Bulgaria: In Time of Crisis 66 Percent of Employees Chose to Stick with Their Company

In the face of a crisis, 66% of employees would recommend their company as a desirable employer.This is one of the main conclusions in the latest survey of ManpowerGroup Bulgaria, which analyzes the measures taken by employers in the country necessitated by the COVID-19 crisis, changes in daily business routine and their impact on employees in different industries.

The results of the survey show that although many employers have reduced company costs during the crisis by cutting salaries, giving up benefit packages and resorting to forced unpaid leave, this approach has not been the most popular.

Nearly 51% of the respondents said that the company for which they work did not have to cancel benefits, more than 61% of employers maintained current pay levels and only 17% of companies put staff on unpaid leave.

"Some of the cancelled additional incentives are also due to the long period of working from home, which has changed the need to provide public transport tickets, fuel vouchers, office catering and the like," said Gerasim Naydenov, Senior Market Research Consultant, ManpowerGroup Bulgaria.

"On the other hand, nearly 20% of respondents said that their employers had reduced pay levels, but this applies to the sectors most affected by the crisis, such as Tourism and Restaurant-Keeping, Trade and Manufacturing. 

As for the industries still hungry for skilled workers, for example the IT sector, wages have not stopped growing during the pandemic."

Also, 39% of the employees surveyed expect their employers to hire additional human resources due to the increased volume of work during the pandemic, which is most tangible in the IT, Health and Pharmacy and Transport and Logistics sectors.

Last but not least, nearly half of...