Voluntary leave expenses increased 19% in the first nine months of the year to EUR28.2 million, from EUR23.7 million in the same interval a year ago.
The company’s operating costs dropped 11% in the third quarter and staff costs (wages and bonuses) fell 23%.
At the beginning of the year, Romtelecom announced it would lay off 1,000 to 1,400 employees in 2011.
End-2010, Romtelecom had about 8,600 employees, down 1,400 compared with 2009, according to data released by the operator.
Romtelecom is controlled by OTE, which holds a 54.01% stake in the company. The remaining 45.99% stake is held by the Romanian Communications Ministry.
At the end of 2010, Romtelecom human resources manager Anca Georgescu said about 4,000 employees had left the company since the end of 2007 and layoffs would continue.
According to Georgescu, the operator had 12,512 employees at the end of 2007, 10,344 in 2008 and 10,017 in 2009.
Since end-2007, Romtelecom staff was cut by 40.6%.