[firebacon]

Unemployment in Germany didn't go up much because they reclassified the "unemployed" as "furloughed". The end result is the same though, recipients are living entirely off government assistance.

7.3 million germans are currently fourloughed. That is 21% of the workforce!

[dxdm]

A major difference is between losing your job and keeping it, and businesses keeping their trained workforce. A lot of people work less instead of not at all. Come better days, it will be much easier to get back on track, hopefully.