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		Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd on Dec 10, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Travis CI: From Open to Minimum Vacation Policy You can't self-employ in Germany without actually working for more than one company. (It was abused too much to get around employee protections.)

Argorak on Dec 10, 2014 | [–]

There are lots of ways around this, including just forming your own company and then exclusively working for another.

polskibus on Dec 11, 2014 | [–]

It is still abused in many ways (for example Rossmann chain), not only in tech sector - you can always work through an agency).

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