Randstad HR Trends 2024: what do domestic companies expect this year?

The majority do not expect growth

More than half of the domestic corporate sector does not expect growth, but they are a little more optimistic about the year 2024 in terms of their business performance, according to Randstad’s 2024 HR Trends research conducted among domestic HR decision-makers and senior managers. Compared to last year, 45% of survey participants expect their company’s net sales to increase by 4% more than last year – but they are still much less optimistic compared to 2022, when 61% of respondents predicted this.

64% of those who think positively envision a growth of 4-10%, but it may easily happen that this does not mean real economic growth, if it will not cover the rate of inflation. Only 26% of the respondents are extremely optimistic about this year, they plan to increase their net sales by more than 11%.