While the average working adult works about 40 hours a week, workers in certain occupations work more or less. Although the salary does not always correspond to the workload.

Mr. Ionescu is an IT specialist. He is paid more than 2000 euros per month and his work takes less than 8 hours a day. Sometimes I finish in 5 hours, sometimes in 7, because I’m good at it, – he tells friends with whom he goes to drink beer.

Mrs. Popescu lost her job during the pandemic, and after the restrictions were lifted, she found a job in commerce, in a well-known hypermarket. He was promised almost 1000 euros net (with all benefits) for an 8 hour program per day, but the reality was different. “Sometimes we work for 10-12 hours, but who can complain? I have bank deposits, I have bills, I swallow and move on,” she says.

Mrs. Ghitsulescu. He works in a bank in a middle management position. He enters the office at 8 in the morning and leaves in the happiest case around 7 in the evening. “Salaries are kept for 15 years. The main feature is that the new hires are paid more than I am with 16 years of banking experience. We are working like crazy and there is a lot of turnover. People come, stay for six months until they understand what it is, and then look elsewhere. I’m not saying that a long time ago, it was a pride to say that you work in a bank. Today you are ashamed to brag about something like that!” – explains Mrs. Ghitsulescu.

HotNews calculated on the basis of data sent by Statistics, where there is more work and where there is less.

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Who else works in Romania?

Construction workers are champions in terms of hours worked. An average of 9 hours/day. We refer to the officially announced hours.

Next come the employees of “Other professional, scientific and technical activities”. This class includes service activities typically provided to commercial customers.

This class includes:

– appraisal activities, except for real estate and insurance (for antiques, jewelry, etc.)

– audit of accounts and product reports

– weather forecasting activity

– consultations

– meter readings (gas, water, electricity)

– placement of books, performances, works of art, photographs, etc. in publishing houses, manufacturers, etc.

In third place – “Public administration, defense, education, health care”. “Health Care” does the hard work, but there are small “tricks” that state bodies can handle as well.

At the opposite pole we find (somewhat paradoxically) farmers and foresters, real estate operators and IT&C workers.