In recent years, the Ukrainian labour market in Poland has "overheated." The number of vacancies grew, and companies eager to retain their employees were forced to actively expand their benefits packages. During the period of economic stability, workers gradually began to set their own terms on the market. Companies and even entire countries started competing for workers. Ukrainians began choosing where to go: Poland, the Czech Republic, or Germany.
However, a crisis always brings change — and this one is no exception. As a result, on one hand the economic downturn in Ukraine, and on the other a partial decline in production output in Poland, may trigger a return to a situation where the labour market becomes more employer-oriented rather than employee-oriented.
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In recent years the market "overheated": the number of vacancies grew, and companies had to expand their benefits packages to retain employees. During the period of economic stability, workers gradually began to set their own terms, and companies and even countries competed for them.
Yes. As competition for workers grew, Ukrainians began choosing where to go, with Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany named as the main options. This gave workers more bargaining power over the terms of employment.
Yes, it may. The economic downturn in Ukraine, together with a partial decline in production output in Poland, could trigger a return to a situation where the labour market is more employer-oriented rather than employee-oriented.
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