HeadHunter reported on the negative impact of sanctions on the work of 68% of Russians

The events of 2022, including sanctions pressure after the start of the operation in Ukraine, negatively affected the work of 68% of Russians, a HeadHunter poll showed.More often than others, the negative impact was noted by employees of Moscow and St. Petersburg

Seven out of ten Russians admitted that the events of 2022 (special operation in Ukraine, sanctions pressure, partial mobilization, etc.) had a negative impact on their work or job search. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted in the first half of December by the research service HeadHunter (HH.ru), which is at the disposal of RBC.

A study among 4,000 users of the recruiting portal showed that the events of the outgoing year most noticeably affected the careers of men - this was noted by 70% of the respondents among them. Among women, the percentage of similar answers is not much less - 65%. In terms of age, the most affected group was 25-34-year-olds, and the least negative assessments were given by Russians over 55 years old.

Experts also asked employees about the impact of events related to the special operation on the employing company: negative consequences were noted by 62% of respondents.

There were also those who stated that the sanctions had a positive impact on their work and the company's activities - there were 4% of such answers.

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The most affected areas

In the professional context, representatives of the security sector, as well as accountants, reacted most calmly to the military operation, sanctions pressure, partial mobilization - 42% of them each reported that these events did not affect their work in any way. Approximately the same level of calm in the field of medicine and pharmaceuticals, among workers and civil servants.

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The negative impact was most noticeable in the work of those associated with art and mass media, marketing and advertising, IT and telecom. Approximately 80% of representatives of these spheres reported about it.

Professor of the Department of Labor and Social Policy of the RANEPA Lyubov Khrapylina explains the dominance of negative assessments in these areas by the “informational” specifics of these professional areas and the typical personal characteristics of their representatives, and not by economic factors. “Representatives of these spheres, as a rule, have an exaggerated negative attitude towards what is happening, unlike other spheres,” she believes.

As shown by the results of a quarterly study by HeadHunter, which reflects the "index of well-being" of applicants in various professional fields, the fields of art and mass media, as well as IT and telecom, this year were among the most vulnerable in terms of a combination of several criteria, including the presence of the threat of dismissal, the flexibility of salary expectations difficulty in finding a job.

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Regional cut

The top five regions whose residents most strongly felt the negative impact of the events of 2022 on their work were St. Petersburg, the Voronezh Region, the Moscow Region, Moscow and the Novosibirsk Region.

In one of the regions - the Tyumen region - the share of assessments of the positive impact of sanctions and other events on work was significant. The fact that they had a “definitely positive” impact on work was stated by 6% of respondents, and another 3% noted a “rather positive” impact. In some regions, the number of positive ratings was zero.

In the context of federal districts, the neutral reaction of business for 2022 is more typical for the regions of the Far East and Siberia, less for Moscow and St. Petersburg, the study says.

The “beneficiaries” of the events of the outgoing year, including sanctions , as well as rising commodity prices on world markets, have become regions specializing in oil and gas production (they include, for example, the Tyumen region), experts told RBC. It is also understandable that workers in Siberia and the Far East perceive today's challenges more calmly. Trade relations of companies from these territories with China make their position the most stable, says Tatyana Tirskikh, junior director of the Expert RA sovereign ratings group.