There is a myth that since February, most IT people have gone abroad. However, in fact, more than 50% of the surveyed IT companies did not change their location, although they switched to remote work.. In addition, the lion's share of companies have already partially returned to work from the office.. This is stated in the study of the IT Ukraine Association.

According to the study, among IT companies that relocated, the majority changed their place of work within Ukraine (45%). 42% of companies partially relocated abroad, of which only 5% of companies closed part of their offices in Ukraine.

Among other things, the researchers did not find IT companies that completely relocated abroad. Also, none of the surveyed IT companies intend to completely curtail their business in Ukraine. Since relocation is largely seen by IT companies as a forced step for the period of the war, or at least its active phase.

Currently, the majority of IT companies (63%) do not plan partial or full relocation. Only 14% of respondents are considering partial or full relocation abroad before the end of the year. Some companies (23%) plan to combine relocation abroad and within Ukraine. That is, in the aggregate, 37% of companies consider relocation as possible before the end of this year.. If the situation in the country does not change significantly, this figure can be expected to grow..

The main deterrent for relocation, in particular, further relocation, companies noted the impossibility of IT specialists traveling abroad, the desire of IT companies to pay taxes in Ukraine, the unwillingness of most of the team to move, higher costs of doing business outside of Ukraine.

The lifting of martial law and the improvement of the situation in Ukraine (for every third company) or at least a return to the pre-war state (until February 24, 2022) and the absence of active hostilities in Ukraine for several months can significantly change the situation.

Under such conditions, 80% of companies plan to return their business to Ukraine. To date, only 7% of companies do not plan to return.

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