Can foreign workers fix Romania's labor shortage? | Focus on Europe

[@GarbyIGP]

As a Romanian, I can answer the question very easily. The owners of these hotels pay next to nothing, that's why they can't attract Romanian workers. Because the workers are not treated fairly, they get cheated with money, underpaid, and overworked, while the owner practices higher rates for rooms and food than in Spain or France. This is nothing new, the owners were exploiting employees in this industry for tens of years, the only difference is that the Romanian employees finally woke up and saw that there are better opportunities for them than being slaves to a hotel owner in Constanta.

[@ceeemm1901]

You mean, Romanians 'suck the blood' of others? Da? "You luff to Count"!

[@christos.5302]

Same story in Bulgaria. I worked some time ago in such a place, the owners make millions, they give nothing to the workers. The solution is unions. Powerful and unforgiving.

[@omi685]

And just 2 million Romanians earn the minimum wage!!! Not to mention that many write the minimum wage on the contract and receive more in hand to avoid paying extra taxes. By the way, the minimum wage is 3,000 lei, roughly double what you said! And you forgot to tell the people that 96% of Romania's population already own a home or some land, so the rent isn't a big issue as it is in other countries! Stay in school and educate yourself. It's your fault if you accept wages that only a village fool would!

[@zedtrek]

That's the same everywhere, it's the degeneration of capitalism.

[@vonabod4259]

Exactly. 100 % They are degrading us, threating us as non-human and complain. It is enough. More than enough.

[@TheEndofZombieShakespeare]

"I don't know what would convince a Romanian worker in France to come back." More money.

[@BestOpinionHaver]

I know right. The answer is so blatantly obvious.

[@aminuaidara8601]

It's all about money

[@tlNCG]

i know ppl from france who moved to cluj and think it s better lol. prices in western europe are x3 higher (excluding low q food from supermarket). salaries are not always 3x higher. i know a lot of ppl making 2-3 k euros in Ro with low education jobs in RO. some of them like electricians of other tehnical jobs can make 4-5k per month and in RO u can live very good with 2k euros per m. to live that way u need 6k in western countries. romanians are living the worst live posible in west to save money and then whey come back and spend a lot in RO to flex. when they are working in RO they also spend a lot of money and compare the savings without comparing the quality of living.

[@cristibrad6742]

a lot of people actually would not come back for higher money because they left also because they had enough of so many backwards people that plague some areas. Not talking about hard working people in rural communities but about people more akin to bible thumpers and the remaining going on and on about how much better was life under communism and striving to bring those times back (they still got 40 or so more years left in them).

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@AlinMihaitaBaiceanu]

I'm really happy that Romanians are stepping up and saying no to underpaid jobs. Romania is a part of the Eu, with a cost of living similar to Western countries. As of that, Romanians should ask for a payment that allows living", not just existing.

[@alf3071]

correct

[@mariusremus9401]

Preach 🙏

[@tlNCG]

actually given the cost of living u can save more working in Ro than working same job in spain or italy or portugal and so on. the problem is that ppl are spending a lot more in RO to flex. when they go abroad they are living 5 ppl in a 1 room flat to save money and then compare the savings but it s not the same situation.

[@TorontoASUS]

CORRECT

[@adolfoguerra7257]

Cost of living is higher in Romania than in Western countries fyi

[@ursu16codrutza]

As a Romanian, I feel sick to see these business owners saying that Romanians don't want to work for them and see that they bring foreigners on a low salary and take advantage of them. It breaks my heart and angers me so much to hear that as a foreigner, he is forced to stay with so many other people in the same room. If I were in their place, I would use Romania as a bridge to get something better, never settle for less, guys!

[@amecmn9990]

Romanians have also shared rooms with lots of others when working abroad and they still do. Somehow that is very badly seen in Romania and they are made fun of and beeing called « capsunari » etc. I think that we wouldn’t have gotten in this situation if would have been kinder to each other. Plenty romanians, including myself, have left not because of a bad financial situation but because of the judgmental character of people. But we seem to have completely forgotten about the dramas of romanian families that were pulled apart, now we only feel sorry about the foreigners that go through the same. But I guess we deserve our faith as romanians (loosing all those millions of citizens and in the close future the work market will be saturated with the foreigners to a point where it will become unbearable, mark my words; it is what has happened in the west, now the French for exemple are beeing forced to move to the countryside just so that they have some peace and quiet cause foreigners bring pollution of all kinds with them), that’s what happens when « it’s every man for himself » thinking becomes the motto of a nation. We have never been able to appreciate one another and our culture, yet we appreciate other people’s cultures, food etc.

[@M4V3RiCkU235]

Is a BIG difference between "not wanting to work" to "being a wage slave"

[@Jorvaskrr]

​@@amecmn9990 the main thing as to why it's happening is welfare. In the west, there's a strong welfare system that lower class people can exploit. That's why they stick around. Besides, most of those workers do not plan to live in Romania. Why do that when you can have western civilization and all of its benefits one 2-3 hour flight away ?

[@stefanalexandrucojocaru1789]

Asta este consecință păcatelor noastre să ne întoarcem la Dumnezeu să ne ierte păcatele, nimic nu se întâmplă fără voia lui Dumnezeu poporul român a făcut păcate grele urăște păcatele noastre

[@Carpathianlup]

@@stefanalexandrucojocaru1789 Dumnezeu iubeste Romania si o va proteja impotriva celor care vor intenta la suveranitatea ei, traditia si cultura ei. Pacatul nostru este lenea. Ne este lene sa ne educam si sa actionam. De aceea noi functionam doar sub conducatori mai fermi care stiu sa ne organizeze. Noi nu stim ce sa facem cu libertatea.

[@ifrimvictor]

those seaside hotel owners are notoriously underpay their employees and make them work long hours. nobody in his right mind would want to work for them

[@grim5931]

in sound mind. In Panama it already happens Panama Colombia Costa Rica has people who are not in their right mind

[@baha3alshamari152]

" Nobody in his right mind would want to work for them " Sri Lankans , Indians , Pakistanis , Bengals , Nepalis, Afghans and Burmese people : Are you sure about that ? I will work for 400 € per month or less

[@constantin3387]

I am from Romania. I worked 12 years in construction and other areas. My payment was about 500€ while Polish people 1200€, Norway workers 2300€ for the same job. Even from India, Africa got 600€, and hotel accommodations, 3 meals a day free transport etc. For Romanian 500€ and nothing more. I left the country in 2016 and I don't plan to return.

[@eedragonr]

Polish workers are really fighting hard for better payments. Generally the Central Slavics.

[@tlNCG]

daca votati fsn de 30 de ani si nu stiti la cine sunt companiile romanesti, ce sa facem....votati in continuare psd pnl aur si o sa fie totul la fel. companiile romanesti sunt toate la rusi si austria / ungaria, adica aliatii lor. gandeste-te de ce nu ai auzit de dezastrul ecologic de la baia mare de la mina de aur, exploatare cu cianura, a unui oligarh RU, dar ai auzit de sute sau mii de ori de rosia montana , unde urma sa vina (nici nu a venit, nu a facut nici un dezastru) o companie americana.

[@edycristea8402]

In constructii se ofera salarii de la 6000 in sus. Eu pe cn cumosc castiga peste 10000, deci nsh unde ai muncit tu.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@gabrielc6252]

Costs of living are lower in Romania versus those countries

[@Mark-mo7rv]

Treat your employees fairly and they will love and loyal to you. A business will not grow without employees.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@mihaiburtea6594]

Only hungarians can still be so hostile in 2023 EU. Wake up, none of your neighbours like you, especially because you are like this.

[@seabiscuit726142]

LOL...did you hear of Only Fans? One EMPLOYEE...millions of $$$. Now, that's a business!

[@eedragonr]

​@@seabiscuit726142you are sick

[@sergiukawa]

@@zoltanzzolt right...come take it back then stop crying like little mongol children.

[@p5ychonaut]

Big hug to Romania from Poland. Gotta visit you one day.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@RhiannonSenpai]

Hugs back my Eastern European brother from a Romanian 🤗

[@nirosshalom5530]

​@@zoltanzzoltif you still want Transilvania, 20+ millions romanians including diaspora, will give you the answer right now NEM,NEM SOHA.

[@rstn9999]

Plenty of romanians are already visiting Poland, me ans my friends fell in love with Krakow ❤ such an amazing city to live in. ❤ PL bros

[@DacianRider]

the ruzzbots are trying to keep us apart ! cheers to Poland ! lots of love. You guys are awesome !

