Poll: one in five employed Finns expect job cuts at their workplace
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One in five Finns with jobs fear that personnel reductions through dismissals may be enacted at their workplace in the next two or three years.
Anticipation of redundancies is not linked with a person’s position or rank; job cuts are feared equally by all, from ordinary employees to those in managerial positions
According to a poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat, jobs have been cut at the workplaces of every fourth Finn in the past two or three years.
This means that 560,000 people in Finland work in an environment where personnel cutbacks have been implemented through dismissals.
Dismissals have been more common at workplaces in the Helsinki region than elsewhere.
Slightly more people have experienced a situation in which the number of employees has been reduced by not replacing those who retire.
The survey was conducted in November and December. A total of 1080 people with jobs were interviewed for the poll.
Workplaces which dismiss employees as a way of reducing personnel generally also tend to enact other measures with a negative effect on employees.
One in two employees remaining at workplaces where jobs have been cut consider further dismissals likely, or very likely.
On the other hand, those at workplaces where there have been no job cuts tend to be optimistic; most do not feel that dismissals or other measures to weaken the position of employees are likely.
One third of those with jobs assume that no new employees will be hired to replace those leaving work.
Helsingin Sanomat
