Public mood indicates many expect unemployment to grow

Almost half of those currently employed live under the fear for losing their jobs soon. This was the finding of the latest opinion poll by the Social Opinion Research Center (CBOS). At least 71% said they felt seriously threatened by the spectre of unemployment. Among young people, as many as 66% were pessimistic about their future jobs. The poll also showed that people are especially worried about the situation in their immediate locality, with 39% declaring that they were unable to find any job near where they lived. Only 14% said that there were no major problems with finding a job, the problems arose, though, when it came to find a good job. Among those polled, pessimists were in the majority: 47% claimed that the situation would not change within the next year and 38% expect a deterioration. (Parkiet, p. 8) K.Z.