3M uses international promotion to hold onto managers

Employees of the local branch of US 3M technology company may be posted outside Romania, or can opt to take on some regional responsibilities.

“Promotion is a policy which any company planning to hold onto employees must implement. We encourage employees to become middle or top managers, and even regional managers,” said Ioana Mironescu, Human Resource Manager of 3M Romania.

Most 3M manager training programs are outside Romania, “because there is a possibility for an international career, and we must be at the same level as managers from other countries,” added 3M Romania’s Human Resource Manager.

Banca Romana de Dezvoltare - Groupe Societe Generale (BRD-SocGen) is due to relocate some managers to its Retail Banking international division, as part of a plan to have 40 percent non-French employees.

Employees of Orange telecom company have the option of participating in technical projects lasting several months in the Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Slovakia and France.

Coca Cola HBC Romania has also “expatriated over 50 managers to its branches in various countries, some of which have even become General Managers.