The company does not plan to freeze recruitment, and will hire 50-60 people in 2009 for its new Bucharest factory and to fill vacancies. Senior specialists are much more difficult to recruit considering that these have become more stable and are harder to tempt with financial benefits,” said the HR Manager.
“Valuable employees do not change their workplace unless the company they are working for is unstable. At present, money is no longer the main reason people are interested in joining a company, and this is a beneficial situation,” Oh added.
According to the company official, people were in the habit of requesting a 20-30 percent salary rise for every promotion or new job. Now, the salary requests of applicants have fallen by an average one tenth, depending on the position involved and the person’s experience.
The value of the Romanian soft drink market, including the mineral water segment, exceeds €1 billion, and its main competitors are Pepsi Americas, Coca-Cola, European Drinks, and Romaqua.
