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ROMANIA 2017
SALARY GUIDE
BUSINESS SERVICES
CENTRES

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Cosmin Pătlăgeanu
               President
               ABSL

                                                               The Romanian shared services and outsourcing market
                                                               has experienced significant development in recent years,
Dear Members and Partners,                                     new investors see Romania as having a strong advantage in
                                                               the technical capabilities of its workforce along with their very
As the leading organization in the industry of business        diverse language skills. At the same time, already existing
services, with the aim to offer support and insights in        business services centres (BSC) are expanding the scope
                                                                                                                                                   Małgorzata
                                                                                                                                                 Jasińska-Dyla
this constantly growing sector, ABSL, in collaboration
                                                               and complexity of the processes or activities they support                CEE Managing Director
with its Strategic Partner, Hays, would like to introduce                                                                                 Hays Talent Solutions

a new Report focused on the salary and compensations           regionally or even globally from Romania. This is driving high
area in the industry.                                          demand for talent in the market, challenging companies to
                                                               position themselves as an employer of choice.
As the number of employees in the industry is growing so
is their mobility. Therefore, it is important to know and be
able to respond to their needs, while maintaining a high       Looking to respond to BSC employers’ need to have clear
level of performance and promoting a rewarding and             insights on salary ranges and benefits practices in their
stable workplace.                                              industry, ABSL have partnered with Hays to conduct the first
                                                               salary and benefits survey directed at the Romanian business
I would like to thank Hays for being our trusted partner
                                                               services market.
in elaborating this report and the member and non-
member companies which responded to our survey.
                                                               The report gives an overview of the current salary ranges
Cosmin Pătlăgeanu
                                                               being offered by function, role and seniority – allowing
ABSL President
                                                               employers to adjust their current packages and future offers
                                                               to meet going rates.

                                                               We would like to thank all those who responded to the
                                                               survey, which has allowed us to create a valuable report
                                                               for the industry. We look forward to continuing this research
                                                               in future years.

Report prepared by Hays in cooperation with ABSL
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METHODOLOGY AND PARTICIPANTS

                                The first version of the survey design was proposed by        Seventeen responses were received for Bucharest but not
                                Hays to ABSL board members. In order to have a better         all of them had data for each job area, so final data was
                                understanding of the key areas of interest companies          calculated by using the minimum of six responses for
                                might have, consultation sessions were conducted with         each job role:
                                several ABSL members during which the initial survey
                                form was adjusted to better meet their needs.                 • Accounts Payable

                                The final version of survey was sent to ABSL members          • Accounts Receivable
                                and companies operating in the industry for completion,
                                keeping a strong focus on respondent confidentiality.         • General Ledger
                                In total over four-hundred company representatives
                                operating in Romania received the invitation to               • Customer Service
                                participate. Respondents were asked to disclose their
                                location by city to make sure the data gathered was           • Order Management
                                representative of the whole country.
                                                                                              • Supply Chain
                                The survey covered twenty-one different job roles with
                                the majority of them being in IT, Finance and Customer        Please note that the salary data was collected exactly
                                Support. Each job role had been split by level of             as provided by the survey participants, who were tasked
                                experience and a short description had been provided on       with ensuring the data they provided was accurate. Due
                                each of the levels to ensure common understanding with        to the anonymity of the survey Hays was not able to
                                the respondents. A minimum of six responses were              verify the validity of the data provided.
                                needed for each level of experience in order to properly
                                assess the data and publicise the results.                    Unless otherwise stated the salary data is presented as
                                                                                              median, first quartile and third quartile.
                                The total number of respondents was nineteen however,
                                one response was eliminated due to lack of consistent         For more detail on the survey respondents and
                                data. Only two responses were collected for Timisoara         organisations, please review the information described
                                and Iasi so these had to be excluded from the final report.   in the following pages of the report.

