More than 50% of Ukrainian IT companies did not relocate.
There is a myth that starting from February, most of the went abroad However, in reality, more than 50% of surveyed IT companies did not change their location, although they switched to remote work. In addition, the lion's share of companies have already partially returned to work from the office. This is stated in the study of the IT Ukraine Association.
According to the research data, among the IT companies that relocated, the majority changed their place of work within Ukraine (45%). 42% of companies partially relocated abroad, of which only 5% of companies closed part of their offices in Ukraine.
In addition, the researchers did not find any IT companies that completely relocated abroad. Also, none of the surveyed IT companies intends to completely close down business in Ukraine. Since relocation is largely considered by IT companies as a forced step for the period of the war or at least its active phase.
Currently, most IT companies (63%) do not plan partial or full relocation. Only 14% of respondents are considering a partial or full relocation abroad by the end of the year. Some companies (23%) plan to combine relocation abroad and within Ukraine. That is, a total of 37% of companies consider relocation as possible by the end of this year. If the situation in the country does not change significantly, this indicator can be expected to grow.
The companies noted the impossibility of IT specialists going abroad, the desire of IT companies to pay taxes in Ukraine, the reluctance of most of the team to move, and higher costs of doing business outside of Ukraine as the main deterrent for relocation, in particular further relocation.
The abolition of martial law and improvement of the situation in Ukraine (for every third company) or at least a return to the pre-war state (until February 24, 2022) and the absence of active hostilities in Ukraine for several months will be able to significantly change the situation. Under such conditions, 80% of companies plan to return business to Ukraine. To date, only 7% of companies do not plan to return.
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