[@ares106]

Can't believe I would ever see the day when Romania needs more workers.

[@Player-re9mo]

It's not that surprising given that Romania, like many other European countries, suffers from population decline and after the fall of communism many people emigrated abroad.

[@user-ph4wi4sy2p]

most romanians work abroad

[@omi685]

​@@user-ph4wi4sy2pNot "most Romanians", check the data!!!

[@Bazzungah]

Cheap workers it’s happening same in Italy

[@bigzed7908]

No, Romania doesn't need more workers. It needs better paying jobs and good conditions. We have enough people for literally every job imaginable, but when someone pays you scraps you either get out of the country or go to university and become whatever and even that doesn't pay well. (unless you go into IT or medicine)

[@llamaboss1434]

Drive down wages forever until the world is reduced to poverty.

[@christos.5302]

you don't know poverty until you've seen eastern Europe in 90s. We're rich compared to then and we will get mcuh better. The western countries didn't lean a hand when the soviet block collapsed fast enough. They are busy now with LGBTQ

[@rjbse]

Effectively won't they be normalising wages globally since most workers are sending the money back to their home countries?

[@cristibrad6742]

we just need to hold on for labor robots and then the white collar workers will be next on the chopping block.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@RobinTorrekensTravelVlog]

Romania is a wonderful country. As a Belgian citizen I visited it for the first time in 1997. A lot has changed since the '90 and for the better. Also the average salaries have gone up but not at the same rate as the living costs and not like in other eastern European countries. I do not understand why. It is simple, make the salaries at the same rate versus the living cost like it is in other European countries and people will not move around in Europe that much anymore because why should they? This change is long overdue and the discrepancies should be fix as soon as possible.

[@cristibrad6742]

the reason is hidden in business practices where the owner acts like he is the second coming of Jesus and political decisions. We have a running joke, nobody starts a business of any kind unless in the first few months he can amass 2x villas and 2 new BMW's. Love the genuine strong collective impression that Belgian syndicates leave to us from abroad.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@mickael1277]

@@zoltanzzolt , Transilvania is latin for crossing the forest, where Dacian lands and it's people there way before Hungarians came to Europe, also Transilvania trough history it had Romanians as majority population, aside from a few times. When Moldova and Wallachia as you call it united to form Romania, shortly after, Transilvanians asked and join Romania as well. I think if you want Transilvania back to ocupation by Hungary, you should go to war and take it

[@zoltanzzolt]

@@mickael1277 nonsense , when the genocide by the mongol empire to Hungary happened Hungary invited vlachs and others to live in Hungarian lands because few Hungarians remained there is no need for war as transylvanians can stay but oltenians and moldovans with their hate can go somewhere else

[@shadowsxd1452]

Trust me , the corruption is the problem. Imagine that the teachers in RO who are in service for 20 years earn just 800 euro/month and the new ones 500/month. They did a protest with 3-4 weeks before the final exams students have in 8th and 12nd classes to put pressure on the gouverment to give them an increase of 400 euro(which is fair considering the prices going up almost as western). You know what the gouverment leader said? "Stop doing silly stuff before the exams , you endanger hundred of thousand of students , get back to your classes" Instead of finding a solution ,they were AMAZED that they have the guts to this now (and prob. dont even know the definition of a 'protest'). They claimed to give them "bonuses"(which can be rejected anytime) and to give them an increase in a FEW YEARS. ( Also they didn't paid the teachers during the protest ). They said they don't have any money (and were only half of the year though) Most of the money is being stolen anyway. To have money in Romania u need to do find 'ways' to beat the system's taxes. This is what we need to go though in this country (don't judge the people that immigrate in west)

[@alexandruirimescu8143]

Hello! I am a Romanian living and working in Romania for an American company. The are a few issues with the average romanian employers: - they lack of entreprenurial education and culture; - they have no respect for honest work and honest workers; they usually behave like medieval landowners, entitled to decide life and death; - they always thinks that employees earn much more than they deserve; in their mind, five hundred euros a month is enough to have a decent living... From my experience, a salary of at least a thousand euros a month could be enough to have a decent life in Romania, IF you have a smaller rent (let's say 150 euros per month), you don't smoke or you don't generally indulge in any unreasonable spending, and you don't need to go on vacation. Those poor fellars from Nepal are more than happy to work their a** off for five hundred euros a month. I use to be like that twenty years ago. But now I can't. I am married, I have rent to pay and generally more obligations that require a bigger salary. So, if the romanian employers want romanian employees to work for them, they should start to pump more money in the salary department.

[@tlNCG]

vrajeala. nu s ba toti oamenii ca it istii solitari care o freaca singuri in 2 camere si nu ies de acolo si dau de 3 ori pretul alimentelor din piata pe chestii comandate din apps sau nu gatesc ca se uita la seriale sau pe ytb. stiu familii care traiesc decent cu 1,4 k euro si au chirie 250 euro. isi permit mancare, masina, sa aiba grija de copil si sa mearga de 2 ori pe an in vacante. amuzant cum ati uitat toti cum ati trait in anii 90-2000, cand familiile voastre aveau si mai putini bani si totusi ati ajuns toti ok si nu ati murit ca n-ati mers la 6 ani in paris ca sa flexe mami pe insta dupa ce si-a vandut viata ca sa aiba bani. sa nu mai spun ca in ro sunt 92% proprietari, nu ca in vest. asadar nu prea e problema cu chiriile, problema uriasa in vest care impinge oamenii sa mearga la munca pe bani putini si sa accepte chestii nasoale ca sa aiba unde dormi. cat despre asiatici, ei sunt ultra happy in RO, ca la ei in tara traiau de 100 de ori mai rau. si eu au familii dar traiesc in nepal. pt nepalezi RO e cum e pentru tine america.

[@ishanmarjan]

I dont think Romanian employers want to employ Romanian employees. They simply want cheap labor. Thats why asians are filling in.

[@cristibrad6742]

past the trolling, what you describe is the management issue when they dont have to answer to any1 outside Romania. Where they do, you can see that they are more pale and driving fewer expensive cars. Most romanians are hard workers, otherwise common sense would dictate that most business in the service area would not have reached financial profitability. You can mostly find skilled labor in places that have roads because the limiting factor in romanian growth is that you have poor to no roads (we w8 for flying cars to jump technologically like with the internet).

[@eedragonr]

How much are they paying you?

[@nobine]

asa este!

[@bruceleez5292]

There is no labor shortage anywhere. There is a shortage of decent business owners that got this wild idea of capitalism and greed grandfathered in there heads. Look at the wealth gap not in the rich and poor, but the ladder of earned wages from top to bottom. It's astounding..

[@dariusdareme]

As a romanian, I'm surprised that a german news channel translates romanian to english to make a video. The world is truly borderless.

[@RsOnTheStreetS]

It's also available in german.😅

[@dariusdareme]

@@RsOnTheStreetS true, didn't know that.

[@cocktail2380]

Hi there can you tell me any site for seeking a job in Romani .

[@mehakbal8480]

Hj788

[@ubelmensch]

And they do that so they can try to convince you that replacing a native European population with Africans and West Asians is actually a good thing. The world is truly gay

[@Jorjgasm]

When they say foreign workers, they mean Africans and poor Asians. But there are plenty of workers... in the EU. This is not a labor issue, it is a wage issue. Romania is part of a labor market of 450 million people, and it also has Ukraine, the Western Balkans and the R of Moldova nearby. The problem is that labor importers are catering to people who can't or won't pay the required wages to clear the market and get labor. Example: I live in Bucharest. The tourist trap restaurants in the center have more and more Sri Lankan and other staff, but my perfectly adequate neighborhood restaurants near the center have Romanian staff who are just as competent. How can a hugely busy and profitable restaurant not find workers but my more affordable neighborhood one can and why doesn't that restaurant steal the workers from this one, by offering the higher wages it can definitely afford? The answer is cost minimization and the government aids them in this. It is all a con. And it is not just the hospitality industry. All areas complaining of lack of workers are suffering from low capital investment into automation, from low efficiency or from deceptive cost minimization presented as labor shortage. I don't fault these companies, but I fault the government for not following the interest of Romanian workers, who need labor scarcity to increase their bargaining power and capital investment to increase productivity.

