The IT company Dynatrace, founded in Linz, has since grown into a group with an annual turnover of approximately one billion dollars. Specialism is the optimization and protection of IT systems, 70 of the world’s 100 largest companies are customers. The head office is now in Boston, but the company remains dependent on Austria as a location – and is looking for reinforcements.
The company hired 300 employees in Austria this year, most of them in Linz and Vienna, but also in Graz, Klagenfurt, Innsbruck and Hagenberg. An additional 300 others are expected to find a job in 2023. Not only programmers are sought, but also professionals in all fields, including marketing.
The Linz company also notices the shortage of IT specialists: “We have to apply to the employees and not the other way around,” says Veronika Leibetseder, Linz location manager and global manager of workplace culture.
More are coming with technical courses from universities and colleges, but that is not enough: because there are too few specialists in Austria, there is also a demand for highly qualified employees from all over the world. “Politicians should make even better offers for the long-term integration of international workers,” says Leibetseder, who calls for more childcare and international schools.
To successfully recruit employees, the prevailing working atmosphere must be good, including flexible work distribution and flat hierarchies. “We continue to build offices. We see that people do not just want to work from home.”
Four times a year, Dynatrace offers its employees a free wellness day. Leibetseder wants to increase the share of women in the company in the future. “We have 25 percent women, which is good compared to the industry, but the target should be 50 percent.”
Source: Krone
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