According to an international survey, Germany is still attractive for foreign workers. In the survey of 150,000 employees from 188 countries, Germany came fifth in the ranking of the most popular work locations, making it the first non-English-speaking country behind Australia, the USA, Canada and Great Britain.
The management consultancy Boston Consulting Group, the job exchange Stepstone and its umbrella organization The Network published the study on Wednesday. Employees living in Germany, on the other hand, are generally not drawn to travel far away. The participants were surveyed from October to December last year. On an international average, almost a quarter of those surveyed were actively looking for a job abroad, and over 60 percent would generally be willing to move to another country. In a comparison over several years, the Federal Republic has apparently lost some of its appeal: in 2018, Germany was still in second place.
According to the survey, employees in Germany are comparatively sedentary: only seven percent of the 14,000 people surveyed in this country were looking for a job abroad, including both locals and immigrants. Switzerland and Austria were named as preferred destinations. This is also a rather low rate compared to Italy, Great Britain or the USA, where more than twice as many people declared that they wanted to work abroad.