window into their life that you never, you never see your company research team to the pacific to include language of whales starts to forth on d, w i i, i, i me, i'm this close to buying a new desk for my flats. maybe something like this. know maybe something a bit bigger, but i don't know if i really need one. i hate the idea of being chained to a desk when i work. do i want one at home as well? it doesn't get the creative juices flowing for me. i'm more productive. sprawled out on a bean bag with a laptop and the world of work is in flux right now. covered 19 his spot,

a total rethink of how we do business. those of us able to work at home are lucky, shutting down an economy can be devastating to people, to their livelihoods, and health, just as devastating as a buyers can be, especially doing it as suddenly as india did, the government gave people just a few hours last march before putting the country in total locked down, leaving migrant workers unemployed and unable to feed themselves. thousands were forced to make the long journey home to their villages on foot. for many, it took days, some didn't make it. the pandemic restrictions have hit the most vulnerable, hottest, especially foreign workers in low wage sectors. whether in india or here in germany . now for weeks, india has been facing a devastating 2nd wave of covert. 19. countless thousands are languishing in

hospitals or outside them, waiting for what treatment there is. one thousands of deceased r cremated empires in the country cities it's amid this chaos itinerant workers are heading back home to the countryside. those who can't get hold of a bus ticket. during last down there is no work for them in big city factories and other businesses. gary and sharma, spent years toiling away and textile factories and telling and other cities. now he tries to sell close beside the yearly client highway 5 man, if you send me your way decreasing sales coast, the factory to stop production, legitimate, staying in a big city like jelly would be tough as there was nobody to see me. okay, i'm so they get the limit number if that and so i decided to return to my home town

. i'm selling it with a bomb lighter than down here with the anthem that he finds precious few buyers. some of them said he should have stayed in delhi to go doug and lorna cove. it has been wreaking havoc in my opinion, the migrant should have stayed put like i looked for alternative work. god will know what it was, the responsibility of their employees to take care of their daily needs. after having profited from going, because i'm going to be about the problems experienced by migrant workers in germany are minimal compared to their indian counterparts. covered 1900 cases and death rates are far lower. here. polls and romanians work, the many asparagus fields outside berlin. they get paid 9 euros 50 an hour, certainly more than they'd get back home and enough to make them willing to cross borders even during the pandemic of us and getting here was a bit tricky. yeah,

i came on the bus. i waited here for a while at the border during one check for the it lasted 4 hours. so yes, pretty tough and nothing. but it's worth it. i'm better up here than in romania. i've been coming for 5 years. yes. i've got a good job and work for a good company, and i'd like to carry on for a few more years. have a good, all right here under good a few my own is worth a piano. i bet you me. responses to company couldn't function without its migrant workers harvesting asparagus. it's hard work that you germans are willing to do. although this year, the asparagus farmer had to spend some $500.00 euros extra per worker to provide cooper. 1910, the talk and to be honest, it was easier this year than last because this year we had all the solid information. we needed from the various authorities and ministries regarding the conditions we had to fulfill. and those are workers had to meet so things were

pretty clear. and we've been able to bring over almost all our people from elsewhere in europe. austin level, and also on that level. well, migrant workers are welcomed in germany. the situation they face in india is foreign. graver and blue, cool. mark drove took, took and deli for many years. and his home city of j 4, he's forced to keep himself afloat with dame labor. i was invented those other conditions in the big cities became very bad as nobody was on the roads. the lockdown made things even worse, but i have managed to get a few cars to clean today. most of india's migrant workers are unskilled, have no job contracts, and right now get no financial support from the government. according to international research figures, 80 percent of those workers in cities had already lost their jobs during the 1st

mark down. to meet the reason why it's very difficult in india to support my current classes that most of them back in the saddle called on me so that the government doesn't have to be even know in the state. they are currently living and how much they have been earning before the panoramic over in germany. this year, a lot of the harvest workers have single room accommodations due to the strict hygiene regulations. at home in poland. her name is she land, scott doesn't have a regular income. she comes to germany every year to harvest asparagus later, she helps to the to pick apples the she is dumpster. yeah, i've been coming here for 14 years now and i have to in order to support my daughter and her family back home, the migrant workers in india face

a different situation in order to keep on working. they've had to leave the cities, they had johnson and return home instead. among them is 29 year old, she runs john hale's from the small town of home. he went back to his family there during the 1st slow down and ended up staying on the go. but when i got back, i went on to youtube to learn about modern agricultural practices. but then also happened to read about glover orchard and that's what i started out with. the magnolia branch job worked in the oil and lubricants industry for 5 years, but his company had no more work for him. after the pandemic struck back home, he came up with ideas for supporting his extended family. he's developed new irrigation techniques for their fields to everyone's delight. the going toward gay when my older brother ship raj

