The lack of personnel brings the salary of cleaning workers up to 1,000 euros/month

2024-06-05 07:23:00, Ekonomi CNA

The lack of personnel brings the salary of cleaning workers up to 1,000

The lack of labor, influenced by demographic movements and the aging of the population over the years, continues to increase the demand for employment for service staff with salaries up to 1,000 euros per month, mainly in coastal areas.

In addition to jobs for chefs with salaries from 3,000 - 3,500 to 5,000 euros per month in special structures, or waiters with a salary of 1,000 euros and assistant waiters with a salary of 800 euros, businesses in the South are now looking for cleaning workers with a monthly salary of 800 up to 1,000 euros.

In the notice attached to one of the buildings in the "5 May" area in Tirana, a business in Saranda offers employment for cleaning workers, with a salary of 800 to 1,000 euros per month, including free accommodation and food.

"Sanitaries are required for the summer season in Saranda. Free accommodation and food. The salary is 800 to 1000 Euros", the announcement states.

Payments of cleaning workers have become more expensive in Tirana as well. The required fee for one hour of cleaning ranges from 500 ALL to 1,000 ALL.

From the experts of the employment sector, it was predicted that even this year, the biggest offer for employment with high salaries will be from the HoReCa (Hotel-Restaurant-Catering) businesses on the coast, which are unable to fill the staff from the strength workers of the areas, which has brought about the temporary transfer of those from Tirana or other areas.

"This phenomenon has been reinforced especially during the last two years. To facilitate this process and increase the possibility of choosing the most qualified workforce, operators offer accommodation, free food, etc. for their workforce, which is transferred to them from Tirana or other areas relatively far from the area where they exercise their business activity", Indrit Puteci, head of the recruitment agency "Profesionisti" of Çelësi Group, claimed earlier for Monitor.

Henri Jahja, the president of the Association of Bars and Restaurants, claimed earlier that businesses that offer low wages find it difficult to retain workers. According to him, in order to solve the workforce crisis, the time has come for the sector as a whole to change their behavior towards the employees, as for working hours, providing food to the staff, as well as to review the salaries again.

"Overtime must be paid. Businesses should also review employee salaries, since by increasing salaries it is no longer necessary to keep 2 employees to do 1 job. As for the provision of food for the personnel, it is an issue that is no longer discussed in the whole world, while in our country some provide it, others consider it a luxury", he asserted.

Jahja Sakaq said earlier that the increase in the cost of keeping the workforce with high wages has increased the prices of restaurants in Vlora and Saranda from 26 to 33%.

"If last year the minimum price per person in the restaurants of these cities ranged from 2,000 to 2,200 ALL, this season it has reached up to 3,000 ALL per person".

In the bar and restaurant sector as a whole, according to the data of the Bar and Restaurant Association, both at the managerial level and for the internal staff, the salaries of the employees are almost twice as high as last year./ Monitor Magazine