[@mevio4665]

True

[@NaumanKhanOfficial12]

It's really not a Justice

[@XYZ-pz3tf]

Unfortunately, they did not ask Nicolai what the prices were at his hotel. I can guarantee you that they are the same and maybe even higher than in western countries, but the salaries are 3-4 times lower.

[@cristibrad6742]

Romanian sea side prices are on par with prices in France. Full season starts next week. Romanians go to Bulgarian, Greek and Turkey sea side because its way cheaper. Only those on government tickets (abhorent practice to keep prices artificially high) and silly foreigners still go. Exception is Costinesti where its basically for students and manbabies to go crazy.

[@wyqtor]

@@cristibrad6742 That's because all of the spoiled Bucharesters are willing to pay the price. Plus, government employees get so-called holiday vouchers, which they have to spend on hotels ONLY in Romania, which drives the prices high up to the point that we private workers always prefer to go abroad for the holidays.

[@nvelsen1975]

Just checked via Booking, for Constanta (seaside city) and you're right, the hotel prices are roughly Dutch and German levels of expensive. Seems to be only € 10-20 per night cheaper for the same quality (100 vs 120, 80 vs 100, etc)

[@eedragonr]

​@@nvelsen1975and is fully booked by the tourists near the war zones?

[@nvelsen1975]

@@eedragonr That's mostly a thing inside Ukraine. People find B&Bs and hotels inside the warzone or former warzone and to support the (presumably ruined) people who work there, they book a stay without any intention of showing up. Since I found out I can put those up as tax-deductible I put down some 1400 quid from my company for smalltime B&B's in villages.

[@4tech404]

Low birth rates, massive emmigration and the economic boom of Romania in the last 10 years means it has a huge labor shortage. It doesn't help that business owners are unwilling to pay more but it reached a point where it's hard to find people even when it pays more.

[@HyuLilium]

If it's booming you can pay more than western countries right? Then you can attract even swiss construction workers. It's simple, pay huge money => get more workers

[@HyuLilium]

@@cypher221 Because apparently they find it hard to do even that

[@raduromanesti6408]

​@@HyuLiliumif it's booming, it means it WILL be as rich as western eu , it doesn't mean we are yet, oldo we are about to in the next 10 years

[@butchfils9464]

Arabs would fertilize your women.

[@comment514]

The birth rates aren’t low, they are actually pretty high. Everyone around me is having at least 2 kids, issue is more Romanians are leaving and dying of old age, so the population cannot be replaced natively. We have brought this issue upon ourselves, it’s time to welcome foreigners into this country just as others have welcomed us into theirs

[@dvsls]

there no labor shortage in Romania, there's an acute living wage shortage here. paying 500 euros when the minumum rent is probably 3-350€ is not desirable, you'll be eating scraps using the small amount left after paying your bills. the hotel owner in this video is already complaining and finding reasons why immigrants are already bad, not prepared and probably planning in his head how reduce the amount paid or extend their work hours, absolutely gutted by his attitude.

[@BerikM]

Someone in comments mentioned that cup of coffee in beachfront hotels in Romania costs more than 6 euro. I doubt a lot of people drink it. Having such crazy pricing policy there is no surprise that hotel occupancy is not great. It's simple math, if you have a hotel with one hundred rooms, you can jack up the price as $100 for a night for a room and it will have 10% occupancy (10 rooms occupied and 90 rooms vacant). Ten rooms for $100 brings you $1,000 per night. However, if you decrease the price for a room from $100 to $50, your occupancy rate will increase as well. Having $50 for a room per night you will have 50% occupancy, which brings you to $2,500 (50 rooms times $50) per night, which is two and a half times more. Don't the owners of the hotel know that? It's the basics of every business. So, they can spend $1,500 ($2,500 - $1,000) extra profit on increasing the salary and this will attract more local employees.

[@gregorgreg5337]

You are missing one point here: these prices are not for romanians but for foreigners from western Europe and America. The vast majority of romanians will never pay 6 euros for a coffee but people from richer countries will because for them this price is normal/fair. And because of greed and other bad habits, these owners focus on making more profit by paying very low salaries to their employees. And another flaw in your business plan is that if your hotel has an average occupancy of 50% that means you need more staff to clean the rooms and keep everyone pleased/working. Which translates into another wage you have to pay as an owner. This the mentality here. Keep the profit to maximum while everything else (staff, quality of products and services) at minimum. You know what's funny? We, romanians tend to go in Greece/Bulgaria for vacation because we dislike the services our own people are providing and I think that says a lot!

[@BerikM]

@@gregorgreg5337 As for the extra staff, hiring a couple more people in the peak season will solve the problems of small hotel (one hundred room hotel). It will not cost much.

[@_o..o_1871]

@@BerikMt is not just the wage. The managament is horrible. I worked on the Romanian seaside and the managers overwork you and they often let other employees “train” you. There is nothing professional about seasonal businesses here. Hopefully the state will invest more in practical schools so that services and wages improve. But until then…… PS: I feel bad for all these seasonal workers. They deserve so much better! This is literally capitalist slavery!

[@saint-simon1134]

Well, 2,500$ it's not all profit. More occupied rooms means more electricity, water, AC others maintenance stuff consumption.

[@theiagrowingup]

Alot of this business owners forget this is a free market. It is easy to attract people to your business, give them proper salaries and working conditions. But lowering your profit margins is never an option as far as I see.

[@misterx441]

If you take Mcdonald's as an example, it did become an Imperium! Better living it's better profit, better profit it's better greediness.. Take a little but don't take all!

[@_o..o_1871]

That’s literally how capitalism works

[@baha3alshamari152]

Why would you sacrifice your profits when you can just bring cheap labor from Asia and Africa

[@mr.x7792]

​@baha3alshamari152 because it's about your own country, your own citizens, and our benefits from it! What the point a country to be called such if your intentions are to bring only people from abroad were poverty lives? Grow your own community first and then bring INVESTORS to potential grow and expansion. Think local before you excel!!! Your thoughts are your thoughts but mine are mines no offence!🎉

[@chibuzororji2596]

Please I need a job in Romania or any European country

[@yamataichul]

The biggest mistake of this news article was not disabling the comment section. As a Romanian I do hope the foreign workers do not settle for less or equal as us and move on for a better future. These hotel owners, restaurant owners, construction work higher-ups, factory higher-ups, bosses of any kind of manual work are willing to fire and replace people on a whim

[@judessunna]

Hello ,I am an African teacher,is it possible for me to get a job in Romania??

[@Pointi69]

You don't want these jobs. It is not better than in Africa.

[@metodiusm428]

That's literally what Western Europeans do also. The youth there doesn't want to do those jobs hence they import immigrants. This is how capitalism works

[@jamesoakley4570]

​@@metodiusm428Romania isn't in western Europe.

[@metodiusm428]

@@jamesoakley4570 I didn't claim that, but Western Europeans also use immigrants for low-skilled jobs

[@florinRS11]

Of course, they can no longer find Romanian workers, at what low wages they offer and how much work they want in return. I'm glad that our time has come to see the business owners struggling :)

[@RhiannonSenpai]

I totally agree, Florin.

[@NewSamanca]

I remember around 2007-2008 when they would offer you a mere 300 euro salary saying "if you don't like it, no problem there are 100 others who can replace you".

[@florinRS11]

@@NewSamanca Indeed!

[@eedragonr]

Did they investigate Kaufland Romania? They are also working with Indians, Pakistani, foreigners. What wages do they pay to the Romanians? What is ThissenKrupp doing there, what management do they have, what wages do they pay and what taxes and fees? What wages is Tiriac paying and what taxes and fees?

[@baha3alshamari152]

They are not struggling because they can easily get cheap labor from Asia

[@antalito3047]

We recently visited Bucharest and this was very noticeable, you see a lot of workers from Asia doing the deliveries or cleaning the rooms of apartments.

[@dand7763]

ohh... the irony... romanian workers do the same things in Western Europe :)) but nothing to accuse someone, everyone in this world must work in a place where he is feel comfortable , don't you ? it's freedom , the right of choice for anyone

[@antalito3047]

@@dand7763 lol what are you on about? I simply stated an observation, I didn’t say if it’s right or wrong I just shared what I saw. Why are you feeling offended? The amount of self-frustration in some people…

[@dand7763]

​@@antalito3047 LOL !!!

