Romania To Scrap 20,282 jobs till the end of the year

Romania's employment agency ANOFM announced that, until the end of the year, about 20,282 jobs will be cut. Last week, the agency reported that 4,882 employees were fired.

 

216 companies operated layoffs in the last week, most of which are in capital Bucharest (22) and counties Prahova (17), Timis (14), Vaslui (13), Galati, Cluj, Bacau (ten in each), Arges (nine), Gorj, Ialomita and Harghita (seven in each), Arad, Sibiu, Vrancea and Satu Mare (six in each).

 

The highest number of scrapped jobs announced between September and December is planned for Bucharest (2,788) and the counties Prahova (2,554), Timis (2,376), Arges (1,135), Gorj (1,071), Bacau (983), Alba (850), Vaslui (750), Dolj (744), Galati (710) and Cluj (562).

 

Between January and August 2009, 138,508 positions were scrapped.