This math graduate applied to over 1,000 jobs and still didn’t hear back—so he moved to Austria

Gen Z and millennial workers in Britain are so fed up with being ghosted by employers that some are giving up on the country altogether. One graduate with a maths degree says he spent more than a year applying to over 1,000 roles in the U.K. without landing a single offer—only to secure a job in Austria within weeks.

“The job market in the U.K. is so ridiculous,” Anna, his Austrian-born partner, said in a TikTok video that’s now resonating with thousands of frustrated young workers. “Even for qualified people, it’s so hard to find a job.”

The couple—who post on TikTok as @tamandanna—explained that despite having multiple qualifications to his name, Tam still couldn’t get a bite from British employers. 

While he was firing off applications in the U.K., she was applying for roles back home in Austria—and immediately felt the contrast. “Within two or three weeks I had a job,” she said. “In Austria companies are literally crying out for good qualified staff and then in the U.K. it is so hard to find a job even when you’re highly qualified.”

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