The salary ranks first among the reasons given by the employees in Romania for quitting their jobs. Most specialists quit because their wages don’t reflect the volume of work, the experience, or the position held within the company, according to Smartree, a provider of payroll outsourcing and personnel management services.

The direct manager comes next on the employees’ list of reasons for leaving a company. The relationship with the supervisor often reaches a level of dissatisfaction that keeps many employees from further working for the company. The overcrowding with daily tasks, the unrealistic demands, and the lack of feedback in a timely manner – they are all related to the employee-manager relationship, which is not ideal in Romania, according to Smartree statistics.

The distance to the office is also on the list, as the new generations focus more on finding a balance between their personal and the professional lives. “Thus, when companies move headquarters or when the employees move their home in an area that is more than 45 minutes away from the office, many consider than the time lost on the road is not worth it,” said Raluca Penes, HR Coordinator Smartree.

Other reasons for leaving companies in Romania are the work environment and the organizational policy, as well as the lack of development perspectives.

When it comes to the industries which record the highest stuff fluctuation, a Smartree statistics made between July and September 2015 in 150 multinational companies present in Romania reveals that the personnel fluctuation in the financial-insurance industry has become higher than in all the other analyzed areas, besides the retail area.

Thus, the retail sector leads the ranking, with a 6.43% rate, followed by financial-insurance (4.47%), logistics and transport (4.45%), services (4.27%), pharma (2.40%), production (2.16%), IT&C (1.91%), FMCG (1.42%), agro (0.54%), and energy (0.50%) sectors.

According to Smartree, the first three elements that ensure a high rate of employee retention are the benefits package, the working environment, and encouraging professional development through courses, training, and other such activities.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com