Almost half of employers, 46%, called 2022 worse than the ‘pandemic’ years of 2020 and 2021. They believe that the events of 2022 affected them more than the coronavirus and quarantine.
Another 23% said the effect was about the same, and only 12% said the pandemic had a greater impact on their business.
In total, 33% of Russian companies cut staff this year. At the same time, only 22% of enterprises did so last year. Most often, large companies (more than a thousand employees) reported a decrease in the number of employees. Almost half of such employers – 44% – reduced staff.
‘Sanction pressure has hit industrial enterprises the hardest, which traditionally employs a large number of employees. Problems with supply, replacement of spare parts, reduction in the number of orders naturally led to a decrease in the number of employees,’ analysts explain.
Meanwhile, it became known that the Kremlin intends to put pressure on large companies to fill the military budget, including Gazprom.