Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Hmm. Well, my husband already said I should just show up at the sanitary department in the company. But I won’t go that far. I’m a customer, not a supplicant. As I said, apart from the solar thermal system, we can do the rest ourselves. Bit by bit, as we have done so far. That costs me less nerves than chasing after craftsmen.

Hmm. So my husband already said I should just show up at the plumbing department in the company. But I’m not going that far. I am a customer, not a supplicant. As I said, apart from the solar thermal system, we can do the rest ourselves. Gradually, as we have done so far. It costs me less nerve than chasing after craftsmen.

Maybe place an ad in the local newspaper?

Hmm. So my husband already said I should just show up at the plumbing department in the company. But I won’t go that far. I am a customer and not a supplicant. As I said, apart from the solar thermal system, we can do the rest ourselves. Gradually, as we have done so far. That costs me less nerves than chasing after craftsmen.

Well, but maybe the plumber also has a tip?

For example, better marketing of job profiles. Practical days specifically for certain professions (based on Girls/Boys Day), industry-specific (higher) minimum wages, better Bafög conditions

Showing young people respect would be a start. As if it weren’t already enough that “Gen Z” has, let’s say, interesting demands on the working world, it is precisely the craft businesses that see apprentices as cheap servants who should just shovel shit. “Apprenticeship years are not gentleman’s years” sayings and the matching attitude on top. Nobody wants to work there anymore. Poor payment of journeymen and the boss rolling up to the customer in a Cayenne adds insult to injury. That simply does not go down well with the current generation.

In my opinion, there hasn’t been much political negligence either. Yes, there is a shortage of young talent, but demand also exploded during the low-interest phase and now it’s over, but thanks to energy prices, this game goes on.

There is some truth to the first part. Especially the frequently observed attitude towards and the treatment of women or men presenting femininely definitely still needs work.

However, I do not believe that the situation will improve in the next 10 or 20 years.

And every time I read that, I feel sad again that your father can't replace his PC for half a year. Mine would have had a new one from me after a week.

I can reassure you: I have since bought him one. But to be honest, he wasn’t happy about it because he misses his old one. Stupid question: Why am I obligated to replace his broken stuff?