On the other hand, Metro Cash & Carry and Real had almost 900 fewer employees at the end of 2012 than they did at the end of the previous year, according to a Metro group report. The two had fewer and fewer employees in each of the corporate reports of the last few years.
“METRO Cash & Carry Romania has had and still does a number of special projects in progress, which require certain resources to be involved (even if only temporarily). They were hired strictly for the running and implementation of specific projects in stores,” says Adina Timplaru, head of corporate communications with Metro Management, without revealing how many employees the company has.
Most modern retailers hired people last year as they opened new stores. Last year ended with almost 1,000 modern retail stores, over 200 more than it started with. Most people are hired for sales clerk and merchandise handler positions, which do not usually pay more than 1,000 lei (EUR230) in net amount per month and see the highest personnel turnover. (EUR1=RON.43352)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)
|
Retailer |
Number of employees 2012 |
Number of employees 2011 |
|
Kaufland |
10,300 |
9,100 |
|
Metro Cash&Carry |
5,440 |
5,615 |
|
Carrefour |
N/A |
8,325 |
|
Selgros |
4,330 |
4,237 |
|
Real |
5,691 |
6,422 |
|
Penny Market |
2,717 |
2,493 |
|
Lidl |
3,000 |
2,325 |
|
Cora |
4,580 |
3,930 |
|
Auchan |
4,700 |
3,289 |
|
Billa |
3,334 |
2,964 |
|
Mega Image |
N/A |
4,277 |
|
Profi |
4,000 |
3,000 |
|
Total* |
48,092 |
43,375 |
* Mega Image and Carrefour were not included because there are no 2012 data about them
Source: ZF, companies