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Sorin Iordan, 10.10.2024, 12:00
The head of the Immigration Office of Ialomiţa County, in the south of Romania, chief commissioner Rareş-Gabriel Bulimej, was detained by the prosecutors of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) for taking bribe on an ongoing basis. In this case, a police officer from the Directorate for Immigration of the Municipality of Bucharest was also charged, for committing the crime of influence peddling. The DNA prosecutors reported that, in the period 2022 – 2023, Bulimej would have accepted from the Bucharest policeman the promise of receiving sums of money in exchange for the urgent scheduling of several applications for submitting work or employment permits for foreign citizens from non-European countries and, implicitly, for speeding up their resolution and for the preferential release of notices, in the name and on behalf of several commercial companies. Bulimej allegedly accepted the sum of 43,400 Euros as bribe in order to expedite the resolution of 63 employment applications for citizens from Asian countries. The chief commissioner is now proposed for preventive arrest for 30 days.
Most companies in Arad, which hire and have published the vacant positions, offer net salaries between 3,700 lei (740 Euros) and 6,200 lei (1,245 Euros), the National Employment Agency reports. According to the online job mediation application on the page mediere.anofm.ro, in Arad county, located in western Romania, 123 companies had 976 vacancies. Currently, the largest employer is a rolling stock manufacturer, which has hundreds of jobs available. The welders employed here, for whom there are 110 vacancies, are paid with net salaries between 4,000 lei (800 Euros) and 6,200 lei (1,245 Euros), depending on their experience. The same company also offers 80 locksmith positions, paid with salaries between 3,700 (740 Euros) and 5,500 lei (1,105 Euros), as well as 50 positions for unskilled workers in the assembly of parts, paid with net salaries between 3,700 (740 E) and 5,000 lei (1,000 Euros). Among those who can obtain high net salaries are the cooks – 5,000 lei (1,000 euros), carpenters – between 4,000 (800 E) and 6,000 lei (1,205 Euros), turners – between 3,700 (740 E) – 5,700 lei (1,145 euros) or workers in construction – 5,000 lei (1,000 euros). The car industry in the county, which at the beginning of the year made layoffs, now offers several hundred jobs, but most companies do not specify salaries. Those who provide this information show that the net income can be between 4,000 (800) and 5,000 lei (1,000 euros). At the same time, drivers can earn monthly net salaries of 3,300 lei (660 euros), textile factory workers and those who work in sanitation – 3,800 lei (760 euros). The lowest salaries published by employers in Arad start from 2,500 lei (500 euros) net value, for rodent extermination, pest control and disinfection operators. The unemployment rate in the county is 1.6%.
IT is the field in which the salary expectations of employees in Romania have increased the most in the last year, to 10,000 lei (2,000 euros) monthly, on average, according to a study published by the online recruitment platform eJobs. The average salary in this sector is currently 7,000 lei (1,400 euros), net value per month. According to eJobs, from the beginning of the year until now, almost 20,000 new jobs have been put on the market for the IT sector, down by about 15% compared to the same period last year. The highest salaries for specialists who do not also hold managerial positions are for IT architect – 15,000 lei (3,000 euros), but with average expectations of 20,000 lei (4,000 euros), software developer – 8,300 lei (1,670 euros) (with expectations that go up to 11,000 lei – 2,200 euros), data engineer – 8,500 lei (1,700 euros) (and expectations of 11,000 lei – 2,200 euros) or full stack developer – 8,000 lei (1,600 euros) vs. expectations of 10,000 lei (2,000 euros) per month. Currently, 24,000 jobs are available on eJobs.ro, of which 2,000 are in the IT field. (LS)
