"Let's not hide from the truth: in Romania wages are still paidin envelopes. Many companies do not comply with the law. I am nottalking about tax havens or such stunts, I am talking about basictaxation," says Jean-Pierre Vigroux, managing partner of the localconsulting and auditing bureau of global firm Mazars, one of themost influential consultants on the market.
He set up PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Romania in 1991 andremained at the helm of the firm for 13 years. Vigroux is one ofthe expats best acquainted with the Romanian market, with secretsof big companies and with Romania after '89. He returned to Romaniain 2008 to take over at the helm of Mazars, a second-ranking firmwith 3.8 million euros in 2009.
Vigroux is perplexed that after 20 years of capitalism, Romanianemployees are not motivated to be have their salaries paid based onthe employment record book, quite the contrary, they propose to theemployers that the money that would otherwise be paid to the statein the form of social security contributions, be given to them,saying "I don't need state's services. I can manage."
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