Tamer Zeki was left at his wits’ finish earlier than a brand new probability got here alongside
Tamer Zeki and Anna Haselboeck in Austria with Tamer’s dad and mom (Picture: Tamer Zeki/SWNS)
A Brit who submitted functions for “1,000 jobs” throughout the UK with out success has relocated to a distant Austrian village house to only 400 residents. Tamer Zeki, 29, made the transfer to his girlfriend Anna Haselboeck’s hometown after exhausting alternatives in London’s knowledge analytics sector.
In stark distinction to the UK, each secured employment inside weeks – Anna after three interviews, who then organized a place for Tamer as properly. Regardless of often feeling remoted within the Decrease Austrian city, which boasts only one street and one restaurant, Tamer is completely having fun with his new position.
He is additionally managing to save lots of significantly, with weekly outgoings as much as 50% decrease and a three-bedroom flat costing half that of a one-bedroom London property.
Tamer, a digital orthodontic technician, stated: “I used to be making an attempt to get into the info analytics subject; I used to be making use of for job after job. I should have utilized for 1,000 jobs in London and solely had 4 interviews.
“On the identical time, Anna was in search of jobs in Austria and in about three weeks she’d had three interviews and a job supply. Anna was chatting to her household dentist about our scenario and he instructed her he had a job for each of us.
“I believed ‘let’s go for it’ and that is how I ended up in Austria. I moved to Anna’s hometown in Decrease Austria. It is so distant that there are solely 400 inhabitants.
“It has been a very good expertise for me, I really like my work, I really like the character and the silence. I really like with the ability to stay with Anna.
“However it could possibly get very lonely and isolating. Even while you go exterior for a stroll, you do not see anybody.”
Anna stated: “I discover it so loopy how aggressive the UK job market is. It was really easy for me to discover a job in Austria and there can be solely two to 3 candidates for every job. When Tam was making use of for jobs within the UK, there can be 5,000 candidates.”
Following completion of a three-month knowledge analytics course, Tamer started submitting functions inside the sector. But regardless of sending off 1,000 job functions, he remained unsuccessful.
Tamer Zeki and Anna Haselboeck in Austria (Picture: Tamer Zeki/SWNS)
In the meantime, Anna was pursuing alternatives in Austria, which is simply over two hours by airplane from London, and inside three weeks had landed three interviews and acquired a job supply. Throughout a routine appointment, Anna talked about to her household dentist that the pair have been each looking for employment.
“He instructed her he had a job for each of us on the well being centre, because the clinic was increasing,” Tamer stated.
The pair had been sustaining a long-distance relationship while travelling the globe collectively, making the job supply a great probability for them to lastly share a house.
“We have been a bit not sure how issues have been going to work out long run, with me being in England and her being in Austria,” Tamer stated. “Anna was going to return to England at one level, however after Brexit, it was so laborious to get a visa. It was a lot simpler for me to get a visa for Austria, particularly as I already had a job lined up.”
Tamer relocated to Decrease Austria in April 2025, making his house in a quaint city of merely 400 residents the place Anna was raised. The city, nestled inside a forest, boasts a single street and one restaurant, managed by Anna’s dad and mom.
Anna’s dad and mom reside above the restaurant but additionally personal one other property close by, which they’ve allowed Anna and Tamer to occupy at a lowered hire. They’ve additionally explored native flats close to their office, with a three-bedroom flat priced at £800 per 30 days, a stark distinction to the £1,300 one-bedroom flats Tamer had been contemplating in London.
The pair handle to economise on groceries, with their weekly expenditure amounting to £50, in comparison with Tamer’s earlier weekly outlay of £100 in London. Nonetheless, any journeys to the cinema or espresso outings necessitate a 25-minute drive, main them to primarily spend their leisure time strolling or watching soccer on tv.
Tamer is employed as a digital orthodontic technician, while Anna serves as an workplace supervisor on the identical well being centre. The diminutive city is a world away from Tamer’s native London, however having beforehand journeyed to distant world places, he has adjusted properly to his new environment.
Nonetheless, he conceded that it could possibly often really feel slightly “lonely” when the couple embark on a stroll and encounter nobody else.
Tamer Zeki and Anna Haselboeck in Cambodia (Picture: Tamer Zeki/SWNS)
“I miss my household and I miss my cat”, he confessed. “My sister simply had children and I would like to be round them extra, as an uncle.”
Tamer additional revealed that one other problem of relocating to Austria has been the language barrier, admitting he typically resorts to signal language to converse with colleagues.
“I should have performed 4 or 5 months of classes, and I am probably not making a breakthrough”, he confessed.
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Nonetheless, regardless of these hurdles, Tamer and Anna are content material of their secluded house, with Tamer intending to increase his visa when obligatory. They share their journey on @tamandanna.
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