Well, here it is:
What's more challenging than working in Austria?
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Staying in Austria!
Oh dear, isn't that the funniest thing you ever heard?
I pretty much don't hope so.
We Austrians are an ambivalent breed. We always fret about those rotten foreigners because they're too lazy to get work, they roam through our streets as bums and beggars or they become criminals. Or rather: They are criminals, no matter what. Yeah, that's what one's able to read in the newspapers every day. Fuckin' lazy criminals...
Well, whatever - fact is that we grumble endlessly about them not getting involved in any employment without ever questioning what actually causes this situation. And whenever this subject is touched, it never occurs to anyone that foreigners aren't even allowed to work in Austria.
Our legal system is quite funny in this matter:
If you're coming to Austria with the intention of living here, you're automatically a criminal and put into 'asylum arrest'. You need to afford a defense counsel. If you can't do that, you need a job - but: Law forbids you to take one up. Hence you decide to work illegally and automatically slide further into criminality. If you don't, you get deported. Should your little project be exposed, you get deported too.
Are you wealthy enough to afford one, your next problem is that there are only a few consels actually occupying themselves with matters of asylum - and they all are in vienna. Which most likely makes your intentions a little bit impossible since you aren't allowed to move further than within a radius of 20 km (about 12 1/2 miles).
Are those steps taken, you're ceded to the responsible's arbitrariness. Law says that an asylum seeker can't be deported if they're facing the danger of being harmed in their homeland.
Example: A young woman got raped by the police after demonstrating against some decisions 'her' government has taken. Those officers reassured her they'd repeat their 'act of justice' whenever they saw her again. You can't say 'bloody hell' as fast as she had to leave Austria again.
I think it's quite obvious a REALLY FUCKING DAMN GOOD argument is needed.
If you manage to attract wonders, after years of struggle you'll finally be more or less accepted in Austria. Now, what jobs are there for you?
A splendid career is going to open itself for you: scavenger, cleaner, newsvendor or prostitute - what more does one need?
For the last profession, you'll again have to face loads of laws supporting you. Nice example: It's officially forbidden to work in the streets, you need to be employed at a cathouse. There, you're to drink with the guests in order to increase sales. Sooner or later, you're growing an alcohol addict which drops you even more in your neat little pile of shit.
Incredible prospects, aren't they?
In Vorarlberg, it's even more of a complicated case. There, no township is willing to allow a brothel to be built which results in all kinds of prostitution being illegal and the women having to work in their private accomodations, leaving them exposed to violations of any kind.
The bright future so many are seeking in Austria doesn't seem so bright after all...