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SALARY REPORT

GENERAL LEDGER                                                                                                         ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Area description: Creating simple reports, e.g. cash flow; month closing,                                              Area description: Processing payments, contact with vendors,
preparing VAT declarations                                                                                             invoice processing

                                                                                        Gross monthly salary in RON                                                                                            Gross monthly salary in RON

 Position          Years of                                                         1st                    3rd          Position       Years of                                                            1st                       3rd
                                     Position description                                       Median                                                    Position description                                          Median
 name              experience                                                       Quartile               Quartile     name           experience                                                          Quartile                  Quartile

 Junior                              Works under the supervision of more senior                                         Junior                            Works under the supervision of more senior
                   0-1 yrs of exp.                                                    3 375      3 500       3 875                     0-1 yrs of exp.                                                       3 275        3 500        3 908
 Accountant                          colleagues                                                                         Accountant                        colleagues

                                     Works independently, requires little or no                                                                           Works independently, requires little or no
 Accountant        1-3 yrs of exp.                                                    4 500      4 700       5 438      Accountant     1-3 yrs of exp.                                                       4 054         4 375        5 369
                                     supervision                                                                                                          supervision

 Senior                              Responsible for part of the process, helps                                         Senior                            Responsible for part of the process, helps
                   3+ yrs of exp.                                                     5 500      5 600       5 704                     3+ yrs of exp.                                                        4 465        5 000         6 729
 Accountant                          more junior colleagues                                                             Accountant                        more junior colleagues

                                     Responsible for managing a team of 5-10                                                                              Responsible for managing a team of 5-10
 Team Leader 5-10 FTEs               employees, acts as a point of escalation for     7 500      8 150       8 365      Team
                                                                                                                                       5-10 FTEs          employees, acts as a point of escalation for       5 500        7 000         7 221
                                     the most complicated issues                                                        Leader
                                                                                                                                                          the most complicated issues

 Process                                                                                                                Process
                   min. 20 FTEs      Responsible for the whole process                10 650     12 800      15 807                    min. 20 FTEs       Responsible for the whole process                  9 000        10 038       13 466
 Manager                                                                                                                Manager

Methodology note:                                                                                                      Methodology note:
• 1st Quartile is the value that splits off the lowest 25% of data from the highest 75%                                • 1st Quartile is the value that splits off the lowest 25% of data from the highest 75%
• Median is the middle number in the dataset, exactly 50% of responses is lower and higher than this value             • Median is the middle number in the dataset, exactly 50% of responses is lower and higher than this value
• 3rd Quartile is the value that splits off the highest 25% of data from the lowest 75%                                • 3rd Quartile is the value that splits off the highest 25% of data from the lowest 75%

Median is typically used to describe salary data instead of Mean because it is not skewed so much by extremely large   Median is typically used to describe salary data instead of Mean because it is not skewed so much by extremely large
or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a “typical” value.                                                or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a “typical” value.

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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE                                                                                                    CUSTOMER SERVICE
Area description: Issuing invoices and notes, collecting receivables                                                   Area description: Communicating with customers by phone, e-mail or chat,
                                                                                                                       answering questions, providing information

                                                                                        Gross monthly salary in RON                                                                                             Gross monthly salary in RON

 Position          Years of                                                         1st                    3rd          Position      Years of                                                             1st                        3rd
                                     Position description                                       Median                                                   Position description                                            Median
 name              experience                                                       Quartile               Quartile     name          experience                                                           Quartile                   Quartile

 Junior                              Works under the supervision of more                                                Junior                           Works under the supervision of more
                   0-1 yrs of exp.                                                    3 350      3 500       4 375                    0-1 yrs of exp.                                                        3 188         3 592        3 950
 Accountant                          senior colleagues                                                                  Specialist                       senior colleagues

                                     Works independently, requires little or                                                                             Works independently, requires little or
 Accountant        1-3 yrs of exp.                                                    4 000      4 500       5 180      Specialist    1-3 yrs of exp.                                                        3 488         4 581        4 700
                                     no supervision                                                                                                      no supervision

 Senior                              Responsible for part of the process, helps                                         Senior                           Responsible for part of the process, helps
                   3+ yrs of exp.                                                     4 500      5 200       6 577                    3+ yrs of exp.                                                         4 225         4 850        5 515
 Accountant                          more junior colleagues                                                             Specialist                       more junior colleagues

