The growth of this industry, which led to the need for more people, caused an imbalance on the workforce market in the courier service sector, especially in developed areas like Bucharest and the west of the country.
Lucian Aldescu, chief executive of DPD Romania, said his company had trouble finding workforce in cities like Sibiu, Timisoara, Arad and Oradea. Adrian Mihai, one of the founders and owners of FAN Courier, says he has a similar problem in the northwest of the country and in Bucharest, so the company has to bring people from 50 to 60 kilometers away to fill the personnel needs.
The statistics only show the number of employees of companies operating under the ‘other postal and courier services’ NACE code, which does not include Posta Romana (the state-run postal company), which had more than 24,000 employees last year.
Courier services market reached EUR370 million last year and should grow to EUR420 million this year.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)