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Italian tax professional says Vienna offered better pay and working conditions
Alessandro Roncarati is a 46-year-old Italian tax professional who grew up in Ferrara and studied economics and law in Bologna.
After working in Milan, he moved to Vienna in September 2012 to study tax law.
He says he had earned €1,300 a month as a self-employed worker in Italy, later rising to €1,800, with €500 deducted to repay money advanced by his firm.
In Vienna, his first part-time job paid €1,200 gross for 20 hours a week, and he was an employee whose contributions were paid directly.
His studies and early career in Austria were still financially difficult, and he relied on small jobs, loans and help from his parents.
He later worked in research and international tax, and now works for a German multinational that makes technology for the energy sector.
He says his life in Vienna offers better pay and a balance he is afraid of losing.
Alessandro Roncarati says he moved to Vienna after finding better pay and working conditions than in Italy.
The 46-year-old Italian tax professional arrived in Austria in September 2012 to pursue a master’s degree.
His first Vienna job paid €1,200 gross for 20 hours a week over four days.
He later worked in research, consulting and international tax, and joined a German multinational in the energy technology sector.
Roncarati says he found a better work-life balance in Vienna, as well as higher pay.
- Who
- Alessandro Roncarati, a 46-year-old Italian tax professional.
- What
- He moved to Vienna, where he says he found better pay and working conditions.
- When
- He arrived in Austria in September 2012.
- Where
- Vienna, Austria; he had previously worked in Milan, Italy.
- Why
- He wanted work involving research, writing and tax law rather than mainly preparing tax returns.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Roncarati worked in Milan in professional firms and in taxation.
He arrived in Austria to study for a master’s degree and began a part-time job in Vienna.
He found a job paying €2,000 for 20 hours a week.
His career moved through research, consulting and international taxation before he joined a German energy technology multinational.
- Age
- 46
- Arrival in Austria
- September 2012
- First Vienna job
- €1,200 gross for 20 hours a week over four days
- Second-year doctorate job
- €2,000 for 20 hours a week
- Earlier Italian pay
- €1,300 as a self-employed worker, later rising to €1,800
- Current employer
- A German multinational producing energy sector technology
What people are saying
I was earning 1,300 euros as a self-employed worker
A new graduate then started at about 2,300 euros a month. After six years of work in Italy, I had never seen that amount.
For the first time I felt I had a little dignity.
I didn’t want to spend my life filling out tax returns.
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