Employee Benefits

Cafeteria: Our cafeteria features freshly cooked meals with local and seasonal ingredients; international dishes reflect the cultural diversity of Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).

Beverages: Coffee, tea and milk are available free of charge to all employees.

Occupational physicians & health offers: Occupational physicians provide confidential and comprehensive support on campus (through preventive medical check-ups, vaccinations, etc.). Beyond that, ISTA offers a variety of health benefits such as an annual health day with a multi-faceted program, a gym and an outdoor gym free of charge on campus.

Occupational psychologists & mental health offers: In addition to our occupational psychologists, who provide confidential advice on campus, we offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP):A short-term, confidential counselling service that is free of charge and available 24/7 for all employees and their relatives

Fitness offers: A variety of sporting activities are offered on campus. Currently, these range from football, volleyball to running groups, yoga and salsa.

Good accessibility: A free shuttle bus is available for employees from Vienna-Heiligenstadt to the campus of ISTA (and back).

Education and training: The development of our employees is important to us and therefore we support them with internal and external training and further education opportunities.

Childcare: The childcare center on campus offers English and German childcare for employees’ children from 3 months up to school readiness.

Employee events: We offer numerous events to our employees: barbecue, social and team events, company outings, winter bash and more.

Flexible working hours & home office: Employees can organize their working hours within the framework of our flextime model. In addition, we offer flexible home office solutions for employees whose duties do not require a permanent presence on campus.

Occupational pension: Every employee has the possibility to choose a company pension insurance; the contributions are paid by the Institute.

Supplementary insurances: Every employee has the possibility to conclude a private health or accident insurance; the contributions are paid fully or partially by ISTA.
Family and Work Certificate: ISTA has dedicated staff to support employees with family questions, and continuously tries to provide services which enable employees to balance family and work. It takes part in the Family and Work Audit and holds a certificate as family friendly employer (Familie und Beruf).