Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Sounds nice and romantic. But the prerequisite is that the children are taken care of. So parents live nearby. But that is rarely the case.

And about the wages. You don’t compare wages 1:1, but also the working hours. For a non-craftsman, I assume about 2x the required time. If the craftsman charges 40 € in the bill, a net income of 20€ / hour is sufficient.

I once calculated this for painters after we tried filling the old building walls ourselves. I would calculate at least 2x material usage, 2x purchase price, and 3x hours. All this divided by 16 hours on the weekend means a few months without a real break. Just for one task. Nobody tolerates that work intensification during the week today anymore.

Sure, if the neighborhood meets together at the construction site, pitches in, chats, and has a beer in the evening, then building is like leisure, but somehow there is no such community anymore today. Divide and rule. That is the real core. Work intensification during the day and being exhausted in front of the TV in the evening.

Wow, when you open the invoice, also add the material surcharges of an average specialist company, that also makes a nice difference in the factor if material is also billed at factor 2...

Are you sure that you can still find craftsmen for 40€ outside the boundaries? VAT down, some deductions, etc., and a collective wage of around 15€...

Wow, when you open the invoice, also add the material surcharges of an average specialist company, that also has a nice impact on the factor if material is also billed at factor 2...

Are you sure that you can currently still find craftsmen outside the area for 40€? VAT down, some deductions etc., and a collective wage of around 15€...

This is an example calculation. Then take 60 € / hour. Calculate 2.5x the time for a layman and 1.5x the material consumption. You will probably arrive at the same value for the earnings.

That really interests me now. Can you all do paid overtime if you want?

This really interests me now. Can you all do paid overtime as you wish?

I currently do about 200 overtime hours per year and get paid for them without any problems. If I wanted, I could also work more. But I am also a one-person controlling department that does everything and has a monopoly on experience in many areas.

I'm really curious now. Can you all do paid overtime on request?

I can do overtime. But not unlimited. I only get paid 25%, the hours themselves go into a separate account. In theory, I can cash them out within 6 months. But the works council has to approve the overtime again every month.
I end up with around 100-150 overtime hours per year. I take some off as time off, some I have paid out.