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However, there are no irreplaceable ones, and those who are ready to stay in Russia and know that they will not be able to leave are still more, experts say. Those who leave will have to be replaced by internal resources, another recruiter says. And this is a question for corporate universities and business schools: how to strengthen the management staff and prepare new generations. “However, it is clear that so far there is a managerial hole comparable to the 90s,” he sums up.
What about frames
The most discussed problem on the market in the first months of the war was the departure of personnel, but many continued to work remotely for Russian companies. So far, studies of recruiting companies have not confirmed a severe shortage of personnel. According to hh.ru data cited by Forbes, in July 2022, there were 9% fewer open vacancies in Russian IT companies than a year ago, and as much as 29% less than this February. Last month there were 56 thousand vacancies, five months ago - 72 thousand. And this despite the fact that hiring in July became more active than it was in all the months after the start of the war, recruiters say.
A similar conclusion was reached at the end of June at the DigitalHR recruiting agency, after analysing the number of open vacancies and resumes of applicants in the February-April period. Their conclusion was as follows: if for many years before that the trend of a shortage of specialists remained on the market, now we are talking about a shortage of vacancies. The reason is that many companies in the spring froze hiring and suspended some projects. In parallel, work was suspended by large foreign IT companies that had offices in Russia. At the same time, applicants were trying to find a stable job or a temporary option for remote cooperation (this was especially true for those who had already relocated, but had not yet found a job abroad). And although the market is now recovering, there is no talk of returning to the level “before February 24”, experts say.
An interesting point: in the spring, applicants were more likely to look for international companies and salaries in foreign currency, but now interest in Russian employers has increased, Forbes told hh.ru.
One more fact can also speak about the shift in the balance in the labour market towards the employer: for the first time in almost five years, the median salary in the IT market has not actually changed in six months, according to Habr.Career. The platform analysed 12,000 IT salaries in the first six months of 2022. It turned out that the median value remained the same as it was at the end of 2021 - 140 thousand rubles. Specifically, in Moscow, it grew by only 3% (however, in many regions the growth was more significant). And some specialists in near-IT specialties, for example, support or design, began to earn on average even less than before: -19% and -6% in Moscow, respectively.
A separate headache for both the employees themselves and their employers is the loss of tax residency. Everyone who relocated to another country but continues to work for a Russian company faces it. If an employee spends more than 183 days a year abroad, he becomes a tax non-resident and is required to pay income tax not 13%, but 30%. The employer must enforce this rule. This
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