Talk:Work–life balance in Germany

You wrote a very good article. You view the theme of WLB from different areas. But how is the standard of labour conditions in Germany? Especially comparing to the other EU countries? The Scandinavian countries are leader relating to the WLB. They are also distinguished by the inhomogeneous elites. May bee this is factor that effects a “better” WLB in market-economies. Scientific research also shows that the Scandinavians are very happy people. They are happier than people which life in the “sunshine states” of Europe like for example in Italy. Do they have a higher quality of life? On the other side they survived the crises of the last years in a good condition. For example Sweden may bee is in a steadier state than Germany in relation to economic skills. Scientific research also shows that the Scandinavians also feel aligned with their states. They like to pay taxes because they trust in the system of democracy and free market-economy. This may bee causes good condition of state and economy and through that relaxed labour conditions.

This article gives a good overview about work-life-balance in Germany. But there are only advantages listed for companies using WLB-concepts. What are the disadvantages? Developing HR-concepts is expensive, smaller companies might not have the budget to process such a huge project. The advantages sure do predminate, but some problems or difficulties that might exist should be mentioned. --Jenwillb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenwillb (talk • contribs) 10:16, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

In my opinion, the theme "work-life-balance" is very extensive, so that it is difficult to write it stringent. But this article is succeeded to give essential information about the work-life-balance in Germany. Perhaps, it would be better to give an example of the german company (or companies), which try to implement the WLB concepts, in order to prove, that this concept is not only the theory, but it is also becoming an important part of the company's strategy. -- Alfiya EN (talk) 11:10, 14 July 2011 (UTC)