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British American Tobacco, a British company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products, including electronic cigarettes, announced its plans to dismiss between 15 and 20% of its employees in Romania as part of an ongoing restructuring process. The company will collectively dismiss 135 employees nationwide out of a total of 969 employees, between April and June 2026. The Prahova Employment Agency confirmed the collective dismissal.
BAT is one of the largest foreign companies in Romania, present in the country for 30 years. With almost 1 800 employees in two entities: a plant at Ploiesti (Prahova County) and a commercial and management centre in Bucharest.
As for the compensation packages, the company set the following scheme: employees with up to 5 years of seniority receive a compensatory wage, those with seniority between 5 and 10 years receive nine individual basic wages, and those with over 10 years of seniority receive 10 wages plus 1.2 wages for each year worked over the 10-year threshold, with a maximum ceiling of 20 basic wages.
The company has been present on the Romanian market since 1994.
Eurofound (2026), BAT, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 204561, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/204561.