Master Good needs to hire guest workers to meet demand for increased output because there isn’t enough local labour, László Bárány, the managing director of the poultry giant, said at a conference on Wednesday.
“We don’t bring in foreign workers because they’re cheap, but because there aren’t enough local labourers,” Bárány said. If Master Good can’t hire guest workers, he warned the company would not go ahead with the construction of a HUF 120 billion plant and could even have to scale back domestic production.
“Politicians need to ask whether that’s good for the country,” he added. Master Good plans to double output in the coming five years, but that will require around 3,000 new hires, Bárány said. Master Good had turnover of HUF 213 billion in 2025, public records show.
Right-radical Our Homeland: Loopholes remain in guest worker regulation
Even after the recent tightening, loopholes allowing for a massive influx of foreigners remain in domestic regulations, the head of the radical Our Homeland party’s labour market cabinet said on Wednesday.
János Lantos welcomed the ban on the operation of staffing companies, which his party often refers to as “modern slave traders”, in the sector, but said there was no guarantee that the import of guest workers to Hungary would not be restarted abroad in a different, but organised way.
“I don’t think that global multinationals have given up on bringing a large number of guest workers to Hungary,” he said. Lantos also demanded that the government compensate those Hungarians who lost their jobs due to the arrival of foreign workers in the country.
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