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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco 46.39 - Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 July 2022
Employment effect (start)
21 July 2022
Foreseen end date
31 December 2022
Description
The German retailer group Metro announced the intention to create 200 new jobs by the end of 2022.
Metro runs programs each year for its employees to develop leadership skills, sales and customer orientation skills, as well as functional skills. The company plans also to improve the working condition of the current workers by increasing by 50% the value of the vouchers for meals, which will be worth 30 lei (approx. 6€), the maximum amount regulated by the authorities.
The company has more than 95,000 employees in over 30 countries and 17 million customers.
Sources
21 July 2022: Company - press release (www.metro.ro)
Eurofound (2022), Metro, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 107126, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107126.
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