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Romano Foster works as a Sales Manager at Brunel’s Frankfurt office. What he really likes about his job? It is so varied, he says, and gives him all kinds of opportunities to develop.

Romano, how does Brunel measure up as an employer?

I like coming to work here, because the company is very much like a family. We are all on first-name terms and the atmosphere is very laid-back. On every level of the hierarchy, I can talk to people as their equal. There are career opportunities, decisions are made quickly. That is the spirit that I like.

If you had just three words to describe the company, what would they be?

Team spirit is very important here. The way people treat each other is friendly and agreeable. And high expectations are placed both on me and on the performance of Brunel as a whole.

Bearing in mind Brunel’s four core values – results-driven, passion for people, integrity and entrepreneurship – which of them is especially important in your line of work?

I see passion for people as an important point. In our corporate culture, everyone is on the same level. We are all free to share our thoughts and ideas. I think that is great. Being on first-name terms and having flat hierarchies are obviously important aspects of this culture. You can express criticism too. For me, that is an important value.

When did you join the company? And what did you do before that?

When I finished school, I wanted to get a proper job and initially opted for a commercial apprenticeship. But it wasn’t really what I had imagined, which is why I studied business administration at the same time. After a couple of stops along the way, I came out of HR and landed in personnel services, where I spent five years. I started in the unskilled labor segment, with warehouse staff and forklift operators and so on, and later switched to working with more highly qualified people and technicians in automotive engineering. Then Brunel contacted me in the summer of 2017, and I have been here ever since.