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Only 16% of temporary workers from Ukraine declare their intention to return to their homeland after the end of the war. This is 26% less than at the end of 2023 and 33% less than at the end of 2022. At the same time, as many as 62% of respondents do not plan to return to Ukraine. This represents a significant increase compared to 2022 and 2023, when such an answer was given by 25% and 23% of respondents respectively.

He succeeds Frank van Gool and Karolina Swoboda, who announced last month that they would be leaving the company. Raymond Puts has over 20 years of experience in the staffing industry, including as CEO of USG People Netherlands. For the past 5 years, he was the general director of AWVN. Raymond Puts: "OTTO Work Force is a socially very engaged company and operates within a dynamic international playing field." "I am highly motivated to put in my energy there in the coming years." 

Every second temporary worker from Ukraine waits in Poland and observes how the situation in their homeland will develop. The number of those willing to leave Poland for the West is lower than it was a year ago. As many as 59% of respondents do not plan to leave Poland for any country other than Ukraine, which is a 15 percentage point increase compared to last year. One of the limitations is the language barrier, as only one in four Ukrainian citizens declares communicative knowledge of English.