“About 6% of our employees chose to work from home. This is something employees wanted but not all groups can access such programs. The work from home program started with 2 days a week,” said Carmen Dumitrache, chief human resources officer with Telekom Romania, a company with more than 6,000 employees.
Permanent employment by a single company is about to become history and the trend over the coming years will be to have employees as partners or suppliers for various projects.
“The permanent contract from a single employer is starting to become history. Work from home is a must have and employees are becoming partners or suppliers for a number of projects,” said Florin Godean, country manager of recruitment company Adecco Romania and Hungary.
Very nice offices are no longer enough to make employees happy to come to work, so the employers’ role is to create a nice working atmosphere, where management is professional and treats employees with respect and the work employers do must give them meaning.
“There are two work models – exploitation and integration and the first is disappearing. We must get to the point where we no longer hate Mondays and are so happy it’s Friday,” said George Didoiu, tenant services director with Colliers International.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)