One fifth of companies in Russia has already cut a number of employees as of April 2020. At the same time, 21 percent of the polled revealed that their companies aimed to hire new employees in the next six months. However, over 35 percent of respondents expected staff reductions to some extent in the future.
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Do you plan to reduce number of employees in the next six months?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Number of employees have already decreased
20%
Number of employees will definitely decrease
12%
Number of employees will most probably decrease
25%
Number of emplyees will not change
22%
Will hire new employees
21%
0%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%16%18%20%22%24%26%28%
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Izvestia. (April 14, 2020). Do you plan to reduce number of employees in the next six months? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110779/russian-entrepreneurs-on-possible-job-cuts-due-to-covid-19/
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Izvestia. (2020). Do you plan to reduce number of employees in the next six months?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110779/russian-entrepreneurs-on-possible-job-cuts-due-to-covid-19/
Izvestia. "Do You Plan to Reduce Number of Employees in The next Six Months?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110779/russian-entrepreneurs-on-possible-job-cuts-due-to-covid-19/
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Do you plan to reduce number of employees in the next six months? [Graph], Izvestia, April 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110779/russian-entrepreneurs-on-possible-job-cuts-due-to-covid-19/
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