"Only the social meaning remains": The head of the RSPP warned of the cuts in 2027, Alexander Shokhin said that next year businesses will be forced to cut staff due to a central rate of 14%, the reduction not expected until February, and weak prospects for economic recovery. Many organizations have so far maintained their numbers, moving employees to a three- and four-day week, but in the absence of positive results, it makes no economic sense for companies to keep staff - "only social remnants". Entrepreneurs interviewed by Business FM assess the situation differently. Georgi Soldatov, CEO of Aditim Holding, says that they, on the contrary, do not have enough employees: orders are growing against a background of import substitution, ten open vacancies - decks and line operators. At the same time, the high rate makes them uncompetitive with products from friendly countries, and patents for foreign work are big problems. The owner of the Just Beauty Studio beauty salon chain Margarita Parchevskaya believes that cuts are inevitable: many close colleagues, people from a closed salon come to her for interviews. The business is below par, the tax burden is high, demand and purchasing power have fallen - prices cannot be raised, otherwise there will be no customers. "Our beauty count. We are facing high unemployment." Rusita CEO Dmitry Filippov is looking forward to the situation: the cuts will help close serious personnel problems. In his opinion, the rough workforce will quickly find the application - there are a lot of vacancies in the Moscow region, especially in labor professions. At the same time, unemployment in Russia remains at a historic low of 2.1.3% since mid-2025.

"Only the social meaning remains": The head of the RSPP warned of the cuts in 2027, Alexander Shokhin said that next year businesses will be forced to cut staff due to a central rate of 14%, the reduction not expected until February, and weak prospects for economic recovery. Many organizations have so far maintained their numbers, moving employees to a three- and four-day week, but in the absence of positive results, it makes no economic sense for companies to keep staff - "only social remnants". Entrepreneurs interviewed by Business FM assess the situation differently. Georgi Soldatov, CEO of Aditim Holding, says that they, on the contrary, do not have enough employees: orders are growing against a background of import substitution, ten open vacancies - decks and line operators. At the same time, the high rate makes them uncompetitive with products from friendly countries, and patents for foreign work are big problems. The owner of the Just Beauty Studio beauty salon chain Margarita Parchevskaya believes that cuts are inevitable: many close colleagues, people from a closed salon come to her for interviews. The business is below par, the tax burden is high, demand and purchasing power have fallen - prices cannot be raised, otherwise there will be no customers. "Our beauty count. We are facing high unemployment." Rusita CEO Dmitry Filippov is looking forward to the situation: the cuts will help close serious personnel problems. In his opinion, the rough workforce will quickly find the application - there are a lot of vacancies in the Moscow region, especially in labor professions. At the same time, unemployment in Russia remains at a historic low of 2.1.3% since mid-2025.