Companies say they will pay more to recruit, retain staff

April 4, 2022

More companies are offering pay increases, flexible working arrangements and signing bonuses to recruit and retain staff amid the Great Resignation, a new report finds.

More than 70% of finance decision-makers in business and industry are offering higher wages, 54% are offering flexible work arrangements and 23% are offering signing bonuses as part of their strategy to keep or hire employees, according to the first-quarter AICPA Business and Industry Economic Outlook Survey.

While 40% of respondents say that unfilled positions had no significant impact on their business, 24% say they had to restructure their operations and 23% have limited new projects or bids. See more findings.   

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