[@maryoo7131]

​@@antalito3047, he's just another frustrated Romanian born in the communist regime. Ignore him...All he can say is "lol" as his English is very limited and the lack of argunents is also very obvious, but he likes to stick his nose where it's none of his business. This is a general issue with the mediocre Romanians, nowadays! Also, individuals like dand suffer for personality disorders as well! So that's why you may think he was arguing with you.🤣

[@rageagaintstheNWO]

@@dand7763 Looks like you got triggered for nothing. Sit down and enjoy your mici.

[@garciacalavera6830]

Native Romanian here: the employers in Romania are lying, they refuse to offer decent salaries and then complaint about labour shortage. That hotel owner charges the same as Western hotels , but pays his staff with 300 to 500 EUR per month. No wonder nobody wants to work for him. Back in 2000's , they were humiliating people who were looking for work, they just pick them up from the queu and offer them 50-100 USD per month, if the worker refused, they would famously say: "if you don't like walk away, there's 100 like you waiting outside for a job"

[@paulungureanu937]

300 euros are decent money, every penny matters.

[@M4V3RiCkU235]

...And they walked away. For GOOD.

[@andreiaiosif2534]

Timpurile s-au schimbat, nu mai are balta pește. Intră acum pe piața muncii generația din 2003-2004, foarte puțin numeroasă. Va fi din ce în ce mai rău pentru angajatori.

[@M4V3RiCkU235]

@@andreiaiosif2534 Bine spus ! Eu vad la munca zi de zi. Pusti care s-au nascut cu telefonul/tableta in fata, dar habar nu au sa instaleze o aplicatie pe PC sau nu stiu sa caute o informatie. Pana la urma ptr munca, folosim PC-uri, nu telefoane ! O numesc generatia "de-a gata" Nu depun nici cel mai mic efort intelectual sa gaseasca solutii Daca inainte se punea accent pe toceala,eu chiar incurajez sa foloseasca google. Nici asta NU pot ! Dau peste o problema - "dar cum fac aici" ?! In schimb vor 5000 de lei/net din prima. In 5-10 ani o sa dai cu tunul sa gaseti un om sa schimbe un monitor, un procesor, sa repare reteaua. 98% habar NU au cum se face asta, desi s-au nascut cu ele ! Vai si amar !

[@fenzy6433]

@@M4V3RiCkU235 problema e ca toti vor salarii mari cu munca cat mai putina. Daca guvernul se va mai atinge mult de salariul minim, multi patroni vor renunta la muncitori sau chiar la toata afacerea

[@MrBluecharisma]

Romania needs better laws that actually protect local workers and a higher minimum wage

[@andreiaiosif2534]

The minimum wage almost tripled in the last 15 years, this is not only a wage problem, the shortage of workforce is real because the birthrate is extremely low in the last 20-25 years and the working age population is sharply declining especially in the last 5 years.

[@MrBluecharisma]

Exactly,taxes take almost half of your salary and you have almost nothing to show for it,buying a house is next to impossible for most people,altough i know that's not a Romanian exclusive problem,it's still a big issue for us too

[@Fakerealestatebiz]

@@andreiaiosif2534foarte multi dintre voi traiti pe alta planeta. Salariile au crescut dar si costul vietii a crescut. Sunt preturi la produse mai mari decat in vest. Suntem in top 3 cele mai mari taxe din EU, si unde e justificarea? Rata de natalitate este dintre cele mai mari din europa, asa ca te sfatuiesc sa faci putin research, inainte sa copiezi argumente vestice din culturi nelatine antisociale. Immigantii sunt angajati pt ca primesti sporuri de la EU angajatorii si au standarde salariale mai mari decat romanii in acelasi domeniu. Nu o sa va pot intelege niciodata dusmania pe propria natie. Romanii au muncit sufficient pt a construi economia altor tari. Nu ca-si merita drepturile, si le-au castigat!!

[@georgealexandru1323]

In Romania, a psychological test for future business owners to test their views about employees should be mandatory because you have many “landlords” like the one in this video that is seeing human lives like pawns.

[@TransilvaniaFarm]

Go and work in Germany and see what a "landlord" means.

[@markmd9]

At the beginning business owners don't want to rise the salaries so local workers won't leave but later they will have to do it if they want to exist.

[@dylanarg-cast9836]

I’m a Cuban American I visited Romania in august 2023 and I fell in love with the country and the people, also the culture landscapes you deserve better , better politicians and salaries .sending love to that beautiful country!

[@ramonacucu2105]

God bless cuba latin brothers from romania cuba is also beautiful country. ❤❤❤❤

[@perfectlyroundcircle]

"Oh no, what can I do, the workers are leaving and I simply don't know why!" Have you tried paying your employees a higher salary?

[@eedragonr]

Well they may be prepared for mobilization

[@kissrobert7386]

Instead of paying the romanians more, so they don’t leave abroad for a better life, they bring people from much poorer countries to pay them even less. Life in Romania is not good, people are poor, those who are abroad will never return to this country only to be humiliated by the minimum wage in this country!

[@ionutunroman7525]

Dude, minimum wage is for unskilled work. If you want to earn more get a University degree or any degree in something, learn 2 or 3 languages, gather experience in the field you got the degree, change a few companies and after a while you will eventually get to earn more money. Just sitting, doing nothing and complaining won't make money fall out from the sky.

[@mcr2356]

​@ionutunroman7525 You should still be able to afford to live.

[@omi685]

Even if you work as a cashier in a supermarket in Romania, you can still afford to rent your own place, which isn't that possible in most of the western countries. Those leaving should've stayed in school and educated themselves, not abandon school and end up as an unqualified workforce abroad. Most of those who left are working on construction sites, elderly care homes, farms, and so on.

[@yamataichul]

​@@ionutunroman7525you can't get hired anywhere with a college degree. The officials officially botched competency

[@ionutunroman7525]

@@mcr2356 Well that depends on what affording to live means to each individual. For sure, you won't be able to afford to live in big cities(not the outskirts), buy clothes from known brands, go on vacations or own a new car with minimum wage in most countries of this world. That is what the middle class can afford and the middle class doesn't earn minimum salary.

[@Habits9595]

500 euro for 7day shift😅... And that old guy doesn't know why he cand find workers? Ridiculous

[@mrmrmrcaf7801]

500 euros in hand, he pays taxes on top of that,in total is over 1000...if he gives more, he reaches another level of payment and the fees are too high or ends up paying off the books, which is very illegal in Romania, is punished with imprisonment.

[@A3Kr0n]

Poor guy has three hotels and nobody to do his work for him. Isn't that so sad?

[@veneps]

i almost have tears in my eyes

[@aena5995]

😂😢

[@colin8696908]

I feel like every employer that hires someone through the work program should have to pay a tax to cover the cost of bringing in unskilled labor.

[@ishanmarjan]

I think its desperation for workers that they have made easy to bring people in. Once the demands are met I am sure the rules will tighten. best example is the oil rich middle east - its not easy getting there now as before. Because they have enough foreign labor now they are not interested anymore.

[@geminix365]

The cost is having the unskilled and having to train them

[@baha3alshamari152]

​@@geminix365 That's why wages in IT and engineering are always high since training unskilled workers to do complex high skilled jobs is impossible in short period so companies have no option but to pay high salaries with better work conditions but jobs that require few days of training and low skills like restaurants and retail and .... can always get cheap labor

[@callmearmstrong]

Romaina needs more workers because thier 'workers' left for better lives and jobs in other countries. Maybe that countiry should take better care of thier people who earn unlivable wages right now and have for years...I visited some friends there a few years ago, students living in a 1 bedroom apartment, five of them , each had under 400 euros to live off of each month and they all worked.. The people that 'run' that country live in mansions while allowing the majority to live in poverty...OF COURSE THEY LEAVE!

[@omi685]

Left for a better life? They officially invested over 65 billion back in Romania in the last years, according to the bank transactions. Not to mention the cash brought in when flying or driving back to Romania, estimated to a roughly 5 billion per year. Most of those who left are an unqualified workforce, without higher education, and the overwhelming majority of them still love Romania and dream of returning back to their country and relatives one day. That's why they built houses and started businesses with the money earned abroad. Most Romanians working abroad are facing racism and are working long working hours, breaking their backs for the money. Many of them share their home with other people to cut the costs and save money. No one abroad sits in a villa and drinks a cocktail if you are not already very rich or have higher education.

