r/BuyFromEU

I work in change management at a large tech company in Germany. Pushing for internal transformation is literally my job and I have never been more frustrated than I am right now watching this movement grow online while the exact opposite happens inside the companies that should be leading it.

I'm a genuine believer in our movement as a real industrial and strategic shift. We have the talent, the capital, and increasingly the tools to build things that don't require us to be dependent on American platforms. I've spent years trying to make that argument internally. What I've seen in return has genuinely disappointed me...

Two examples from the last six months alone are leading me to believe that there is honestly no point trying, really hoping I’m wrong here but get this:

One of our engineers spent months building the case for restructuring part of our embedded testing stack. He was pushing for European alternatives across the board such as Cantata and Askui, which are both relevant to the ISO 26262 pressure our teams are under. He presented the proposal and I couldn't believe the resistance he faced from our senior stakeholders. They brushed it off saying it wasn't the right time and that they needed more data. He got blamed for the delay it caused and eventually quit.

Business development wise, our teams across France and Italy are still running on American data platforms that have almost no coverage of the SMEs and regional operators that make up most of their addressable market. We presented the European alternatives like Dealfront, and Leadbay - that actually do a BETTER job at mapping our region but by now you guessed it, leadership said "we already have good relationships with our US partners". Sorry, WHAT?

I came close to leaving for the US last year. A few people I respect made that move and now I understand why.

I decided to stay. I think this moment RIGHT NOW is the best chance we've had in a long time to actually change something. But it will not happen by talking about it online. It will happen when companies start protecting the internal advocates who push for European alternatives.

We MUST start by choosing the Europeans who are already fighting for it inside our own walls. This is what I will be dedicating my career for.

I can’t be the only one dealing with this, are we all in the same boat? What do you think is the solution to this phenom?

I recently read here few comments that are very confidently incorrect about Wero and I can see that a lot of people don't really understand it. So few bullet points about it:

* Wero is not European Union initiative, it was created and is operated by consortium of private banks, called European Payment Initiative

* Wero WON'T replace each payment solution that already exist in (almost?) all European countries

* EPI acquired iDeal and Payconiq to build Wero on top of them, this is why Wero will replace them in countries they operate in

* Wero will replace Paylib in France and Giropay in Germany, because banks that run these 2 solutions are also among owners of Wero, so they shut them down for more modern solution.

* But Wero won't replace Bancomat, Bizum, MB Way, Vipps, Blik and many more

* payment systems mentioned above (and many more) are part of EuroPA alliance, which was created to allow interoperability among all those systems

* EPI and EuroPA signed a deal that all of them will also interoperate with Wero in future

Edit:

* Wero will be used only in a few countries, and won't expand to all 27 members of the EU

Hi, everyone. Are there any European-made hobby drones? If not manufactured here, at least ones whose software is written in Europe and/or they pay taxes and employ people here.

Do you have any recommendations as an alternative to Melon or Thousand? Both quality and chic are important.

As a huge fan of Blablacar, I just discovered Cocolis.

It is a French app that allows you to transport a parcel with your car while you go on holidays to someone else and get pay.

I think I will try it next week, I would like to know if someone already tried it !

https://preview.redd.it/524lvwisc6tg1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=667a2c656145ed2fe5f715e599f6351b1b64ad87

Something like this for my car

Hey,

I'm looking for a bed 90 or 120 x200, yet I'm finding it difficult. There's really nothing that catches my eye. Any suggestions? Good quality, sturdy for a teen?

Thanks

ich fand in Wien/Österreich nur in China produzierte Produkte, wenngleich von europäischen Marken