Record-high number of employers plan raises - Randstat

As much as 44 percent of companies plan on giving their employees raises in the next six months, according to HR company Randstad. Moreover, 32 percent of companies plan on hiring new workers. According to Monika Hryniszyn from Randstad, the record-high number is mostly seasonal, as many companies plan on giving raises at the beginning of each year, but the growth is exceptional, it’s the best result since the study was first conducted eight years ago. As much as 55 percent of industrial companies, 48 percent of service companies and 43 percent of SSC/BPO firms are planning raises. Most of them are located in Eastern Poland in villages outside of big urban centers (50 percent), the least number of such companies is situated in northern Poland and in villages in big urban centers (39 and 38 percent respectively).