Romanian carmaker Dacia accelerates personnel downsizing to 1,200 this year

Automobile Dacia, one of Romania's two automobile producers and among the country’s largest exporters, confirmed the personnel downsizing scheme that eliminated 1,200 employees by either voluntary leave (against a severance package) or non-renewal of the temporary labour contract, according to Ziarul Financiar. The company’s personnel already decreased from more than 14,700 in 2018-2019 to close to 10,000 at the end of 2025.

The move came at a moment when Dacia decided to produce its two new models launched this year in Turkey and Slovenia, which prompted reactions from the union in the factory.