Survey: German companies open to Russian IT professionals

Many German companies are willing to employ IT specialists from Russia and Belarus. This was the finding of a (non-representative) trend survey by Bitkom. According to the digital association, more than 100,000 IT professionals have already left Russia and Belarus in recent months, and many more could follow. 84 percent of the German companies surveyed said they were basically open to Russian and Belarusian IT experts. However, the prerequisite was that the IT specialists had the required qualifications and had passed an official security check in advance. Only 16 percent of the companies surveyed replied that they rejected applicants from Russia or Belarus because of security concerns. 139 companies took part in the survey.