[@RGFWZ]

Parts of romanians abroad sit in City Centers or in Front of supermarkets and beg for Money in Western Europe. Looks Like this makes more Money than working in romania

[@omi685]

@@RGFWZ Those are not the native Romanians, those are the gypsies, one of Romania's ethic minorities! The gypsies are nomads who migrated from the northern region of India and settled across Europe, they represent roughly 3% of Romania's population. No true Romanian would ever do what they are doing, the gypsies have a different mindset than the Romanians, different traditions, different lifestyle, different language, different goals, different origin, etc.

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

@@omi685 They will return to Romania because most Romanians can't integrate in different countries or cultures.

[@omi685]

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 They are returning because they have family and friends back home, because it's safer, because the food is tastier, because no matter what it's still their country.

[@dariusbruchental3404]

Rather then making the work places more attractive, we import people from asia, not very productive

[@alf3071]

modern slavery, they want to keep the wages as low as possible while the cost of living increases

[@tlNCG]

taci ba prajitule. poti face in Ro mai multi bani ca afara. ideea e ca romanii sunt oportunisti si pe langa asta cand sunt in Ro se lauda si cheltuie mult si afara stau 5 in 2 camere si mananca doar din supermerket la reducere si apoi normal ca strang mai mult afara. de ce vin in RO sa si puna dinti sau sa rezolve ceva acte? ca in vest nu si-ar permite nici sa treaca pragul sa intrebe pretul. nu mai vorbesc de mancat in restaurante decente. in ro o masa la un restaurant decent e 15-40 euro si afara nu scapi fara 40 euro si se poate duce la 200. dar na, romanii cred ca daca mananci la cel mai slab restaurant niste pizza congelata in paris, ti-ai permis o masa la restaurant in paris. nu, nu ti-ai permis

[@vladnicu3655]

For the hotel owner: How about providing decent salaries and work conditions?

[@M4V3RiCkU235]

Boss: How the f*** I`m gonna afford the new top-tier Porsche next year ?!

[@baha3alshamari152]

Why would he when he can hire Asian workers for less

[@LucianStanMedia]

+ In my hometown, Tulcea there is a shipyard where they are moaninng romaninans don't want to work on 400 - 500 euros wage but they bring vietnamese on 1500euro monthly wage . If they pay romanians these wages they won't emigrate to Norway for 3000 euro wage. Hypocrisy of bussiness owners.

[@ademusat9184]

Bravo și pt 1000 crede ma ca 1000 tu 1000 ea nu ar mai pleca lumea

[@francovb2001]

Umm, Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Romania unemployment rate for 2021 was 5.17%, a 0.14% increase from 2020. - I wonder why they aren’t providing labor to these individuals. - Romania doesn’t seem to have a “labor shortage” but a GREEDY market. - Sickening

[@Qwerty1637i]

Sickening too bad it’s the same all over the world, even in your western “paradise”

[@weird-guy]

What! fighting better pay and working conditions is being greedy ?? Every country has the Same problem. Also some people don’t have the skills certain business are locking for.

[@cristibrad6742]

in short, the unemployment distribution is like a rainbow, from less than 1% to some places with 100% (yes, 100%, only retired people left in ex industrial towns, some created artificially such as Ceasusescu's home village). And the long explanation is that unemployment is way more politically used than in the USA's wildest conspiracies. For example, when asked about raising private investments in high unemployment areas our politicians say that the state must 'make' (force) private investments invest there (not talking about tax cuts).

[@antred11]

@@weird-guy "What! fighting better pay and working conditions is being greedy ??" I don't think he was accusing those unwilling to work for peanuts greedy. He called employers who are unwilling to pay living wages greedy. At least that's how I read him.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@randomstuff9322]

The reality is that people are getting paid better elsewhere and these hotel owners want to pay slave wages. If they increased their pay a bit more, they would get lots of people willing to work.

[@andreiasanache7899]

This is not true. Romania doesn’t have workers shortage. There are so many poor people in the country that will be happy to work. But they rather give the jobs to foreign workers because they work for cheap labor. Shame on the big companies.

[@goguu7788]

Only in construction we have

[@rstn9999]

As romanian I cant have anything but sympathy for sri lankan and asian workers. Not so long in the past my dad had to leave for western EU to provide me with all I needed to access higher education and get a well paid job. Years of sacrifice for an entire generation. Romanians, poles & many more - Bastiat said it best for us. As for all asian workers - you will always be greeted here by me and many others. We have some bad apples too, as you may have noticed. Nevertheless, please dont let that stop you. Also, as many others have said - take care, a lot of business owners are predatory in nature. Our state corruption & nepotism forged them like this. Know your worth, dont let them fool you. Its not worth it. Try to come only on positive feedback from your countrymen. Stay safe ❤

[@misterx441]

Soon enough instead of Romania it will become Gypsyromania, where are you Zamolxes, Decebal, Burebista, Vlad Tepes, Mihai Viteazul, Stefan Cel Mare, and the last truly leader Ceausescu, they all got murdered by betrayed from the "boierii" for just nothing but to destroy a nation of DACIA! Sad man.....very sad!

[@eedragonr]

Communism forged them like this. At least they have an excuse.

[@asmirann3636]

Eastern Europeans do not like non-Europeans in general. The level of xenophobia in slavic countries is huge. So you being considerate and kind to them is different from the norm.

[@andreiaiosif2534]

@@asmirann3636 Romania is not slavic and not xenophobic and traditionally was an imigration country, an melting pot. Only the communist period changed this situation. And historically this imigration was from Southern Europe and Middle East. Romanians are very hospitable in their nature as long as the newcomers respect the country's habits and want to integrate into the Romanian way of life.

[@wankmaster69]

@@andreiaiosif2534 keep lying to yourself, i have seen romanian calling monkey to immigrants. It's just a melting pot of immigrant poor labours.

[@MariaBelenSeyssInquart]

NO NO, don´t bring foreign workers unless they are other Pure Europeans. That is how it started in France "we need more workers, France is growing". NO NO. Only from your own culture: other Pure Europeans, like Polish, Hungarians, Greek, etc etc. I am from Argentina, and we have followed the same policies and we are an example of a United country with One culture.

[@grim5931]

Francia Colombia venezuela

[@dodo12145]

Argentina is already suffering from high inflation and at the brink of collapse.

[@draculakickyourass]

You are the example of a failed contury for corruption and street crime nothing more , zero advanced industry,zero technology research. You can barely service an european car at the mechanic shop......not to make,only to repair.

[@Valicore]

€6,000 to an agency to find you a job in Romania. Wow.

[@ahmaduncovered]

thats how scam goes in India,Pakistan,Nepal and Srilanka

[@ivani3237]

and how many you would pay, if you are born in the Indian village ?

[@edgarLV]

In Indonesia people pay approximately 2500eur.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@cristibrad6742]

@@zoltanzzolt u'd love a hunic Hong Kong episode wouldnt u sneaky git.

[@emil10139]

Very strange for me, being romanian and having to speak in english in a restaurant in Bucharest, also in the airport. Weird times we're living.

[@DacianRider]

I wouldn't mind the practice 😁 chiar deloc

[@Nasil-Yapmali]

I live and work in bucharest ım kurd ı love romanian people🙋‍♂️

[@Grannn]

@@Nasil-Yapmali Thank you :)

[@ciprianpopa1503]

You'd better speak the language of your customer. He pays your wage.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@Marqan]

This is clearly a case of underpaying and undervaluing labor. It doesn't make sense to compare french job opportunities to romanian ones, as many people would rather stay home if they had a decent pay. Sure, there are some people who just want to work in another country, almost regardless of pay, and there are also people who will move to anywhere if they can get a few pennies more, but a lot of people would rather stay home, even if higher paying jobs are available elsewhere. The Sri Lankan guy is a perfect example of that, he's only out there because his country is struggling hard.

[@LeratoM98]

I don't understand govts thinking immigration is the solution. In South Africa, it's the same, but our unemployment rate is very high and instead of gov funding South African students for higher education qualifications for example, they want to hire lecturers from other countries. Makes no sense. Invest in your citizens before looking OUTSIDE.

[@Catalin207]

It is a normal course of life. Just as Romanians left for Western Europe to earn more money, people from other countries are now coming to Romania where they earn very little, because for their country, salaries in Romania are high salaries. It's not a tragedy and Romania has enough workers and if it doesn't make sense, from Asia, they pay them less and they work even more. Romanians live quite well, at least in the Transylvania area where there are enough jobs and much better paid than in the rest of the country. Those who want to work and live beautifully and well, can live quietly and with salaries from Romania, those who want luxury and 3-story houses, go west, work until old age, build 3-story houses and end up living in a house empty, in a small room. The cost of living in countries with high salaries is much higher, as are the taxes, so they compensate. Rents, taxes, food is much cheaper, that's why and higher salaries, simple to understand.

