Up to 6,000 cleaners wanted nationwide

Budapest, February 23 (MTI) – There is a nationwide shortage of cleaners, with 5,000 to 6,000 vacancies reported, national daily Nepszabadsag said on Tuesday.

Quoting Zoltán Paár, head of the Hungarian Sanitation Technology Federation, the paper said that many job seekers live in small villages from where it is expensive to commute to work in a city. Paar added that another reason for the shortage was that wages were higher in positions on an assembly line.

Paár noted that when it comes to layoffs, a company would typically dismiss cleaners first, that is why many skilled ones will seek employment in other countries, where they get “more money, more respect”. He also added that

in “many institutions” the cleaners are fostered workers, an even cheaper solution for the employer.

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Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters