Seasonal Agricultural Worker

You start around 6 in the morning while it is still cool and work in a crew of eight to twelve people. The day moves with the season: planting seedlings and laying drip lines in spring, hoeing and thinning rows through summer, then picking tomatoes, peppers, cabbage and onions by hand once the crops come in. During grain harvest some of the team loads trailers and clears the field behind the combine. You will use hand tools like hoes, pruning shears and crates, and you will help with irrigation pipes and the sorting tables in the packing shed. Most picking is done bent over or kneeling along the rows, so the work is physical and repetitive, but the pace is set by the foreman, not by a clock you fight against.

Able to work outdoors in heat, rain and cold

Comfortable standing, bending and lifting crates up to 20 kg all day

Willing to start early, typically 6 a.m., six days a week in season

Reliable and shows up on time without being chased

Basic English or Romanian to follow the foreman's instructions

Previous farm or field work is a plus, not required

Shared accommodation near the farm, the employer covers the rent

Daily transport from the housing to the fields

One hot meal on every shift

Help with paperwork and registration when you arrive

Health insurance through the employer for the length of the contract

You start at the entry rate of 590 euro net per month. After a full season where you keep good attendance and learn the rows, the employer brings reliable workers back as crew leaders or machine operators at 680 euro net. The people who come back two seasons running are usually the first ones called for the steadier year-round spots.

The farm sits in open country a short drive outside Timișoara, mostly flat fields with greenhouses and a packing shed on site. Summers get hot and dusty and there is little shade in the rows, so water and breaks are built into the day. Work stops when the weather turns dangerous, and there is a covered area to wait out the rain.