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2026. 08. 14.

AI-armed clients question 3 in 4 Hungarian builders' work

You arrive at a job with your tools, your training and twenty years of knowing what happens when tile goes over an uneven screed. The client meets you at the door with a phone in their hand and a printout from ChatGPT that says the job should ...

2026. 08. 14.

4 min

Hungary's 578,000 sole proprietorships and what they mean for HR

Hungary now has more active sole proprietorships than corporate businesses, and the gap is widening fast. According to figures published by company information service OPTEN and distributed by news agency MTI, more than 578,000 active sole ...

2026. 08. 13.

5 min

Hungary's 20-year minimum-wage puzzle: compression and risk

Twenty years of sustained minimum-wage rises in Hungary produced one of the region's clearest compression stories at the bottom of the hourly-pay ladder. And yet, annual take-home pay at the low end barely moved. A new study from researchers at ...

2026. 08. 12.

4 min

Budapest moped courier grossed 251,856 HUF in 51 hours

A Budapest moped courier who films under the TikTok name Prokopton set himself a challenge: earn 250,000 forints in five days and show every hour on camera. He hit the target, just. Across Monday to Friday he logged roughly 51 hours on the road ...

2026. 08. 12.

5 min

Hungarian unions demand heat limits as heatwave bites factories

Alcohol-free beer, free watermelon, ten minutes of air-conditioning per hour. That is the current shape of heat protection on many Hungarian production lines this August, while colleagues in the office building next door are told to work from ...

2026. 08. 12.

5 min

Hungary's new EU pay transparency rules: what to expect

For decades, asking a colleague what they earn has been the workplace equivalent of asking about their weight. In Hungary, that quiet rule is about to change, and the shift gives you real leverage if you know how to use it. The EU pay ...

2026. 08. 12.

4 min

Hungary rewrites tourism rules affecting 400,000 workers

Hungary is rewriting the rulebook for one of its largest employment sectors, and roughly 400,000 people who work in hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and tour operations will feel the effects. On 8 August, the Ministry of Economy and Energy ...

2026. 06. 09.

4 min

Companies Aren't Hiring, But Workloads Are Growing. What Is "Quiet Hiring" and How Does It Affect You?

Have you noticed lately that the workload has increased, but the organizational chart remains exactly the same? Recruitment budgets are tight, open positions are frozen, and yet, business objectives are becoming more ambitious. If this ...

2026. 05. 28.

4 min

How to Protect Yourself from a Narcissistic Colleague: A Survival Guide for Toxic Work Environments

Have you ever had that colleague who subtly takes credit for the entire team’s hard work? Or a manager who turns every constructive discussion into an attack on their own image, leaving you to walk out of a meeting wondering if the problem is, in f...

2026. 04. 08.

2 min

First week of work after Easter: Strategies for a sustainable work-life balance

As we reach the end of this first full work week following the Easter break, many professionals across Hungary are feeling the weight of "re-entry." The transition from the quiet family traditions of the Easter holidays to the high-speed demands ...

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