Cottbus is productive - Employee potential

The Cottbus region has more qualified and highly motivated workers. Competitive labor costs and flexible work models contribute considerably to business success with comparatively lower labor costs on international level.

A large number of qualified workers is immediately available in the Cottbus region

• with approximately 8,500 students at the Brandenburg Technical University and the University of Applied Science, Lausitz.

• The average fixed number of work hours per week in trade is 38.7 hours in the Cottbus region which is clearly higher than average in GermanyÕs westernstates (35.7 hours). A lower fixed rates translates into often more than 40 actual weekly work hours or more.
• Shift work is possible around the clock, 365 days a year.
• Strikes and public holidays are fewer than in Brandenburg and West Germany.