                                     Responsible for managing a team of 5-10                                                                             Responsible for managing a team of 5-10
                                                                                                                        Team
 Team Leader 5-10 FTEs               employees, acts as a point of escalation for     6 625      7 000       8 219                    5-10 FTEs          employees, acts as a point of escalation for        6 750         6 996        7 000
                                                                                                                        Leader
                                     the most complicated issues                                                                                         the most complicated issues

 Process                                                                                                                Process
                   min. 20 FTEs      Responsible for the whole process                9 000      9 875       11 695                   min. 20 FTEs       Responsible for the whole process                   9 125        10 750       13 687
 Manager                                                                                                                Manager

Methodology note:                                                                                                      Methodology note:
• 1st Quartile is the value that splits off the lowest 25% of data from the highest 75%                                • 1st Quartile is the value that splits off the lowest 25% of data from the highest 75%
• Median is the middle number in the dataset, exactly 50% of responses is lower and higher than this value             • Median is the middle number in the dataset, exactly 50% of responses is lower and higher than this value
• 3rd Quartile is the value that splits off the highest 25% of data from the lowest 75%                                • 3rd Quartile is the value that splits off the highest 25% of data from the lowest 75%

Median is typically used to describe salary data instead of Mean because it is not skewed so much by extremely large   Median is typically used to describe salary data instead of Mean because it is not skewed so much by extremely large
or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a “typical” value.                                                or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a “typical” value.

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SALARY REPORT

ORDER MANAGEMENT                                                                                                          SUPPLY CHAIN (SUPPLY PLANNING)
Entering and processing all incoming customer orders, preparing the                                                       Planning and ensuring the appropriate level of inventory availability of the
necessary documentation and ensuring high data quality                                                                    assigned materials/finished goods.

                                                                                        Gross monthly salary in RON                                                                                                  Gross monthly salary in RON

 Position        Years of                                                           1st                    3rd             Position      Years of                                                               1st                        3rd
                                   Position description                                         Median                                                      Position description                                              Median
 name            experience                                                         Quartile               Quartile        name          experience                                                             Quartile                   Quartile

 Junior                            Works under the supervision of more                                                     Junior                           Works under the supervision of more
                 0-1 yrs of exp.                                                      3 275      3 600       3 874                       0-1 yrs of exp.                                                          3 275         3 867        4 050
 Specialist                        senior colleagues                                                                       Specialist                       senior colleagues

                                   Works independently, requires little or                                                                                  Works independently, requires little or
 Specialist      1-3 yrs of exp.                                                      3 925      4 400       4 656         Specialist    1-3 yrs of exp.                                                          4 100         4 500        4 934
                                   no supervision                                                                                                           no supervision

 Senior                            Responsible for part of the process, helps                                              Senior                           Responsible for part of the process, helps
                 3+ yrs of exp.                                                       4 670      5 350       5 724                       3+ yrs of exp.                                                           5 081         5 500        6 407
 Specialist                        more junior colleagues                                                                  Specialist                       more junior colleagues

                                   Responsible for managing a team of 5-10                                                                                  Responsible for managing a team of 5-10
 Team                                                                                                                      Team
                 5-10 FTEs         employees, acts as a point of escalation for       6 881      7 500       10 818                      5-10 FTEs          employees, acts as a point of escalation for          6 546         7 000        7 476
 Leader                                                                                                                    Leader
                                   the most complicated issues                                                                                              the most complicated issues

 Process                                                                                                                   Process
                 min. 20 FTEs      Responsible for the whole process                  9 500      11 625      11 938                      min. 20 FTEs       Responsible for the whole process                     8 500        10 000        10 047
 Manager                                                                                                                   Manager

Methodology note:                                                                                                         Methodology note:
• 1st Quartile is the value that splits off the lowest 25% of data from the highest 75%                                   • 1st Quartile is the value that splits off the lowest 25% of data from the highest 75%
• Median is the middle number in the dataset, exactly 50% of responses is lower and higher than this value                • Median is the middle number in the dataset, exactly 50% of responses is lower and higher than this value
• 3rd Quartile is the value that splits off the highest 25% of data from the lowest 75%                                   • 3rd Quartile is the value that splits off the highest 25% of data from the lowest 75%

Median is typically used to describe salary data instead of Mean because it is not skewed so much by extremely large or   Median is typically used to describe salary data instead of Mean because it is not skewed so much by extremely large
small values, and so it may give a better idea of a “typical” value.                                                      or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a “typical” value.

