Czechs dislike working abroad
Czechs working legally in old EU countries number 43,000 according to recent study by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs. The largest number of Czechs work in Germany, Great Britain and Austria.
Czechs stay in their motherland because of rising living standards and wages, because they fear difficulties they could face while searching for a job abroad, owing to their poor knowledge of languages and the anticipated necessity to accept menial work in a foreign country.
Those leaving to work abroad are in particular people roughly 30 years old, mostly men with university or at least secondary-school education. This group accounts for about two-thirds of Czech labour migrants.
Czechs heading for foreign countries count on having completely different occupations than they are trained or educated for. Those working in the same profession make up 37.7 percent, and they mostly are older experienced workers or extremely talented young people.
The fundamental reason for Czechs to work abroad is without any doubt a higher wage, the study says. Czechs prefer making money abroad for a few years and then returning to the Czech Republic with their savings. Such practice increases their price on the labour market because they speak foreign languages.
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