‘Thousands or I won’t work.’ In construction, the wage is dictated by the worker

All those who have had to deal with construction work in recent years have noticed very well how much their costs have increased. Construction materials have mostly provided this wallet-unpleasant breakthrough, but a fairly significant position in the overall cost basket is for labor, or wages.

In addition, there is a lack of employees and employers have to look for different solutions to be attractive in the market. Urban legends say that in this industry, hardly anyone, even a relatively less qualified worker, is willing to work for a salary of less than one thousand euros.

Is this really the case, how are the companies working in the sector successful in attracting employees, what kind of salary are the workers ready to receive, whether and how do companies support employees in times of inflation, “Delfi Bizness” asked the largest housing developer “Bonava Latvija”, which itself builds residential buildings, how also for one of the largest builders “Velve”