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SALARY REPORT                                                                                    INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Monthly language bonus in the form of lump sum for employees having an                           Non-financial benefits for employees in managerial roles
advanced knowledge and working in the selected languages                                         For employees in managerial roles, over 75% of respondents said their company was offering a company car for private
                                                                                                 use as a non-financial benefit. In general the other non-financial benefits remain largely the same as for operational
                                                                                                 employees although it seems those in managerial roles have less options available to them.
                                                                   Gross monthly salary in RON

 Language                                  1st Quartile   Median             3rd Quartile
                                                                                                 Non-financial benefits for employees in operational roles

                                                                                                 All respondents said their company is offering meal tickets as a non-financial benefit to employees. Other top non-financial
 Bulgarian                                       0           0                     775           benefits on offer include flexible hours (74%) and extra vacation days (74%). Also, the possibility to work from home was
                                                                                                 an option in more than half of the respondents’ companies and 22% of employees were able to keep their benefits during
 Czech                                           0          215                 762,25           maternity leave.

 Danish                                        835        1000                    1300
                                                                                                                                        Meal tickets                                                                      100%

 Dutch (incl. Flemish Dutch)                  200         1000                    1300                             Possibility to work flexible hours                                                  74%

                                                                                                                                Extra vacation days                                                    74%
 English                                         0           0                     100
                                                                                                                         Possibility to earn a bonus                                                  70%
 Finnish                                       835        1000                    1300
                                                                                                          Private healthcare – medical subcription                                              59%

 French                                          0          120                   400                                   Possibility to work at home                                           56%

                                                                                                         Discounts for various products or services                                           56%
 German                                        140         700                    900
                                                                                                           Private healthcare – medical assurance                                       44%
 Greek                                           0        215,5                    782           Education allowance for stuies or external training                                    44%

                                                                                                               Reimbursement for public transport                                     41%
 Hungarian                                       0           0                    631,5
                                                                                                                               Sports/wellness card                              37%
 Italian                                         0          100                    375
                                                                                                                             Other (please specify)                       26%

 Norwegian                                     835        1000                    1300                 Keeping the benefits during maternity leave                      22%

                                                                                                                           Additional life insurance                    22%
 Polish                                        130         550                    1000
                                                                                                                       Company car for private use           4%
 Portuguese (incl. Brazilian Portuguese)         0          120                    833
                                                                                                                                                        0%        20%           40%           60%       80%          100%             120%

 Russian                                         0         260                   662,5
                                                                                                 How many extra holiday days do you offer above the minimal legal requirement
 Spanish                                         0          100                  292,5
                                                                                                 These figures support the previous finding that extra vacation days are the third most popular non-financial benefit
                                                                                                 offered by companies. The average number of extra days on offer was five with a range of between two and nine days.
 Swedish                                      450         1000                    1300

 Turkish                                         0          275                    782
                                                                                                                        Min: 2                                            Max: 9                              Avg: 5

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WORK FOR HUMANS AND ROBOTS?

                                                            Although as many as nine in ten business service centres         A CHANCE, NOT A THREAT
                                                            in Romania use automation to conduct their business,             The introduction of automation and modern technology
                                                            employment in the industry is still growing rapidly. The         is designed to eliminate simple tasks that cause
                                                            increasing level of advancement in the processes offered         dissatisfaction and high staff turnover. For industry
                                                            in Romanian centres means that employers are still looking       companies it is employees who are most important,
                                                            for skilled professionals, while using new technologies for      because more than three quarters of the players on the
                                                            simple and repetitive processes.                                 market are planning to increase employment in the near
                                                                                                                             future. At the same time, the automation which is being
                                                            The tedious and little developing practices of the accounts      used on an increasing scale, is forcing us to define certain
                                                            receivable process are no longer synonymous with working in      positions and areas of the centres’ activities.
                                                            business service centres. Increasingly, robots are taking over
                                                            these routine tasks. In many companies, specialised software
                                                            selects the approved invoice, and then checking the document
                                                            type books it directly into the accounting program. The system
                                                            also takes into account the defined exceptions that require
                                                            different types of accounting processes. As a result, in an
                                                            hour’s time it does the job, which would take a human all day
                                                            to do. In addition, it does the job without errors.

