Deutsche Post, Germany's national postal operator, is advertising for Greek truck drivers near Munich, offering net pay of up to €3,300 a month, as a European driver shortage pushes companies to recruit abroad.
The posting is for work in the Augsburg area.
It offers a German employment contract with full social and health insurance, fixed daily shifts and repeating routes, and a daily return to housing, so drivers need not sleep in the cab. Employer-provided lodging comes with a small monthly contribution, which the ad says can leave most of the salary as take-home pay.
Drivers would use their own Mercedes or Volvo trucks of 12 to 15 tons with automatic transmission, after about a week of training. Applicants need a Category C or CE license, the EU professional driver qualification with code 95 and a digital tachograph card. German is not required but counts as a plus.
No deadline is given.
The offer reflects a continent-wide gap.
The International Road Transport Union estimates about 502,000 truck driver jobs are unfilled in Europe, a 13% shortage, and about 20% of drivers are expected to retire within five years. Around two-thirds of European operators say they have turned down contracts because they lack drivers.
For Greece, the ad adds to a long-running brain-and-labor drain.
Unemployment has fallen to 7.4%, the lowest in 25 years, but wages remain among the lowest in the euro area, which keeps many Greek workers looking abroad.
Deutsche Post did not immediately comment on the posting.