The departure of the workforce from BiH is gaining momentum, and in the first eight months of this year the Slovenian market was strengthened by as many as 12,257 domestic workers, and the German market by 463 medical professionals.

At the BiH Agency for Labor and Employment, which mediates the employment of domestic workers in the aforementioned two countries, they state that more workers left for those two countries this year than last year.

– For the same period last year, 11,879 of our workers went to Slovenia, and 360 to Germany. We did not mediate employment in other countries – they said at the Agency for Labor and Employment.

On the website of the aforementioned agency, job ads from the Employment Service of Slovenia are published daily, seeking drivers, cooks, waiters, bricklayers, as well as other craftsmen on the domestic market.

One of the citizens of BiH who went to Slovenia, more precisely to Ljubljana, in search of a better livelihood is Dragan M., who said that he left his family because in his own country he cannot earn enough for a decent life.

– I work as a driver. In a way, I was forced to leave, because with the salary they offer here, my family and I cannot make ends meet properly for even 15 days. I am thousands of kilometers away from home, but at least here I can earn enough money and provide my children with everything they need. I come back every seven days or 15 days – Dragan said, revealing that his monthly salary amounts to 2,600 to 2,700 euros.

He states that his company “Kristl transport” from Velika Račna near Ljubljana employs about 65 drivers and that most of the chauffeurs are from the area of the former Yugoslavia.

– Of that many drivers, only two are citizens of Slovenia. We mostly drive across Europe. We transport various types of goods. Last week I delivered crates from Poland to Ljubljana, and now I am already in Germany where I am supposed to load sand and bring it to Slovenia. My next destination is Moldova. Of course, before that route, I will stop by home for the weekend to see my family – says Dragan M., adding that a driver's life is not easy, because he both sleeps and eats in the truck five days a week.

With a smile on his face, he adds that thanks to advanced technology, such as video calls, he is constantly in communication with his wife and three little children, and that in this way they try to make up at least a little for the lost time.

– Of course, it is impossible to make up for lost time. That is why those hugs when I come home erase all hardships and suffering. Of course, every Sunday farewell is painful, when I head toward Slovenia, but life is like that. Of course, no one would leave if they did not have to and if they could earn enough for a decent life here – concluded Dragan M.

Getting a job through “connections”

In addition to the BiH Agency for Labor and Employment, a large number of domestic workers also independently find jobs in countries across Europe.

– Many people find jobs in Slovenia, Germany, Italy, as well as other countries around the world through relatives, but also colleagues from abroad. Surely there is now not a single household in BiH from which someone has not found a job abroad – they stated in employment mediation agencies.

Source: biznisinfo.ba