Bad news for pensioners: This is how long you theoretically have to work to get a civil service pension.. As of: February 14, 2024, 12:40 p.m By: Marco Blanco Ucles CommentsPressSplit New figures from the federal government show that in order to receive a civilService pension, normal employees would sometimes have to working significantly longer than a normal life.

Average pension in Germany is significantly higher than average pension In order to end up with a pension similar to that of pensioners, employees would have to earn around twice as much as the average.