A growing number of Polish companies plan to maintain their current level of employment, while the percentage of firms seeking new staff has decreased, according to a new survey by the Randstad recruitment agency.
In all, 69% of companies will not add to their head count, up by 9% in comparison to December 2021, indicates the poll published on June 14.
Only 25% of businesses want to employ new staff, down by 4% YoY and by 7% against December 2021.
According to Randstad, this trend has been caused by the current uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical situation.
4% of companies plan to reduce employment, down by 2% in December 2021, and most reductions are planned in the financial and insurance sectors.
Also, 38% of companies have already employed Ukrainians or plan to do so, mainly due to the war in Ukraine. Most offers for Ukrainians come from transport, construction and industrial firms.
At the same time, 28% of companies plan to increase wages in the coming six months, down by 20% against December 2021.
The poll was carried out by GfK Polonia on a sample of 1,000 companies between April 19 and May 12. (The First News/Business World Magazine)
