She says the company has over 3,000 employees in Romania in two different units, in the commercial one and in the plant. Of these, around 900 employees work at the plant.

According to her, the pandemic has intensified labor market debates on how not just salaries offered by companies, but benefits as well help create a performance-supportive environment.

As regards the most appreciated benefits at BAT Romania, she says it depends a lot on each employee. At the same time, BAT official says the company does not have to offer higher salaries than domestic market ones to attract job candidates.

The company’s plans to gradually bring employees back to the office were halted by the pandemic evolution.

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)