Minister’s Assistant from Ćacilend Prepares Layoffs for a Third of Employees Minister Aleksandra Sofronijević has appointed her assistant, Milan Petrović, to head a working group tasked with optimizing the workforce. This group is expected to lay off 697 out of 1,929 employees, with severance packages of 300 euros per year of service. The article questions whether these employees are responsible for the company’s 80 million euro loss over the past six years.

• Minister Aleksandra Sofronijević appointed her assistant, Milan Petrović, as head of the “optimization” working group.
• The working group is expected to lay off 697 of the 1,929 total employees.
• Severance pay will be 300 euros per year of service.
• The company incurred a loss of 80 million euros in six years.