PIE: no improvement in employees availability in 2019

Nearly 80% of companies did not notice changes in the availability of employees or indicated a decrease in the possibility of filling vacancies, according to a survey of the Polish Economic Institute (PIE).

“Only one in five companies participating in the survey recognized that in 2019 the situation in the availability of employees improved. However, almost 50% of company representatives did not notice any changes in this respect. A higher percentage of enterprises (28%) indicated a decrease in the possibility of filling vacancies than an improvement in the availability of employees. Enterprises reporting favorable changes in employee availability were relatively the largest among the largest companies (30% of responses), and the least in the group of micro-enterprises (17%),” the PIE report reads.

In all industries covered by the survey, more enterprises indicated a decrease in employee availability than its increase. By far the highest percentage of indications of decline concerned manufacturing (33%), and the smallest percentage (24%) and business services (25%). Only about 20% of enterprises indicate an increase in employee availability.

(ISBnews)