[@imt1217]

i have 2 srilanka's dudes in my city, working at a bar. polite, hard working and not thinking that anyone owes them anything.

[@32stevo]

owns a business he doesnt want to work in and wonders why he cant find people....

[@pawelbromann2416]

Salaries are higher in the Western Europe, but so is cost of living there...

[@mirceapintelie361]

There is no labour shortage in Romania, there is only a CHEAP LABOUR shortage.Employers, especially in hospitality srvices, still dream of the days when they were able to tell an employee-If you dont like it ,there are 10 people waiting at the door. Businesses who cant pay a living wage should be allowed to fail, not to be subsidized by workers from Asia

[@Gabrieltakesover]

There is no labor shortage just that it's hard to find people to work 6 days a week and extra hours for a bargrain salary and no vacation. Even people aged past 40 and even 50 are going to work in western countries where they find it more convenient. Nepalese and Sri Lankans are having little options at home so that's why they coming.

[@param888]

Romanian, Croatian, Czech and Serbian are labours of Europe who mostly works for France, Finland, Norway, Germany and Switzerland. German youth worker prefer even less pay. ut good location as Spain or countryside in france. I think European employers went too far to play with delicate balance of employee and workers. In future now it will cause many disputes among workers obviously local workers will hit new arrivals. it's same all over the world. for everything, I held German bureaucracy responsible.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@davidmark225]

@@zoltanzzoltuy with pillow on his head throws comments out of nowhere 🤣

[@Lukky_Luke]

Clearly Romania should jsut deny work permits so that Romanias hotels etc have to use Romanian workers instead and pay higher salaries to achive it

[@ishanmarjan]

Its not practical if join EU. Denying competition. There should be competition at all levels for economy to succeed and adjust itself.

[@hkonhelgesen]

@@ishanmarjan They will still allow workers from the rest of the EU. This conflict is about importing poverty from the poorest countries outside the EU. Stopping this immigration is fully legan in EU.

[@wyqtor]

The good thing is that they will usually run to the rich EU countries, such as Austria or Germany, on their own after a while.

[@KKhanOnline]

Romania Work Visa for foreigner workers is unfair business now. Romanian Recruiting agents and employers bring foreigner workers in Romania and than don't provide work to them or don't pay as labor contract. Also treat them as slave. Some employer get tax by thier salary. After this bad behavior, foreign work try to escape to schangen countries and get caught and deport. Romania embassies give appointments four to six months. And then refuse the applicant. Now it's worst situation for foreign workers in Romania.

[@weloveromania4396]

There isn’t a labour shortage.the problem is the wages and working conditions. They don’t want to pay proper wages.500€ a month? That’s a joke. No wonder there is a shortage

[@teknikijaguarlandrover4940]

There is nowhere lack of workers only lack of good sallaries.

[@Mars2Point0]

The world has no future

[@SladkaPritomnost]

That is a sign of overheating in economy, like almost everywhere in Europe.

[@paulungureanu937]

Time to go short of the pound

[@tfhmobil]

This is not only Romania. It’s all over the planet. Do you know a county that has surplus in the work force ?

[@leanlifer]

Sadly, there are many places where young people out of college cannot find a job even in low wage service industry.

[@tfhmobil]

@@leanlifer where ?

[@w19ely85]

​@@tfhmobilGoogle "Employment by country" It's not hard to understand that the world is a big place. If you think that no countries have problems with unemployment then why are people coming from Sri Lanka to work in Romania?

[@BestOpinionHaver]

Africa by and large.

[@cocktail2380]

@@tfhmobil lol in almost whole Asia and Africa man

[@teodorvindereu3780]

I live in Bucharest and I see lots of asians every day, it really wasn't like this a couple of months ago, but its good, asians seem to be tireless workers, even though many times they dont get paid as much. I just love when I walk in a fast food and a sri lankan guy speaks to me in romanian

[@christos.5302]

every tireless worker has a family and when they don't get paid well that price eventually is paid by them or their children

[@yamataichul]

Is possible for them to leave like those vietnamese constitution workers who decided to dip when the money lowered in value a bit. That was a couple of years ago

[@Andrei-gg7xn]

It's not good that they don't get paid well. First it's directly abusing them by underpaying their work. Second it's keeping the charlatans that pay them a pittance in business and probably netting them a fortune. Third it's bad for you and the rest of the local population in the near future, as it will bring overall wages down.

[@freehorizons9491]

wait till you get the numbers like in the west, and you will hate immigrants. good in small numbers, destructive to a country and its native people and culture in masses

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

But does the same Sri Lankan dude understand you when you speak back? That is the most important thing. They all speak English but it seems none of them understand English when a native English person speaks back. I have the same problem, speak it but don't understand a word of it.

[@valentinstoyanov304]

It's the same in Bulgaria. A terrible labor shortage.

[@aminuaidara8601]

Give more money I promise u the people will stay home who want to leave 🏡🏡🏡🏡🏡

[@normanvalentin3633]

Just that in Romania there are no issues in tourism, many Romanians are also taking jobs. This video is a bit subjective. Our problems come in the huge construction sector, which is huger compared to the region...

[@eedragonr]

​@@normanvalentin3633not as huge as Kaufland Romania. Ask them why are they working with foreigners and what wages are they paying and why?

[@alexszabo3208]

Same issue in Hungary. Next to zero salary, now they are getting workers from Asia but saying no Immigrants😂 Now they dont get why workers stayed in the western zone?

[@vladverde]

I have an idea how to solve this. It may sound revolutionary, but it is worth a try. Pay people a decent salary and not expect them to live on minimum wage. It may be crazy enough to work.

[@baha3alshamari152]

They don't see a problem in the current situation Why change a winning strategy

[@piggybaggy242]

500 euro in month? :( sad

[@CanadianPrepper]

Needs workers and birthrates going down. Theres two ways this ends.

[@goodone5590]

You're here!

[@Andrei-gg7xn]

Same as Canada, the temporary foreign worker program needs to end, and let the bad companies crash and burn. Allow the good companies to acquire and consolidate the staff from the bad ones. Stop extending infinite loans and importing cheap labour to keep the zombie economy afloat. Economic expansion and contraction is natural and keeps things efficient, but we're in a weird infinite growth mindset nowadays that's not good for anyone.

[@fateful2868]

The birth rate is not a problem in Romania, migration is. The population changes at a normal phase but the youth is leaving for better opportunities in western Europe.

[@zoltanzzolt]

Transylvania Hungarian land treaty of trianon expired its time to give back ethnic lands "Vlachs"

[@CanadianPrepper]

@fateful2868 WRONG. Fertility rate is 1.6 for every 2 people that's well below replenish rate.

[@CHMichael]

One group of worker underbidding the other. That is exactly how the rich get richer. ..... instead of people staying in their country. You can always import someone that's cheaper.

[@hkonhelgesen]

Of course. Immigration create a more uneaqal and unfair society.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Finally someone gets it

[@metodiusm428]

The fact that many Romanians migrated to Western Europe has risen significantly the wages in Romania, even if are still lower than Western Europe, the wages went from and average 380€ in 2013 to 820€ in 2023. Still much lower than Western Europe, but if it will more than double like it did in the next 10 years it will reach the wages of Spain and Italy.

[@MarcusKuann]

Double wages, double groceries and utilities cost. Nothing has actually improved since 2013

[@metodiusm428]

@@MarcusKuann That's not true, looking at any economic data Romania has improved since 2013 a lot, even if it remains poorer than Western Europe

[@MarcusKuann]

@@metodiusm428 Like i said,salaries improved,groceries and utilities also improved so the result is nothing has improved. Its not hard for me to go to the store and check prices,or check my last electricity,gas bills and compare them to 2013.