                                                            The introduction of
                                                            automation and modern
                                                            technology is designed to
                                                            eliminate simple tasks that
                                                            cause dissatisfaction and
                                                            high staff turnover.
                                                                                                                             According to business services market experts, automation
                                                            According to our survey as well as the most recent ABSL          is not a threat – and it will not become one for a long time –
                                                            Outsourcing Industry Report close to 90% of companies in         to employees and their jobs. Increasingly higher proportion
                                         Our global scale   the modern business services industry are already using either   of projects supported in Romania are advanced processes,
                                                            basic, robotic, autonomic or advanced process automation         which at the present stage of technological development
                                      and in-depth local    in their services. Most of them use the machines for routine,    cannot be entrusted to software. These are processes that
                                                            manual tasks at the first and second levels of advancement.      require expertise, solid competence or direct contact with
                                         knowledge, the     Now that the service centres in Romania are effectively          another person, often conducted in many foreign languages.
                                                            seeking to support more complex and profitable processes,        Therefore, business service centres will continue to employ
                                  research methodology      those less advanced are increasingly subject to automation.      experts and polyglots, and rely more on automation of
                                                                                                                             standard and repetitive processes, which do not require,
                                   we use together with     Companies specialising in the outsourcing of business            or only partially require human involvement. Automation
                                                            processes are pioneers in technology automation, because         is increasingly supported by powerful technologies - many
                                 our extensive candidate    thanks to them they are becoming more competitive. It            tools no longer need, or require minimal programming skills,
                                                            is estimated that in the modern business services sector,        which increases their availability. Ultimately, however, it is
                                 networks all combine to    currently about 10% of tasks are automated, and this             the human who is the highest authority, ensuring the proper
                                                            number will continue to rise.                                    quality of automated processes.
                                   help you achieve your
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Sector                                                                                                                                   Number of locations in Romania

The majority of respondents work for Commercial and Professional Services companies (28%), followed by Information                       The majority of companies surveyed are based in one (41%) or two (34%) locations in Bucharest.
Technology and BPO companies.

    Commercial & Professional Services (i.a. Business                                                                                    45%
       Support Services, HR Services, Legal Services,                                                                            28%                     41%
  Research & Consulting Services)Telecommunication
                                                                                                                                         40%
                                Information Technology                                                             19%                                                         34%
                                                                                                                                         35%
                                 Other (please specify)                                              13%
                                                                                                                                         30%
 Energy, Materials & Utilities (i.a. Oil & Gas, Chemicals,
           Paper & Forest Products, Metals & Mining)                                      9%
                                                                                                                                         25%
Consumer Goods & Services (i.a. Automobiles & Auto
  Parts, Food & Beverages, Media, Retailing, Leisure)
                                                                                          9%
                                                                                                                                         20%
          BFSI: Banking, Financial Services, Insurance                                    9%
                                                                                                                                         15%                                                          13%
                                        Industrial Goods                      6%
                                                                                                                                         10%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             6%                          6%
                           Telecommunication Services                   3%
                                                                                                                                          5%
                 Transportation (i.a. Airlines, Logistics)              3%
                                                                                                                                          0%
                                                             0%          5%              10%               15%     20%   25%      30%                Only one                  Two                   Three                   Four                   Five and more

Employment                                                                                                                               Average level of voluntary attrition
The large majority of respondents came from companies with over 100 full-time employees (90%) while 23% of these                         25% of the respondents said their company has an average voluntary attrition level of 21-25%. While 21% reported
were companies with more than 1,000 full-time employees.                                                                                 average of attrition over 30%, more than 50% of the respondents companies’ have an average of voluntary attrition
                                                                                                                                         below 20%.

