Klaus closed his laptop. Outside, a delivery truck for a bakery hummed past his window. Inside that truck, a driver was probably humming a tune, maybe checking his phone. On that phone, perhaps, was the PDF.
But late that night, as she watched the night porter—a man who had worked for her for 30 years—check in a tired family, she saw him smile at his phone. He was looking at the PDF. She knew he was calculating his new wage. And for the first time in a long time, she didn't see resentment in his eyes. Just a tired, quiet dignity. tarifvertrag ngg lohntabelle 2024 pdf
Her job: Verkäuferin (sales staff), Group 2, Level 1. Last year: €13.50 per hour. She scanned the 2024 row. Klaus closed his laptop