Ralf Gulde’s first job as a 16-year-old was as a picker in warehouses where he’d fulfill customer orders. It paid him “€6 or €7” per hour, he says, and “the time just wouldn’t go by [...] especially on the late shift, which was 2pm to 10pm”.
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