More than 1,000 FTEs                                                                                             23%                     30%

                                                                                                                                                                                                      25%
      750-1,000 FTEs                                                          13%                                                        25%

        500-740 FTEs                                         7%                                                                          20%
                                                                                                                                                                                        18%

                                                                                                                                                  14%                       14%
                                                                                                                                         15%
        250-500 FTEs                                                                           17%

                                                                                                                                         10%
        100-250 FTEs                                                                                                       30%                                   7%                                                            7%              7%             7%

                                                                                                                                          5%
   Less than 100FTEs                                                10%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  0%
                           0%                     5%              10%              15%               20%          25%    30%       35%    0%
                                                                                                                                                  0-5%          6-10%      11-15%      16-20%       21-25%       26-30%       31-35%        36-40%       More than 40%

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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Plans to increase headcount in the next year                 Plans to expand/reduce activity in the next year                Which statement best desbribes the level of                 Company business model
                                                                                                                             process automation in your business centre
The expanding activities of companies is influencing their   More than half of the respondents have expressed the                                                                        Respondents were fairly balanced between the three
decisions on headcount, with 50% of respondents saying       intention to expand their local activity in the next 12         Following the general global trend for automation           main company business models of commercial provider/
they will definitely grow their headcount in the next 12     months. The expansion is linked to either new activities        adoption, the majority of respondents’ companies have       outsourcing centre, internal unit/captive centre and
months. 27% of respondents also felt their company would     for the same customer (27%) or new activities but for new       implemented at least a low level of automation in their     Hybrid model (both internal and external clients).
probably increase headcount in the next 12 months while      customers (37%). At the same time, 23% of respondents           processes. However, there is a significant number who are
only 10% said their headcount would remain the same.         declared that in the next 12 months their company will          already working with advanced process automation.
                                                             focus on stabilizing and optimizing their current activities,
                                                             regardless of the type of customer they are serving.
                                                             Only 13% have no plans to change their current activities.                                                                                    17%
                           10%                                                                                                                                10%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       37%
               13%
                                                                                   13%                                                                                   13%

                                                                                                          27%
                                             50%                                                                                      45%

                                                                                                                                                                          13%                            47%
                  27%
                                                                        23%

                                                                                                                                                              19%                                 Hybrid model (both internal and external clients)
                                                                                                       37%
              Definitely yes           Don’t know yet                                                                                                                                            Internal unit/captive center
                                                                                                                                      Autonomic Process Automation (automation
                                                                                                                                      of complex rules, instructed data)
              Probably yes             Probably no                                                                                                                                               Commercial provider/outsourcing center
                                                                         Expansion of activities – new activites,                     Advanced Process Automation (pre-cognitive
                                                                         the same customers                                           & cognitive solutions)

                                                                         Expansion of activities – new activities,                    Not applicable
                                                                         new customers
                                                                         Stabilisation and optimisation of current                    Basic Process Automation (simple VBA scripts,
                                                                         activies (the same of new customers)                         spreadsheet based simple data)

                                                                                                                                      Robotic Process Automation (RPA tools, simple
                                                                         No plans to change current activities                        rules, structured data)
New positions added in the next year
                                                                                                                             Approximate number of foreign nationals employed in organisations
The maximum number of new positions respondents expect will be added to their company in the next 12 months is
500 FTEs. The average is 154 new positions while the minimum is 25. These numbers support the previous findings on           There was a wide range in the number of foreign nationals employed by the respondents’ companies but as the average
headcount growth.                                                                                                            was only four this would suggest expats do not have a significant footprint in these organisations.

