Expected change in employee numbers at large corporations in Europe 2017, by country

This statistic illustrates how chief financial officers (CFOs) of the largest corporations in selected European countries, consider how the number of employees for their company is likely to change over the next 12 months, in the third quarter of 2017, according to data publish by Deloitte. It can be seen that CFOs in Ireland expect the number of employees for their companies will increase by 69 percent in the next year, whilst CFOs in the United Kingdom stated that the number of employees for their companies will decrease by 25 percent. The overall outlook for large corporations employee numbers in the next twelve months was very positive with the exception of the UK.