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Figure 8.6A When will your company begin hiring (project)
employees again?
Total 371
33% Currently hiring
8% Early 2013
13% Mid 2013
6% Late 2013
15% 2013 or later
23% Don’t know
2% No answer
Figure 8.7A In which departments – if any – have layoffs
occurred in 2012?
Total 630
Operations 26%
Sales 23%
Accounting / Finance 23%
IT 16%
Marketing / Com. 13%
Facilities 10%
HR 10%
R & D 4%
Product management 3%
Training / Development 3%
Legal 2%
Other 33%
No answer 16%
Figure 8.8A What opportunities – if any – has your
company taken advantage of as a direct result
of the economic upturn?
Total 630
Negotiating better terms with suppliers 59%
Encouraging employees to think differently 44%
Restructuring 40%
Creating new partnerships 37%
Tergeting new customers segments 33%
Optimizing technology 27%
Improving products of services 26%
Other 4%
No answer 10%
1 in 3 companies mentioned that they were
currently hiring (project) employees and 26%
would be hiring new people during 2013.
1 in 6 respondents said this would be after 2014
and 23% did not know, as illustrated in fig. 8.6A.
Most layoffs within the companies occurred
within Operations (26%), followed by Sales and
Accounting / Finance (23%). Legal, Training / Development,
Product Management and R&D departments
were not really impacted (fig. 8.7A). Switzerland
experienced the most layoffs within the
IT department.
One factor that was identified as positive due to
the current economic situation was that 59% of
the companies surveyed negotiated better terms
with their suppliers, encouraged their employees
to think differently and restructured the organization.
Other advantages included creating
new partnerships and targeting new customer
segments (fig. 8.8A).
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Part B
countries impacted by an economic upturn
(Argentina, Chile, Poland and Turkey)
The impact of the economic upturn on the companies
surveyed is shown in fig 8.1B, illustrating that
half of the respondents recruited employees, 31%
extended their hiring operations and 1 in 4 provided
larger budgets.
30% answered that they did experience an impact
on their workload due to the current economic
climate.
1 in 2 respondents said they had noticed a change
in the loyalty of employees, they claimed that
changes implemented by the organization did
have an impact, as illustrated in fig. 8.2B.
Fig. 8.3B illustrates that CSR initiatives had not
been impacted by the economy in 31% of cases.
14% said that they put some or all CSR initiatives
into action. The majority of the respondents could
not answer this question.
Figure 8.1B How has your organization been impacted
by the economic upturn?
Total 345
Recruitment of employees 49%
Implemented extended hiring 31%
Larger budget 25%
Extra compensation (Bonus, wages) 17%
Extra benefits offered 15%
Recruitment of consultants / temp employees 14%
Have not been impacted by the economic upturn 30%
Other 3%
No answer 7%
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Figure 8.2B Has company loyalty been impacted by changes
in the organization?
Total 226
Figure 8.3B Has the economy impacted your company’s involvement in Corporate and Social Responsibilities Initiatives?
Total 338
Yes, all CSR initiatives have been put on hold
4% 10%
11%
49% 51%
Yes, some CSR initiatives
have been put on hold
31%
Yes
No
No answer
No, the economy has not
impacted CSR initiatives
36% of the respondents said they were currently
feeling the effects of an economic downturn, while
only 35% anticipated that the impact would come
during 2013 and 13% anticipated this to be after
2013 (fig. 8.4B).
11%
Don’t know
Figure 8.4B When do you believe your country will be
impacted by an economic downturn?
44%
No answer
Total 371
36% Currently being impacted
14% Early 2013
18% Mid 2013
3% Late 2013
13% After 2013
17% No answer