29/10/2026
A competitive salary may attract employees, but their assessment of a workplace depends on much more than compensation, particularly the quality of management, the fairness of internal rules and the opportunities available to advance professionally.
The latest Top Employers 2026 ranking, published by our client Undelucram.ro, reveals a growing divide in Romania's labour market: the highest-rated employers continue to improve, while employee satisfaction across the wider market is stagnating or declining.
Based on approximately 120,000 reviews from current and former employees, the ranking places Servier Pharma first, followed by Schneider Electric Romania and JYSK Romania. Six companies have retained their positions in the Top 10 while improving their scores compared with 2025, while Holcim Romania enters the ranking directly in ninth place.
One of the most significant findings concerns career advancement and professional development, which recorded the sharpest decline in employee satisfaction compared with last year. Salary satisfaction also decreased, although the research indicates that management quality and the consistent application of workplace rules are particularly important in distinguishing the highest-rated employers.
“Salary attracts people to a company, but management and culture make them stay and recommend it,” says Costin Tudor, CEO of Undelucram.ro.
Across industries, energy, insurance and financial services received the highest employee ratings, while healthcare, courier services and BPO ranked at the other end of the spectrum.
The findings offer a detailed perspective on what Romanian employees value in their workplaces and where employers are falling short of expectations.
