Commuting is the be-all and end-all in Austria when it comes to work. Unless you live in a metropolitan area with a high proportion of industrial sectors, you cannot avoid the daily commute by bus, train, or your own car.
Women in particular are confronted with these commuting problems. They often only want to find a part-time job so that they can reconcile family and career as best as possible. According to current figures from Statistics Austria, the proportion of women employed part-time is even rising.
For a job that only takes up four or five hours a day, you don't want to commute for a long time. Some jobs in Styria may sound tempting, but if you live in Carinthia a bit further from the border, the distance is no longer sustainable.
After all, childcare and family life should not suffer because of employment. However, if there are no suitable jobs in the area, you have to be clear about how far you are willing to commute. Jobs Krems or Jobs Gänserndorf, which distance is easier to bear? Once this decision has been made, the right means of transport must be chosen. Fortunately, local public transport is well developed almost everywhere during peak hours, i.e. especially in the morning and evening.
However, if you finish work at noon, there may be problems with the time intervals. Perhaps it then makes more sense to buy a private car or to form a carpool with colleagues who also live nearby.
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