Almost half of Romanian employees unhappy with working environment

Romanian employees’ satisfaction with the working environment has gone down compared with last year, reveals a survey put together by the Ipsos Research institute and ordered by Accor Services, one of the main players on the luncheon vouchers market. 42% of the respondents are unhappy with the working environment, as opposed to 37% last year. “The decline in the level of satisfaction can be generated by two factors: poorer working conditions or an increase in employee expectations. In the case of Romania, the decline in satisfaction with working conditions is prompted by rising expectations of employees,” says Philippe Blécon, general manager of Accor Services Romania. According to him, Romanian employees are becoming better informed as to their work-related opportunities and rights, and, consequently, increasingly demanding in what they expect from the employer. According to the survey, those who declare themselves very satisfied with working conditions are employees in the IT sector and employees with a net monthly incomes of over 1,500 RON (more than 400 euros), while employees who are less satisfied with the working environment are those earning less than 500 RON in net sum per month (around 130 euros).