Romanian Post, the only top 10 employer to boost staff numbers

The top ten companies in the Romanian economy in terms of number of employees had around 196,000 employees at the end of the first half of this year, over 9,500 fewer than at the end of 2008. The only company in the top 10 to recruit in the first six months was Posta Romana (Romanian Post Office), with 187 more employees than before. The average number of employees was 35,420 at the end of 2008, and reached 35,607 in the first half of 2009. In addition to filling the vacant positions, the Romanian post office also introduced 57 new positions. “Ten coordinating manager positions have been set up as part of the operational restructuring of postal services. In addition, one job as deputy coordinating manager has been established in each of the 41 counties in Romania, plus one in each of Bucharest’s districts,” explain representatives of the Romanian Post Office, which posted a 595,4 million-RON (141 million euros) in turnover in the first five months of this year, a 2.6% rise in RON against the 580 million RON (157 million euros) posted the same time last year.