Nearly seven entrepreneurs out of 10 plan to reduce their employment due to the outbreak of coronavirus in Poland. And every second company in the next two months expects to lay off between 20 and 50 percent of its staff. Almost every company in Poland feels the effects of the pandemic on its businesses, and every second company assessed the situation as very serious. Nearly 70 percent of a company may close down its operations if it does not receive support from the state.
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Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on companies in Poland in 2020
Characteristic
Share or respondents
Businesses affected by the pandemic
95%
Medium-sized companies that plan to reduce employment
80%
Small companies that plan to reduce employment
71%
Entrepreneurs who plan to reduce employment
69%
Entrepreneurs who will close the company if they do not receive support from the state
68%
Micro-entrepreneurs who are suffering the very serious consequences of the pandemic
63%
Entrepreneurs who are suffering the very serious consequences of the pandemic
55%
Entrepreneurs who plan to lay off 20-50% of their employees in the next two weeks
54%
Entrepreneurs who will start making workers redundant within 3 weeks if they do not receive State aid
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Konfederacja Lewiatan. (March 26, 2020). Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on companies in Poland in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107481/poland-effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-businesses/
Konfederacja Lewiatan. "Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on companies in Poland in 2020." Chart. March 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107481/poland-effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-businesses/
Konfederacja Lewiatan. (2020). Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on companies in Poland in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107481/poland-effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-businesses/
Konfederacja Lewiatan. "Impact of The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic on Companies in Poland in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107481/poland-effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-businesses/
Konfederacja Lewiatan, Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on companies in Poland in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107481/poland-effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-businesses/ (last visited December 25, 2024)
Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on companies in Poland in 2020 [Graph], Konfederacja Lewiatan, March 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107481/poland-effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-businesses/
