"The increase in applications for predominantly domestic staff comes as a natural consequence of the excellent recommendations received from the company's clients, who since 2010 have been impressed by the good level of English, the constructive attitude and the reliability of the Philippine staff. We currently have many requests to bring in: personal drivers, gardeners, personal assistants and personal masseuses. We are talking about a premium service, which only those with considerable income can afford, because the staff in the Philippines is very well trained professionally," said Yosef Gavriel Peisakh, General Manager WORK FROM ASIA.
In a context in which hiring foreign staff in Romania has become almost normal, a certain segment of employees is particularly appreciated by Romanians with generous incomes. This is the Filipino staff coming to the country through the WORK FROM ASIA agency to work in wealthy families: from personal drivers, to personal assistants, gardeners, even personal masseuses.
While the market for recruiting foreign staff in Romania is growing steadily, unfortunately the process of bringing labor is a rather complicated one, involving a wait of several months. In the case of the labor force from the Philippines we can talk about the shortest waiting time, which most of the time results in staff placed in about 3 months after signing the contract of bringing.
What's more, foreign workers from the Philippines enjoy greater protection from their country of origin, which requires financial guarantees from agencies accredited to place foreign workers in Romania.
Bianca Potyesz, HR Manager at one of the companies that imported foreign staff, also told us about her experience with Filipino workers: ,"Hiring two colleagues from the Philippines in 2019 in our company, I believe, was one of the most appropriate decisions related to the expansion of our team. Therefore, we have currently initiated the recruitment of 4 more people. We made this decision, having difficulties in finding the necessary staff among the people in Romania for a long period of time.
The presence of the first two colleagues in our team has brought more empathy, unity and created beautiful bonds within the department they are part of, but also at the organizational level. They have become an important part of our team and have even developed friendships with them, which have extended beyond working hours", said Bianca Potyesz, HR Manager SC RAZADI SRL.
There is already a growing demand for staff from the Philippines in areas such as construction, agriculture, textiles, automotive and even industry, due to the speed of processing visa applications and the professionalism of the workforce from this country.
Hiring two colleagues from the Philippines in 2019 to join our company, I believe, was one of the most appropriate decisions related to the expansion of our team. Therefore, we have currently initiated the recruitment of 4 more people. We made this decision, having difficulties in finding the necessary staff among the people in Romania for a long period of time.
The presence of the first two colleagues in our team has brought more empathy, unity and created beautiful bonds within their department and among the whole organization. They have become an important part of our team and have developed both professionally and outside of work.
The cultural differences between us and them have been overcome thanks to their open attitude to new things, to tasks, their commitment, seriousness and professionalism. They are extremely respectful, caring, punctual and responsible people. We will certainly miss them when the time comes for them to return to their country, both as colleagues, but especially as people.
We would definitely recommend other companies to hire staff from the Philippines and we are sure that the experience will be as great as ours!
Even if the waiting period is a longer, more arduous hiring procedure, it's worth it!
First of all I would like to start from the professionalism shown by Isrom, the company through which we did this recruitment.
All the steps taken by Isrom were done with great seriousness and professionalism, every detail was analyzed and explained in order to make the best decision.
Regarding workers in the Philippines, we have hired 3 people. We chose Philippines because English is the basic language, the religion is Catholic Christian and they are more serious people.
I can tell you that I am satisfied with these people and I have even recommended both people from the Philippines and Isrom.
