Fewer jobs
Survey: HR reduction also in the middle class big topic
Several large companies have announced the reduction of jobs in recent months. In the middle class, too, this is a topic for many companies, as can be seen from a survey.
According to a survey, as many companies have been dismantling jobs in German medium -sized companies as have not been the case for a decades and a half. A good fifth questioned company had reduced its or her staff, the Creditreform business (GUIENDATION OFFERESS ON THE results of its spring survey 2025 among 1,200 medium -sized companies. An even higher value was last recorded in 2010.
Only every seventh company has increased the staff within one year. In the second year in a row, job cuts were more common than a staff structure, said Creditreform. In addition to the recession, medium -sized companies also suffer from young talent and bureaucracy. Except for the service sector, employment has decreased in all economic sectors. This is particularly widespread in the construction industry.
“Five years after the start of the pandemic and many crises later, a large part of the companies are desperate,” said the head of business research at Creditreform, Patrik-Ludwig Hantzsch. For the third time in a row, the negative assessment predominated in the assessment of the business situation. Companies held back in the investments and new settings. In personnel planning, about every ninth company calculates with a dismantling.
dpa
Source: Stern