                  Min: 25                               Max: 500                                Avg: 154                                    Min: 0                                  Max: 54                                Avg: 4.4

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                                                                                                                                                MAIN RESULT OF THE SURVEY
Languages spoken by customers
                                                                                                                                                On average four foreign nationals are present in the              More than 50% of respondents have said their company
For 73% of respondents, English is the most frequently spoken foreign language by the customers served by their                                 respondents’ company, with the highest number being               intends to increase headcount in the next 12 months, either
companies. This is followed by French (68%), German (68%) and Spanish (55%).                                                                    54. Taking in to account the majority of the BSCs based           because they are growing their client portfolio or because
                                                                                                                                                in Bucharest are employing bilingual professionals this           they are diversifying the services they offer to their current
                                                                                                                                                may increases the need to hire from abroad. If a company          clients. The average headcount of the respondents’ companies
                                 English                                                                                            73%         is experiencing a talent gap one option would be cross-           was 154 FTEs although for some companies this was a much
                                                                                                                                                border recruitment while offering relocation support.             higher number. We can assume that the companies’ expansion
                               German                                                                                         68%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  plans have been successful due to the increase in headcount,
                                 French                                                                                       68%               13% of respondents said they worked within an advanced            however, this may create more competition for talent which
                                                                                                                                                automation environment while 45% said they worked                 means employers will need to develop creative candidate
                               Romania                                                                                  64%
                                                                                                                                                within a low level automation environment. This supports          attraction strategies and offer strong salary and benefits
                                 Spanish                                                                         55%                            the general global trend of automation adoption across            packages. This industry is growing at such a rate that there will
                                                                                                                                                industries. It is estimated that 35% of skill sets which          be more focus on collaborations and partnerships between
                                 Russian                                                                         55%                            are considered important in today’s work environment              companies in the sector going forward.
                                  Italian                                                                        55%                            will be subject to change in future. These changes in key
                                                                                                                                                skills required will trigger the development of new roles,        The top three non-financial benefits offered to operational
                                  Polish                                                                   50%                                  particularly within STEM, and will influence a new hierarchy      employees were meal tickets, flexible working hours
                                 Turkish                                                             45%                                        of top soft skills required in the work environment.              and extra vacation days. For managerial roles, 75% of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  companies in the survey offered a company car for private
                                  Greek                                                              45%                                        50% of respondents said their company had average voluntary       use. Many of the benefits on offer were related to flexibility
                                                                                               41%
                                                                                                                                                attrition below 20%. This is similar to the result in the last    (flexible working hours, option to work from home and a
                             Hungarian
                                                                                                                                                year’s ABSL & KPMG report, indicating stability. This stability   flexible benefits package). This reflects the evolution in
                                  Czech                                                  36%                                                    can be explained as a consequence of the diverse actions put      working values of the younger generation who value work-
                                                                                                                                                in place by companies in previous years to retain employees.      life balance more than their predecessors.
 Portuguese (incl. Brazilian Portuguese)                                           32%
                                                                                                                                                On the other hand, the high attrition rate in the outsourcing
            Dutch (incl. Flemish Dutch)                                            32%                                                          industry compared to other industries can be explained by the     The survey results suggest that for certain languages
                                                                                                                                                average seniority level of employees, as the majority are at      (especially Scandinavian ones) the market is candidate
                               Swedish                                 23%
                                                                                                                                                entry level and so are more open to other opportunities than      driven. This means companies will have to offer larger
                             Norwegian                                 23%                                                                      senior colleagues.                                                salaries and benefits to attract these candidates.
                                 Finnish                               23%

                                 Danish                                23%                                                                        Fast Facts
                              Bulgarian                                23%
                                                                                                                                                  19 companies participated in the survey of which
                              Slovenian                          18%                                                                              17 provided data for Bucharest, employing in
                                  Slovak                   14%                                                                                    total over 10,000 employees. The companies
                                 Serbian                   14%
                                                                                                                                                  were from commercial provider/outsourcing
                                                                                                                                                  centre (47%), internal unit/captive centre (37%)
                                 Hebrew                    14%                                                                                    and hybrid models (17%).
                                  Arabic                   14%
                                                                                                                                                  The majority of respondents came from medium
                               Croatian               9%                                                                                          or large companies, 90% had over 100 employees
                               Ukranian          5%                                                                                               while 23% has more than 1,000.
                                   Hindi         5%                                                                                                The number of responses made it possible
                                                                                                                                                   to calculate salaries in Bucharest for six jobs
                                            0%    10%        20%             30%         40%          50%         60%     70%             80%
                                                                                                                                                   areas, each structured by seniority level.