[@tlNCG]

it s not about wages it s about the purchasing power and the consumption rate. RO is just like spain or portugal right now and will be better. Poland and Ro economies are skyrocking since 2013 and will be better. Ro was under RU economical occupation with most of the key companies in energy under RU ownership directly or via Austria or Hungary. big factories of steal or other metals, the same Ru ownership. petrol and LNG buyed from russians instead of using romanian gas and lng

[@zoltanzzolt]

​@@tlNCGthat i agree Romania has natural ressources but countries as Hungary dont have that luxury

[@anaz.2454]

I only hope the locals are treating these guys with respect. Working in Romania's capital some 12 years ago, some of my African colleagues faced frustration, racism, bullying from the random individuals ( i heard a romanian guy calling him a monkey), and this frustration made them leave back home. Romanians like to move abroad but there will be always those individuals who dislike any immigrants from the East immigrating to their own country. I am from Croatia and same thing is happening here. Living in Germany, I see my fellow Croatian spreading their culture, music, language, flags all over the region, but if an Indian IT worker gets a placement in Croatia, sooner or later he will be racially offended, if not even physically mistreated at some point, especially if he shows any different cultural behavior such as waving a flag or listening loud indian music.(showing a different culture). Sad reality of culturally undevelloped eastern european individuals .

[@taz09216]

Yes, it's funny. Many eastern Europeans migrate to other countries but don't want people going to their countries. Even worse, eastern Europe is very poor and the population is declining as they need workers.

[@anaz.2454]

@@taz09216 It is very selfish and ironic indeed.

[@christos.5302]

to some degree yes, but that other scenario you described has its limits

[@ciprianiulian6575]

​@@anaz.2454it's not selfish.

[@anaz.2454]

@christos.5302 sure...I personally know 4 cases of racial physical abuse in Zagreb that ended up with hospitalizations, including women. It happens but it is rare, true.

[@gorankragulj3618]

I am a foreigner living in Romania. Hospitality prices went up way too much, but no service or bare minimum. I would be happy if it’s expensive but with quality… Owners are megalomaniacs, classic Balkan problem. Would any Romanian work for 500€ for 7 days???

[@klaus6740]

Romania is Carpathian not Balkan . Illiterate

[@strigoiu13]

500euros+accomodation+food. the locals are earning less than you for the same job if you compare it this way. you are here just because you can not leave the employer easily, as you cost more to him than a local, but your only duty here is to work non stop for the company.

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

If i understood correctly, Romanians cannot live on the meagre incomes they get offered. And the solution is to find workforce from foreign countries with less expectations. To me this is a modern type of slavery. The EU should not be surprized if that business model will take over wherever profits could be made. This is terrible! 19th century capitalism!

[@omi685]

Roughly 96% of Romania's population already own a property or land, the average Romanian doesn't pay rent! But even if someone has to pay rent, you can easily rent your OWN apartment with €250 per month. Most of those leaving are uneducated and unsatisfied with the minimum wage. The Romanians also like showing off,they like big houses, nice cars, eating good, spending holidays abroad, etc. Of course that those individuals are unhappy since they are a cheap labour force and cannot live as others! So they prefer to work as toilet scrubbers and farmers abroad, then invest back in Romania in order to return some day.

[@constantin3387]

The immigrants in my country are payed 2-5 times higher than Romanian people. They got free accomodation, 3 meals a day, free transport to work and once a year return ticket to go to see their families. Romanian people doesn't got these benefits. They got about 500€ and nothing else. Where is discrimination? I really want to be investigated.

[@antred11]

This is exactly why (this type of) capitalism is not sustainable in the long run, unless a substantial part of the globe is permanently kept in a state of relative poverty.

[@slowbowz6383]

Because the aim is to import people with lower quality of life, then reduce the quality of life of the country, the immigrants won't care because they are used to bad living conditions.

[@baha3alshamari152]

​@@antred11 Africa and south Asia will not be allowed to escape poverty

[@ivanhekli9031]

pay the workers reasonably and you won't have any problems

[@Lando-kx6so]

One man's trash is another man's treasure

[@ScienceInMedicine]

The recipe for success: pressure on workers, with as few workers as possible and maximum profit. "nobody wants to work" they say

[@Nasil-Yapmali]

I live im romania and working as dishwasher in a hospital cafetaria romania people less racist then other balkanies country .ı love being in romania.ım from istanbul🙋‍♂️ı live with my elder brother.

[@tlNCG]

yup. in dobrogea ( constanta and tulcea) there are 10 types of ppl living peacefully toghether. romanians, turkish, bulgarians, greek, aromani (macedonian), ukr, russians, tatar ppl, and roma ppl. just napoli and marsilia and maybe london and paris are more multicultural.

[@blogger1851]

Romania is not balkan it’s Carpathian. Hungary Slovakia Romania West Ukraine Poland Carpathian not Balkan

[@paulungureanu937]

Gheorghe Hagi

[@normanvalentin3633]

Kisses, we bring peaceful Asians.

[@paulungureanu937]

@@normanvalentin3633 Asian ladyboys, maybe.

[@valbobocea3]

I'm from Romania myself, very bad conditions to work there,no wonder they don't have workers.

[@alphatango831]

🤣🤣

[@omi685]

​@@johnhaney8553 No. Tate brought this upon himself when he decided to make money off naked women. Morally bankrupt individuals like Tate are being served some karma.

[@eedragonr]

​@@johnhaney8553why did they emigrate there?

[@tlNCG]

haha bobocea nu mai plange ca nu i nimeni de vina ca nu ai fost tu la scoala sau ca votati toti toata viata psd pnl si mai nou aur, copilul psdist facut ca sa fie votat psd ca raul cel mai mic. eu stiu multi romani fara facultate chiar, care fac 3 mii euro pe luna. fac detaling la masini, instaleaza centrale de apartament sau schimba freon sau electrienii si motostivuitorii iau si ei tot asa. se fac bani buni daca te duce putin capul. probabil ai facut facultate slaba in loc sa inveti o meserie, ca voia mami sa se laude la rude ca esti ”telectual” si acum te plangi ca si cum ai merita ceva pentru ce stii. daca meritai, aveai. romanii muncesc afara pe bani putini si nu isi permit acolo sa mearga la un avocat, un doctor sau sa manance la un restaurant bun, dar ei zic ca e bine acolo, ca strang bani. mai stau si 5 intr un apartament. in RO nu traiesc niciodata asa umilitor, d-aia li se pare ca nu strang bani

[@cristibrad6742]

@@tlNCG what you describe is actually working in 1 place to accumulate experience and surprise when you are good at your job and dont call in sick leave to go drinking the money comes in. Shocker. Si partea cu cat de rau o duc dincolo... as fi jurat ca esti pro aur si anti Moldova. Ca nu poti una fara cealalta.

[@florinnyc6371]

Prices in hotels are EXACTLY like in west Europe but salary is 3-4 times less. Of course I would not work in hospitality. I return in Romania after many years abroad and now I have a job in sales and I do ok but I will not work for a owner who drives a mega expensive car but pay low wages

[@ginofoogle6944]

Cheap workers looks good on paper.. but in reality it's detrimental for the economy of a country.. you think those punjabis going to invest in romania? all the money goes back to india or nepal or wherever.

[@omi685]

The Romanians working abroad are literally doing the same thing, they are using the money earned abroad to invest back in Romania. The Romanians working abroad invested over €65 billion back in Romania in the last years.

[@MarsUltor1990]

the thing with this immigrants is that Romania is temporary place for them.Once they get all paperwork,they flee to western Europe.I know cause I am from Arad in West Romania and here at Nadlac border they catch them in trucks and what not quite often. And then the bosses who they ran away from must bring others,and the circle repeats over and over again.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Getting papers requires 5 years In the future it will be 7

[@avatar9520202]

So, in order to fix the labor shortage why don't they just try paying normal salaries?

[@amecmn9990]

Because of the globalization process. We must flee the country so that other races come in! Just like in the west

[@bogdanescu86]

then the owners won't be able to meet their 100% profit targets

[@avatar9520202]

@@bogdanescu86 How the hotel owners are setting the “strategic business development goals” to their employees - “Boys and girls, this is the new Mercedes S-class, by the end of the season I should have it.”

[@krassito]

The situation is the same in Bulgaria. After decades of economic problems and low birth rates, now there aren't enough people to work in low paying sectors such as tourism. The hotel owners here are straw men for the mafia as well, so the basic principles of supply and demand do not always apply. Money comes in from other sources, not from hotel activities. Also, those same people paid pitiful wages, made workers work overtime every day and in the end didn't pay them. Now they're crying over the lack of workers.

