The job offer is great, but how am I supposed to pay the rent? Those looking for work are often desperate for an affordable apartment. Austrian companies and recruiters have noticed this and are taking steps to counter it. We show which companies hand over an apartment key to the job.
Lack of staff, difficult to find skilled workers and extremely high rents are a bad mix for companies. Especially with lower salaries, it hardly pays for the employee to move to expensive Innsbruck, Salzburg or even Vienna.
In Germany, the Ministry of Finance is now promoting official housing in order to keep employees in cities such as Munich or Berlin at all. In Austria, such support is usually linked to housing subsidies, which can only be applied for under certain conditions. Renowned Austrian companies now offer an apartment in addition to the job, here are the most eye-catching examples.
Source: Krone
I’m Ben Stock, a journalist and author at Today Times Live. I specialize in economic news and have been working in the news industry for over five years. My experience spans from local journalism to international business reporting. In my career I’ve had the opportunity to interview some of the world’s leading economists and financial experts, giving me an insight into global trends that is unique among journalists.
