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by omgwtfusb 982 days ago
Interesting, seems like developers unionizing is getting popular in Europe. Is there any union for general software devs in Germany? I know workers council (Betriebsrat) is popular but that's very company-dependent.
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Game companies have notoriously been sweatshops for devs, so not surprising I guess.
I think you’d be covered under Ver.di. I worked in an IT security consulting firm and was covered
Yes, IG Metal is active across many IT related companies, and it was already a thing when I moved here 20 years ago.

Game companies and small agencies are the exception actually.

If you do IT at a big German company, you will most likely be covered by union agreements, even if not being part of one.