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In a separate GCC salary and employment report published by HAYS, another recruitment firm based in the Middle East, the company found that 37 percent of employers reported a reduction in headcount in their organization last year.
It added that 4 percent of employees were made redundant in 2016 compared to 2 percent in 2015.
Also, 9 percent of survey respondents experienced a pay cut, whilst 52 percent reported their salaries to remain the same and 39 percent saw an increase. Overall, 72 percent of organizations plan to recruit additional headcount in 2017.
Roughly 55 percent of employees will consider changing jobs in the next 12 months (similar to 57 percent in 2016). The majority of employers (82 percent) anticipated salaries within their organization to either remain the same or increase by up to 5 percent in 2017.
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