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What is academia like in Germany ?

I have been reading a lot of posts about how bad the academia is in many countries like Publish or Perish or pressure to constantly publish in big journals but then i read some good things about academia in Germany and that is chilled than academia in most countries so i wanted to know is this really the case and how is it different than academia in countries like USA or UK like is Publish or Perish a thing in Germany also . I am interested in Math , Physics and computer science so it will be nice if you can tell some specific things about academia in those fields .
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Working conditions for most non-permanent academics in Germany are overall better than in many other places. For most, salaries are very decent and they get all the benefits that anybody else gets. That's all fine.

In terms of career development, it is generally much worse. There are almost no permanent jobs beyond full professor and your chances of getting one of those are pretty much zero. Your only real chance is to win an ERC grant, and you are very unlikely to get one. In the last years, ERC grants have basically become the ticket into the academy in the German-speaking world. Without one, you have no chance, and with one you are automatically given a position and can basically choose where you go.