[@andreiaiosif2534]

This is exactly the situation. Romanians don't want anymore to work 7 days a week, 10-12 hours per day for 500-600 euros. Usually this type of ''employer" overworks and underpays his workforce. And the lack of people is real, younger generation of 19-20 entering workforce are less than a half of generation of 60-65 who retires in the same year.

[@baha3alshamari152]

There millions in India and Pakistan who will gladly accept the jobs

[@pauldonvito6169]

Maybe offer competitive wages?

[@andreiaiosif2534]

It's not enough, shortage of young people it's a reality.

[@RoverWaters]

pay decent salaries and you will have people working oh and by the way these foreign workers wont put up with these wages for more than a year usually they are much smarter than locals

[@baha3alshamari152]

They just want them for 5 years enough time to replace them all with new ones

[@DomnulSarb]

There's no labour shortage, there's an employers willing to pay a living wage shortage.

[@jordanansell6488]

Maybe paying a livable wage will help

[@omi685]

Roughly 96% of Romania's population already own a property or land, it has the highest home ownership in the world. You can easily rent your own apartment with €250 per month if you need to. You can buy the same apartment with less than €45,000. You can't do this in most of the western countries. The average wage in Romania is €850 in hand per month.

[@jordanansell6488]

@@omi685 thank you for the information

[@aminuaidara8601]

Of course more money an the people will not leave 🏡🏡🏡

[@alf3071]

@@omi685 96% house ownership because they just live in the parent's home maybe, or go into debt for 30 years

[@omi685]

@@alf3071 Because after the communist regime fell, the land was returned to and split between the people. Owning your own house is the main goal for a Romanian, the Romanian culture teaches the children that they should always own their own property, not pay rent to someone else. The people will ask you what's wrong with you if you hit the age of 30-35 in Romania and you don't have your own property/land or are on the path to accomplish that. Do you prefer to live in rental homes for the rest of your life as half the population of most western countries are doing?

[@catalinpth]

If a Romanian entrepreneur complains that he cannot find Romanian employees, he is 100% a fraudster who offers miserable wages and working conditions, non-existent rights for the employee and working hours much longer than those in the contract. This is the reality.

[@dand2810]

I'm Romanian. The biggest problem is cultural; we are taught that Romania is the worst and that it's worse than Iraq living here and that you need to emigrate otherwise you're a loser. 10 years ago salaries were indeed miserable, but that's not the case anymore (of course, some industries fare better and some worse). Very few Romanians make under 500 Euros. The average wage is approx 1000. Trust me, 1000 Euros in a mid sized Romanian town is the equivalent of 2000 in most Westerns countries. Food in supermarkets are similarly priced, but everything else is cheaper (rent, transport and especially going out, restaurants, etc). The communist mentality persists and Romanians love blaming others for their problems. The reality is that Romania is quite functional but Romanians have a hissy fit if you tell them that. They want to be victims. We still have corruption and some problems...but life, especially in Transylvanian cities (Cluj, Sibiu, Brasov, Timisoara, Oradea) resembles that of life in any first world country...

[@valentiamo]

Working more hours to achieve an average salary doesn't mean you get a good salary. Plus, most of those "extra" money are untaxed

[@SvalaS13]

esti caterinca rau

[@slowbowz6383]

completely delusional

[@Bianca-dw4qh]

Foarte bine spus!

[@mehmetalipasa]

How about raising the salaries????? Stop complaining about worker shortages, start there are enough workers, you just need to pay them decently. 500€ is a bad salary, pay them more! A population with decent salaries, is the basis for a stable economy, the more people earn, the more they can consume. By putting pressure on the labour market you’re only prolonging the life of companies, which depend on cheap labour because of dumping prices, because they don’t offer decent service. If you pay Romanian workers 1000€ instead of 500€ I’m sure they will gladly take the jobs.

[@FMHaker]

Same thing as in rest of the balkan, meny media speaking about labor shortages, but no one mention conditions that offered to future labor!

[@andreiaiosif2534]

The shortage of labor is real because of very low birthrates.

[@FMHaker]

@@andreiaiosif2534 Half of young croats population flew to the west in search for better saleries, and they now import asian labor force, because domestic wont work for small wages. I agree that low birthrate had an impact, but that is first reason for labor shortages. Same in serbia, bosnia, montenegro...

[@FMHaker]

When people who finished ther schools with hope they will become profesors, doctors, surgeon's, sciencetists etc, after graduation when they realase how system work and struggling with bills, they starts to work in caffes, in cleaning agencies, taxi, security and other underpaid jobs, meny of them struck with big disipoitmant turn to gamble, crime, drugs, prostitution. But at the other hand you have, footballers, basketball, tennis and other sports players that earns milions and milions of dollara per year for what? They push the ball and that's it! Big respect but theres earnings are only justufyed by those corupt 0.0001 percent who rule the world becaause they need them to entertain masses just not to sea what happening in front of their eyes!

[@goguu7788]

Romania compared to Croatia, really has economy. Croatia has good tourism. Balkans have 15-20 unemployment, Romania has 3-5%.

[@dlewis8405]

That job at the beach resort will only last for three or four months. Why would someone leave a year round job in France for that?

[@andreamarton3648]

Working 7 days week? Shouldn't that be illegal in a EU country? Salaries are similar here in Turkey but cost of living is half and you got at least a day to rest.

[@Usureloo]

5 days at job and 2 days delivery food for example

[@normanvalentin3633]

Salaries in Romania are soon almost triple than in Turkey. These were unskilled workers

[@deniseproxima2601]

It should be 2 days. Or the days cost more.

[@baha3alshamari152]

Since they are not EU citizens nor have legal documents to protect them then EU can't do anything

[@deutschesmaedchen]

Pay a living wage and maybe Romanians will agree to work for you. Nobody will break their back for 300 euros a month, you can’t even afford to pay rent in the larger cities of Romania with that money.

[@ucanttouchthis227]

After 20 years of working in Romania and being forced to resign from my job, I realized that I will not receive unemployment after all the taxes and fees paid on a daily basis. I decided to stop working legally because I encourage the payment of political thieves from Romania.

[@wyqtor]

Why did you resign? Never do that, ALWAYS let them fire you!

[@andreiaiosif2534]

@@wyqtor it makes no difference.

[@wyqtor]

@@andreiaiosif2534 That's not true, you are entitled to receive unemployment benefits if you get fired (I know, they are pitiful in our country, but still...)

[@ademusat9184]

Welcome to Romania

[@ucanttouchthis227]

​@@wyqtor30 euros per month is the unemployment benefit. you can take an interest in convincing yourself.

[@Daniel-jv5yr]

Please tell about the miserably salaries there are in our country. This is why most of the cases there is a lack of workers. Please let Europe know the minimum net salary in romania is 410 euros and the prices for groceries are like in western europe.

[@amecmn9990]

You are right but EU already knows about this and doesn’t care !

[@Daniel-jv5yr]

@@amecmn9990 it's not fair, but then again everyone is complaining no workers. The days are gone were slaves were found here

[@prnljke896]

As soon as the foreign workers arrive here, they see they are getting paid nothing and leave the country. Im romanian.

[@gojo76]

Us emigrees are also a part of the Romanian economy, we send money back in and increase the country's GDP that's why salaries will never go up, they want to attract foreigners from poor countries while sending us Romanians abroad.

[@gigikontra7023]

And this is how, my dear kids, the gap between rich and poor increases

[@andreiaiosif2534]

The minimum wage almost tripled in the last 15 years, this is not only a wage problem, the shortage of workforce is real because the birthrate is extremely low in the last 20-25 years and the working age population is sharply declining especially in the last 5 years.

[@fenzy6433]

@@andreiaiosif2534 and paying maximum wage for minimum knowledge is not possible.

[@iChrissA]

Just the other day was a news story about an 18 years old boy hired for several days in Mamaia, worked 12h/day, and because he complained about the accommodation offered (were snails in the room), he was fired and not paid. That's why they can't find people...

[@Armin.2627]

Pay them. It's easy and good condition's help!

[@podcastingexplained]

"Labour shortage" places the blame on the workers. "Wage shortage", which is more accurate, places the blame on the employer. Unfortunately the the government instead of letting the "free market" regulate itself, opened a back door to let the immigrants in so that the supply of workers is high enough so that the employers don't have to pay fairly. Of course this patches a problem while creating a whole other one which is arguably worse.

[@jassaim696]

Romanian are in the UK working so hard . Is they return, will be chaos for the UK lol

[@mrmrmrcaf7801]

UK is already in chaos