23.12.2022

"ARSENAL" IS LOOKING FOR 2000 WORKERS

At the beginning of December, the "Arsenal" weapons plant in Kazanlak opened its office in the center of Stara Zagora, where documents for work will be accepted and forwarded, and anyone who wishes can get acquainted with the available positions on the spot. During the opening, the executive director of "Arsenal" AD and "Arsenal 2000" AD Hristo Ibushev announced that the enterprise is looking for about two thousand workers and specialists in various fields.

"The most important thing is to know that the jobs at "Arsenal" are extremely secure," Ibushev emphasized and pointed out that the company has signed contracts for the next two years. According to him, this year the salaries of the employees of the enterprise have been increased by 63 percent, which is three times higher than the official inflation in the country.

"Salaries are higher than the average for the mechanical engineering sector," he also pointed out and noted that "Arsenal" also offers very good benefits for people with higher education and specialties. "We are one of the few remaining large enterprises in the country, which means that ambitious people have the opportunity to develop professionally," commented Hristo Ibushev and noted that the plant has been the largest employer in the country for over ten years. According to him, the enterprise currently employs about 8,000 people, and in 2015-2016 the number of employees was 11,600.

"We realize that this is quite ambitious, but at the moment our goal is to become 10-11 thousand people," he added. According to Ibushev, the main goal of the opening of the new office is that all interested parties from Stara Zagora and the country can get the information they need on the spot, as well as submit documents for work, without having to travel to Kazanlak for this. "We want to answer our potential workers' questions in person, not over the phone or email," he commented.

Plamen Staykov, head of the "Personnel" department at the company, specified that the variety of positions and professions at the plant is huge. "We have almost 700 types of professions, and the options for working hours are about 48", he pointed out and added that "Arsenal" is one of the few remaining employers in the country that offer a second category of work. "This is quite attractive for many people, because it offers earlier retirement," Stajkov explained. He pointed out that the average salary in the company is currently around BGN 2,050, and there is also a bonus system for each new employee depending on his qualification and position.

"According to this system, each new worker receives between one thousand and two thousand BGN in addition, payable twice - after the third and after the sixth month of his appointment", explained Plamen Staykov. Another social benefit is the free transport, and besides it, the employees from the municipalities of Stara Zagora, Gurkovo and Nikolaevo, who work in the factories in Kazanlak and Maglizh, receive an additional 250 BGN per month for remoteness.

"Every year, all employees at "Arsenal" receive food vouchers worth three thousand BGN - two hundred BGN per month, as well as two hundred BGN on the occasion of Christmas, Easter and the company's holiday in October," commented Staykov. He added that the company also provides free rest in the "Arsenal" hotel complex in Nessebar, which annually benefits about 2,600 people. "The enterprise has medical services, an ambulance, a fire department, a kindergarten, a sports team, and everything is free for the employees," he added.

In 2022, 145 years have passed since the establishment of "Arsenal" AD and 99 years since the establishment of the enterprise in Kazanlak. Over the last few years, the investments made in the company exceed BGN 200 million. In parallel with the renovation of the production workshops, the construction of new facilities and the introduction of modern technological equipment, the company also expands its social program concerning the employees of the companies "Arsenal" AD and "Arsenal 2000" AD.