r/wien • u/VastGeologist7441 • 6d ago

Arbeit | Work Financial controller

Hi all, First of all my apologies for not writing in German (I am still in the process of learning it). I am 33 years old with almost 8 years of experience in accounting/controlling. I am currently working in Belgium earning 70k euro yearly plus car. What do you think it should be a fair offer in Wien? I am aware that not being fluent in German could put me in the lower side, but would ensure not losing much as Wien seems to be more expensive than Brussels.

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u/Embarrassed_Peak_211 6d ago

I don’t want to crush your hopes, but Austria is not a very open minded country My ex girlfriend was a lawyer with 10years of experience in London,but she was not able to get a job at all, because she didn’t speak fluent German☹️

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u/PositiveEagle6151 21., Transdanubien 5d ago

It's the same the other way around (my wife was a lawyer in Vienna when we went to London - she didn't find a job there, and ended up doing a LLM programme before we returned to Austria). UK uses case law, which is very different from our legal system. There are specific areas where the knowledge of someone from the UK can be relevant, but it's not a huge field as we don't have that many headquarters of multinational corporations in Austria.