returned from the city. the whole family was wondering what he would do here in the village, but he applied the latest farming methods set up food tree plantations, and used drip irrigation on the fields which will double our income. the lens just reversed migration, after the pandemic will give a boost to villages as the youngsters adopt and introduce modern farming practices . but success stories like that are been on the ground. the job family is happy about their son's return home. a small, bright light and with the darkness of the pandemic, the before you start thinking, poll migrant workers, why didn't they just stay put in the 1st place? let's take a little look at exactly how important and economically significant migrant workers can be the country they work in. and the country they come from as well. they go

abroad to work and return to the home countries when they contract end to international labor organization estimates. they are 164000000 migrant workers in the world. but over the past years, the panoramic has put a hold to the usual wakes of labor migration. early on in the crisis, many migrant workers returned to the home countries after losing their jobs. in north america and western europe, one in 5 employees is a migrant worker. often there among the 1st to be affected by redundancies. in many cases, they are less protected under labor doors and less eligible for special welfare per working conditions can also means they're more at risk of being infected by cars. at 19, in germany, more than 72000 migrant workers are employed in the sector. 8 percent of them are classified as other well quantified or in leadership positions. economic crisis doesn't just affect individual migrant workers. in general, the money sent home by

a migrant workers supports up to 4 others. millions of households rely on these remittances to survive. sometimes it's their sole source of income. both bank estimates that the value of remittances too low and middle income countries fell by 109000000000 dollars last year. a drop of 20 percent to decline in migrant workers could have him a graphic consequences in germany. population grant has had a records known as the population ages less gets produced, meaning there's not as much to go around, which only increases the demand for migrant workers. a lot of social media influences. we're also migrant workers to a certain extent. but traveling the world to show us plush hotel rooms that most of us couldn't afford or exotic holiday destinations that were already out of touch and now not even reachable because of the pandemic. of course, it's not like they can just jump on

a flight either. so much for that business model, but there are ways around it. and as some economies start to reopen, you may want to know about how to sell yourself in this bad digital age. andrea thong is an influence or 8 years ago she turned her hobby into a career fashion, beauty and lifestyle blogger love. how do you earn money with blog in it? when gets in los by doing advertising, you promote a certain company post on instagram or do you stories about it? you can also write articles for a company like i did to my sister and turned in by to shy and the 21st century is shaping up to be the era of influencing marketing. many bloggers have a loyal following and brand. know how to use that to their advantage. this is also, this is sort of when you start working with a company that often do

a briefing and tell you that they didn't want to see any implausible settings. so if you're promoting beauty products you should be in the bathroom, or at least at home, or not in some exotic and unlikely location. incorporating setting companies evidently, think that an aura of authenticity is important as a way to reach their target groups. it's estimated that spending on advertising on social media could reach well over a 100000000000 dollars this year. catalina talbot, blogs, about lifestyle and travel. but she's been grounded by the cobit 900 pandemic class . the for the new years ago, i used to travel a great deal about 15 trips a year. that's something not many people can do. and now i'm stuck in cologne. i haven't left the city in month. one at new locked downs are making companies and

bloggers look for new sources of revenue. meeting from my linda hotel home office room. that's what this hotel chain is offering. rooms as workspaces an alternative to working at home is to do the. and power bar is now doing ads for them under german law. she has to mark such blogs as advertising. nonetheless, her followers often ask how she can afford all the nice trips and hotels. cuz if she had to pay for them, then it says i would somehow fake up your mind. i don't fake anything and i often make that clear. i kept my mouth to feed, i sometimes think people delude themselves into thinking there's no difference between traveling for work and going on vacation. as if we're all just fun. perhaps they just like that image. i'm. can you even post on instagram without a filter?

yes. you know, really, andrea formed has 70000 followers. look, my face is mega bright. she won't tell us how much she earth. she posed at least 4 times a week. from the shelf. of course you film yourself when you're feeling good because that's when you feel like communicating on. nobody likes to show their face when they've been crying or feeling down some of our side. and the trouble is that gives the impression that life is non stop wonderful. because you're not showing the other side with these kinds of blogs, everything should look beautiful and feel authentic, whether it's fake or not is not so important. or what is important to remember is that this current health crisis has affected all of us either directly or indirectly, all levels of society. but of course, some more than others. the economic downturn and its consequences. a diminishing living standards around the world, pushing millions out of the global middle class and into the swelling ranks of the

poor. the middle classes have become important indicators and economies credentials as far as growth and ability. it's been that way for decades. the economic miracle that postwar germany experience in the fifty's. so the nation's middle class suddenly expand exponentially. many families could afford a car and tv or washing machine for the 1st time. well, let's take you back a little further to explain how the concepts of the middle class actually came about. what exactly is the middle class? it has it suites in the middle ages, in germany. burgers, when i the stuff nor among the ruling classes, they were ordinary citizens to list of duties included defending their towns in the event of attack. as modern europe emerged, the burgers formed what became known as the middle class.