For the first time in two decades, the number of employees in Romania reached 4.9 million, and will most certainly exceed 5 million in 2018, according to the National Statistics Institute (INS), local Ziarul Financiar reported.

Last time Romania had 4.9 million employees was in 1998, while the lowest number was of 4 million in 2011.

The 4.9 million employees recorded in February 2018 follow a massive migration flow, with over 3 million Romanians having left the country to work abroad. New hires in IT&C, manufacturing, trade, hotels & restaurants, and health and social care have triggered the increase.

A quarter of Bucharest’s one million employees work in modern offices

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