02.02.2022

PHILIPS IS LOOKING FOR LOW-PAID WORKERS FOR ITS PLANT IN ROMANIA

The Dutch manufacturer of consumer electronics and home appliances Philips is looking for 100 unskilled workers for its factory in Orastie, Romania. Employees will assemble coffee machines and electric toothbrushes, the Romanian newspaper Ziarul Financiar reported.

Unskilled workers assembling parts receive the lowest salaries in Romania - less than 2,000 Romanian lei (400 euros) net per month.

The company reports a turnover of over 1.1 billion lei (231.8 million euros), a net profit of 42.5 million lei (8.8 million euros) and has more than 1,400 employees, according to the website of the Ministry of finance.

Founded about 21 years ago, according to information provided by Philips, the factory in Romania was taken over by the Italian company Saeco in 2009 and is one of the two production units in Europe of the Dutch giant specializing in the production of automated coffee machines. Electric toothbrushes under the Sonicare brand are also assembled there, Romania Insider writes.

Romania needs investments to give it a better place in international production chains and help it avoid the middle-income trap, said Daniel Dayanu, a member of the National Bank of Romania and head of the Fiscal Council.

At the same time, such investments will allow for better wages and reduce workers' emigration, Dayanu added.