> The whole attitude of "I landed a job with job security, so I am not doing a thing more than I have to" is what drives germany into the ground

I'm not in Germany, but I definitely see this attitude in lots of positions in what I see as jobs with excessive job security.

> Policemen are notorious for abuses of powers with no repercussions

So wouldn't it be good if they potentially had less job security so they'd actually face some real repercussions for their bad actions? Instead they often have some of the strongest job protections out there. They can sometimes even murder people and still collect a full paycheck while cooling off for a few weeks.

> Teachers get the short end of the stick, and the best ones are seldom recognised

I agree. And once again, lots of job security programs ensure the ones continuing to scrape by get promoted and kept while those actually trying just face burn out. I definitely think teachers in general should be paid more and should have good incentive systems (of which there are lots of bad incentive systems, it's a tricky thing to do well in this space).

> in general we should care about people’s well-being instead of trying to “advance” and being afraid of “being left behind” all the time.

I truly do agree we should try and have a good balance of work/life, and I do agree tons of people in places like the US are way too overly focused on the work side of that. I'm just pointing out when you focus too much on the other side, all your industries are no longer competitive on the global marketplace[0] and you'll find yourself a lot worse off. Having people who aren't effectively incentivized to improve (for whatever improve means in context) is not a good thing, I think we can both agree on that.

FWIW, that kind of near total job security leading to not caring about improving isn't inherently a government job kind of thing. I've known lots of people in private industry be effectively the same. The real connection is places with extreme bureaucracy. And I'm definitely not trying to bash all government employees, many truly are hard workers who care.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volksw...