections.
You’ve clearly never been a patient with a German doctor.
In Germany, they’re colloquially called “gods in white coats”.
If you EVER asked a doctor to give you a note for X days, you would not be happy with the result. They tell you what you need, not the other way around.
I think the idea is that the doctors are annoyed that they’re being called upon for minor colds and are ‘overnoting’ to avoid having to write another and also as a bit of an f you to the employer.
You’ve clearly never been a patient with a German doctor.
In Germany, they’re colloquially called “gods in white coats”.
If you EVER asked a doctor to give you a note for X days, you would not be happy with the result. They tell you what you need, not the other way around.
I think the idea is that the doctors are annoyed that they’re being called upon for minor colds and are ‘overnoting’ to avoid having to write another and also as a bit of an f you to the employer.