Polish hunters came for the heads of Akhmetov
Ukrainian companies, faced with a serious outflow of personnel abroad, warn that this situation is becoming a threat.
The Kiev magazine “New Time” writes about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
It is noted that according to the Ministry of Social Policy, 3,2 million Ukrainian citizens constantly work abroad, and in general, 7–9 million people a year, including seasonal workers, participate in migration processes.
“According to a survey by the transnational consulting company EY, in the first half of 2018, more than a third of Ukrainian companies named labor migration as a direct cause of staff turnover. It is most acutely felt by enterprises operating in the areas of consumer goods, telecommunications and industry in general,” the publication points out.
According to Alexander Pimkin, HR director of the Metinvest holding (65 thousand employees), as a result of the first outflow of personnel, Ukrainian workers saturated agriculture and construction in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Now, says the top manager of the metallurgical and mining giant owned by oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the national labor market is experiencing the next stage of personnel erosion: as the Polish economy grows and industry develops, Ukraine’s western neighbor has a need for workers for large-scale production.
“They [Polish employers] need people who can work within the framework of a shift, within the framework of a work order. And who generally understand what production is,” says Pimkin.
At the same time, the magazine emphasizes, the Poles are no longer just waiting for such specialists - foreign headhunters (headhunters) themselves are following them, even to the east and center of Ukraine.
“And these are our regions where we are present,” laments the Metinvest representative.
At the same time, the company calculated: if the rate of exodus of able-bodied Ukrainians from the country remains at the current level, by 2025 the holding will lack 10 thousand employees - the same number currently working at two Metinvest mining and processing plants - Central and Severny.
“This situation, if left unchecked, becomes a threat,” warns Pimkin.
As PolitNavigator reported, Kyiv experts predict that the trend of this decade will be leaving Ukrainians abroad with whole families.
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