Is life in the EU really so good: How much wages do workers and what our people in Germany, Austria, Sweden, Slovenia, the Czech Republic are earning ...

Look at the amount of rent, directors, food, kindergarten, education in the countries that most often leave BiH citizens and how much they really earn.

The unemployed are leaving mostly abroad from abroad, but also those who are dissatisfied with the work and income they currently work on. And it has been going on for years. Skilled workers most often find employment in Western European countries, mostly Germany and Austria, and seasonal and unskilled workers most often in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Croatia.

Given that we often mention spirited profits, we have decided through interviews with people who have been working for comparative years in the mentioned countries to compare income and expenses, and we have also talked with employment agencies and new trends that have dominated the European labor market.

Austria-the life that had a middle class in Yugoslavia

In Austria, there are a large number of people in this area. They are mostly employed in catering, factories, as drivers or working in supermarkets and as traders. Wages at the hospital, with the application, start at a projection of 1,000 euros net, plus tips, drivers have an average net salary of about 1,500 euros, and workers at factories around 1,700 euros net. Employees in markets and stores receive about 1,200 euros a month on the net.

With a college degree, they are paid more. In Austria, a lot of machine engineers from our space and wages are on average between 2,600-2,800 euros or IT experts with net income of about 3,000, while carers and medical technicians receive between 1,100 - 1,400 euros per month, which depends on the specifics of the job, and night work is especially paid. If we compare the income and the amount of costs, say, in the capital of Vienna, at least somehow a picture may be created as to whether it is proper to live in this city in a decent place.

Thus, the cost of an apartment with directives of 50 m2 amounts to a minimum of 700 euros, while for food it is about as much as in BiH. The nursery does not pay, except for food whose cost is about 60 euros. Education is free, books are provided at school, and parents bear the cost of accessories, pens, notebooks and the like. Food is paid in school and extended children's stay at a monthly level of about 230 euros, while families with poorer status are paying less.

" In the capital of Austria, I have been living for six years now, and I and my wife are working, one child goes to kindergarten, the other to the school. I work in the same factory since I arrived, and my wife was at first guarding the children, and today she works at the supermarket. We can afford to spend holidays and going to our native Herzegovina twice a year, and we help our parents. All in all, we have a life worthy of man, I would say. This is not a question of any kind of luxury, but this is, for example, a life that once had a middle class in the former state , "Hercegovac, Jure Pusic , told us.

Germany - for 25% of the income

In Germany, the country employing and perhaps the largest number of our fellow citizens, construction engineers earn about 2,000 euros net, doctors 2,600, informers 2,300, waiters, chefs, hairdressers 1,000 euros, mollers and electricians 1,300 euros. A large number of carers work here, only 777 of them were employed by the Employment and Employment Agency last year. As we have been told in the Agency, their minimum guaranteed salaries are 1,800 euros gross for the first year.

Although this is not an excessively high income, they are mostly those who went away satisfied because, as they emphasize, they can finally afford a normal life.

About the expenses in Germany only talked with Goran Obradovic. As he told us about the income, 25 percent of the income is spent on housing. This means that in Germany, when an average family pays an apartment, it remains about 75 percent of the income, which for an average family with two employees amounts to about 3,000 euros.

"The child allowance, depending on the number of children, ranges from 190 to 200 euros per child so that the child is not particularly burdensome for that budget. For food and what is called "consumer basket" in BiH is spent very little. Even when it comes to absolute prices, they are lower in Germany, and when compared relatively to the income, it is clear that no one is in a situation to "survive." All household necessities are far cheaper and better, " Obradovic said.

Sweden, the country of labor rights

Many people in Sweden work in this area, and all that is needed is a passport and an agreement with the employer. " We do not have all the luxury that the Swedes have, but they can live quite well. Costs of housing, food and food are consumed between 30 and 40 percent of the income, "the story of our interlocutor from Goreborough, who wanted to remain anonymous , begins.

" The kindergarten is paid 80 euros, where everything goes into the price, and the child is there for 10 hours. The school is free, as well as the food that the child consumes while staying at the school. It's hard to talk about some great savings, because all the families have children who have a variety of sports activities, which is a big part of their income. Still, all of you here will say that they have a solid life and are satisfied with the income and the savings they make, "says our admirer, adding that most of our people, without a diploma, start with a starting net payout of 1,500 euros, the two are increasing. Thus, a construction worker can earn about 2,500 euros net as a teacher, while the dentist earns double more.

Sweden otherwise has the need for workers in 12 out of 15 sectors. Construction workers, education workers, IT engineers, doctors, hospitality and hotel workers, woodworkers, nurses, psychologists, plumbers, truck drivers, electricians are the most sought after.

Slovakia - work in factories

An increasing number of people from Bosnia and Herzegovina have gone to work in large car and white goods factories in Slovakia in recent months, as Slovakian workers are looking for a better job, went to work in Germany or some other European Union countries. Payments range from 550 to 750 euros for 8 to 12 hours of work. In the FAP Employment Agency, FAP say that Slovakia is all the more interesting for people from these areas.

"So far, we have sent about 600 workers and there were no problems, all were properly paid for their work. Otherwise, salaries range from 550 to 750 euros per month. Workers have paid transport, accommodation, food, insurance and other costs. Most of the workers we send have a primary or secondary school, and there are people with a university degree, " they say in the FAP agency.

Slovenia, a country in which it is not retained

The average monthly salary in Slovenia is around 1,050 euros. The foreigners in Slovenia (especially those with lower levels of education) should be prepared for a lower salary and a minimum of 570 euros, and employers offer free accommodation and food.

The Agency for Labor and Employment in BiH says that we have had a steady growth in mediation since 2013 and that eating the end of November 2017 has left 9,079 workers in this country.

Unfortunately, from Slovenia more and more information about the workload of our workers is coming. Thus, Goran Zrnić, from the Counseling Service for Foreign Workers in Ljubljana, told our portal that the Counseling Center receives 10 to 15 of our people who are played, who do not receive salaries, endure the inhuman treatment and that they are BiH. workers who previously worked in Slovenia, have long since departed Germany, Sweden, Finland, Austria, because it's better there.

What do they say in employment agencies, how to negotiate?

About employing abroad, the amount of salaries and how to negotiate with foreigners, we talked with Miroslav Vukajlovic, director of the Spektar agency, who said that a new trend is noteworthy in terms of salaries in the EU countries - there are no more predetermined wages, but they are starting bind the wages to the effect.

" In this respect, we have the appearance that, for example, salaries in the new EU countries can be higher or more competitive with salaries received by workers in traditionally richest European countries. Specifically, in one example, the truck driver in international transport can receive a salary between 1000-2000 KM in Slovenia, from 1,600-2,500 KM in Germany, 3,800-5,000 in Germany, and in the Czech Republic from 2,000-7,000 KM. When someone negotiates with people from these areas, starts from the lowest possible salary offer within the given framework. An important message to anyone who intends to change the job or the country where they will work, learn to negotiate for salary and conditions, this is precisely the ideal moment for achieving business goals. Do not overdo it, most often your interlocutors have the knowledge and experience to quickly discover the real level of your knowledge and competencies"Explains Vukajlović.

Whether these profits are bad, good or excellent when compared to the costs of living, and with what BiH offers, is probably a good cause for controversy and thinking. But what our interlocutors have pointed out is that the great advantage of these countries is the life of a regulated society and a country that cares about its citizens, which BiH has never offered to them.

• 18 Feb, 2018
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