Nearly 40% of employees across Romania said they are satisfied with their salary, while 49.8% stated the pay is okay but could be better, reports the Romanian Insider, citing a survey by online recruitment platform eJobs. Approximately 10.7% of respondents said they have no reason for dissatisfaction. According to eJobs, a possible salary renegotiation seems to be a solution for a fairly small percentage of employees, given that they do not think they could come up with arguments to convince managers to grant the desired increase. Most respondents (42%) said a discussion in this sense could bring them a maximum increase of 10%, while 37.7% think they could get between 10% and 20%, and 13.1% think they can receive an increase of between 20% and 30%.

Ana Călugăru, head of communications, eJobs.ro, said, "Many candidates complain that they are not good salary negotiators and that such a discussion with their manager causes them heightened discomfort. This happens not only when conducting the interview from the employee's position but also in the final stages of recruitment. That's why, for example, almost half of the respondents said that, throughout their careers, they received most salary hikes without asking for them. 35.3% received them only after asking, while for 16.6%, it is difficult to make an estimate.”

Meanwhile, 32% of respondents said that although they try to negotiate, they rarely get the desired amount. At the same time, 20.9% admit that they do not like and do not manage to negotiate at all, which is why they always accept the offer proposed by the employer.