Is that even legal?

25 comments

1. 60 hours a week looks illegal.

   If i recall it correctly 48 hours is the maximum

2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/10yteuj/is_there_a_limit_to_working_hours_per_week/](https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/10yteuj/is_there_a_limit_to_working_hours_per_week/)

   Comment by u/Sunshine__Weirdo

   >You are only allowed to work 48h per Week or 8hours per Day (Arbeitszeitgesetz). You can work up to 10hours per Day, if you work on average 8hours in 6 Months.

3. I would do it for a minimum of 120k / year

4. I hope that a legit offer knows how to spell Siemens…

   And no 60h/week is not legal

5. Of course not. Even if it was, who the fuck would want to work 60h? Are they crazy or something?

6. It depends. If you’re in a management position you’re allowed to work more than 48 hours. ([§ 18 Abs. 1 Nr. 1 ArbZG](https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbzg/__18.html)),

   If you’re a “normal” employee 48 hours is the maximum per week (with a few exceptions).

7. Illegal.

8. Workload is illegal, typos not so much. 😛

9. The worst most scummy people that you can get on the phone are english recruiters hiring for positions in germany. They are arrogant, pushy, dismissive, unknowledgeable and will always try to upsell you to the client and play down your own skills to you.

10. No

11. Reads like a freelance gig, normal

12. It depends what country they’re looking for workers in. 60 hours a week would be illegal for an employee working in Germany, but not for someone in many other countries, or freelancers/consultants in Germany

13. If the company trying to hire me can’t spell the name of the company on whose tech I’m supposed to be working, I’m going to assume this is not a thing I should be touching with as much as a barge pole.

14. Sorry can I ask which job agency u use

15. Is the job itself actually based in Germany?

16. they even wrote Siemens wrong

17. This is not a job offer. It is an offer for a freelance gig

18. I would ask, how many people will share the 60+ hours workload…

19. Maybe they are looking for a team of two people.

20. No one bothered by “Simens”? This sounds like spam to get your personal data

21. Ok guys, thanks for your insights!

    I see that this workload is clearly *illegal* for both normal employees(more than 48h per week) and for individual freelancers (because it would be ‘fake self employment’).

    Should I do something about it? I mean, report it somewhere or?..

22. Is the job actually in Germany?

23. No. 60 isn‘t

24. sure why not

25. No, it is not legal if what they are offering is an employment contract.

    Anything goes if they are looking for a consultant.

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