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WE ARE HAYS                                             Our global scale and in-depth local knowledge, the
                                                            research methodology we use together with our
                                                            extensive candidate networks all combine to help you
                                                                                                                       ABOUT ABSL
                                                                                                                                                                                 Connections Consult, CRH Ciment Romania, DB Schenker,
                                                                                                                                                                                 Deloitte Audit, DXC Technology, Ernst & Young, Eucom
                                                                                                                                                                                 Business Language, Genpact Romania, Global Remote
    Hays is the leading global specialist recruitment       achieve your hiring objectives. As our partner, you can    Association of Business Service Leaders in România        Services, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations Romania, HP
    group placing professional candidates in permanent,     also expect a number of added benefits, including market   (ABSL) is the most important organisation representing    Enterprise, HP Inc Romania, Luxoft Professional Romania,
    temporary and interim positions. We operate across      insight and benchmarking data from our specialism          the bussiness services sector, bringing together          Mazars Consulting, Microfocus, Microsoft Romania, Mood
    the private and public sectors offering tailor-made     salary guides – enabling you to make informed decisions.   the most important market companies operating in          Media, Office Depot Service Center, OMV Petrom Global
    contingency recruitment services, executive search                                                                 areas such as Shared Services Center (SSC), Business      Solutions, Optima Solutions Services, PwC Romania,
    and recruitment outsourcing solutions.                  With over 15 years’ of local experience on the Central     Process Outsourcing (BPO), Information Technology         Process Solutions, Procter & Gamble Marketing Romania,
                                                            Eastern Europe (CEE) market, we have helped to             Outsourcing (ITO) Research and Development (R & D).       Renault Business Services, Samsung SSCE, SCC Services
    Our combination of deep expertise across a wide         build the business services sector and become an                                                                     Romania, SELIR, Societe Generale European Business
    spectrum of specialised industries and professions      unrivalled expert in multilingual recruitment. Having      The role of ABSL Romania is to support the expansion      Services, Stefanini Romania, TELUS International, TMF/
    makes us unparalleled recruiters in the world of        a largest team of Business Services consultants who        of the Business Service sector and its transformation     UCMS Group Romania, UniCredit Business Integrated
    work. With over 10 000 staff in 250 offices across      recruited for over 150 centres in the CEE region and       into an important vector of Romania's economic growth.    Solutions, Valoris Center, Vauban IT, Veeam Software,
    33 countries, last year we placed around 70,000         our own EMEA Centre of Excellence, we know only            The association achieves its goals by facilitating the    Vodafone Shared Services Romania, Webhelp, Wipro
    people into permanent jobs and around 240,000 into      too well the difficulties such organizations may face in   collaboration of the main players, as well as engaging    Technologies and WNS Global Services Romania.
    temporary assignments.                                  recruiting the best talent. Working intensively with GBS   authorities and interest groups in developing the key
                                                            organisations in Romania we have proven our ability to     operational aspects of the industry.                      ACCA, COS, Fine Law, HAYS, I Future, JLL, KPMG and
    Every day we help clients simultaneously dealing        deliver on singular vacancy assignments as well as in                                                                SKANSKA also support ABSL as strategic partners of the
    with talent shortages in certain markets, while         volume recruitment projects as a Master Vendor or RPO      The ABSL Romania includes both local and multinational    association.
    having to reshape workforces in others. The nature of   provider. Our expertise has been acknowledged by the       companies, regional and global leaders such as:
    employment is also changing fast, with technological    industry in a form of the Award for the Best Recruitment   Accenture Services, Allianz Worldwide Partners, APT       More details about ABSL can be found at www.absl.ro
    advances driving evolutions in the way people work.     Firm of the Year 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2017 and Best          Resources & Services, Arvato Services Romania, Be Think
    We understand these complexities and are uniquely       Executive Recruitment Firm of the Year 2016 at the CEE     Solve Execute, Capgemini, Central Europe Technologies,
    positioned across our markets to solve them.            Outsourcing and Shared Services Awards Gala.

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