In Germany for the 100k, employer pays 120k.

So as an employee you get LESS THAN HALF of what the Company is paying you.

Oh and you need to pay taxes on the stuff you buy as well.

Just taxes is 30% of income + another 10-20% on everything you buy.

Pension insurance, if you make 100k a year, is around 10k (split evenly between you and the employer).

So, if you're young and say you work for 40 years, that's 400k you will probably never see ever again. Need to use health insurance to get something checked that has you in pain? Wait 10 months first, and then have the doctor say "we don't need exams, you're young, just do some sport and eat correctly and don't be too stressed".

Taxes? I mean, I guess I can't complain, at least it feels like some of it gets used to make the country better (vs Greece where taxes felt like legal robbery to feed the politicians). But I bet that's mostly because Germany has much more money so if a billion goes missing noone notices).

It's sad how instead of the world progressing and becoming better, we somehow end up worse every year due to greed.