Ericsson Telecommunications Romania, the domestic subsidiary ofSweden's provider of telecom equipment and services for fixed andmobile telephony, has come to an over 1,200-people headcount, aftertaking over 400 Romtelecom employees.
The network administration services agreement for theoutsourcing of some field operations signed with Romtelecom in 2009brought the Swedish the biggest outsourcing contract on thedomestic communications market, valued at 10m euros, inked over afive-year period.
Most Ericsson employees in Romania work in the services centreopened in 2007, which is currently employing 800 people. Thecompany's representatives said they would hire further this year,without specifying, though, the number of positions for which theywould recruit.
"We must be more competitive as regards salaries, which aregenerally 'dictated' by the country. We set salaries depending onwhat the other market players offer, but to be competitive we mustadjust them annually, to see where further investment is needed.Raises are in line with average increases of Romania and inflation,but we are also looking at employees' performance," said MariaRosaria Bonifacio, vice-president of the HR unit for Ericsson'sglobal services centres.
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