Germany’s ‘exploited’ student assistants waiting weeks to be paid

"Universities, however, have cast doubt on the reliability of the data." No surprise here, really. Germany is a terrible place for academics when it comes to job security and conditions, for early and mid-career academics alike. Most posts below a tenured Chair are precarious, not to mention that these are often directly dependent on a Chair (no departmental system). Obviously, the top dogs with a Chair, who are benefiting from this exploitative system, do not want it to change much. The arrogance of German professors (I am generalising obviously) is legendary. It is only trumped by the insularity and ignorance of the "Kultusminister" of the German Laender responsible for education.