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The majority of companies in our country will give bonuses for Christmas to their employees.

This is shown by an express survey of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

However, most incentives will be symbolic, and the 13th salary will be a gift for very few employees.

At the same time, 3/4 of businesses continue to experience difficulties in finding specialists, and expectations are that in the new year there will be an increase in the demand for personnel, Nova TV reported.

For Elena Mustakova's team, the past year at the furniture design company where she works ended with dozens of completed projects.

"We deal with design, mainly in the hotel industry.

We all work together, we discuss, it's dynamic, it's fun," she said.

After the work, comes the results.

"We are developing in new markets, selling designs in foreign markets.

Next year we have a product design coming up", commented Genoveva Hristova - director of a furniture company.

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Therefore, at the end of the year, all 40 employees in Hristova's company will receive bonuses.

The example of this company will follow most of the business.

Over 82% of companies will give out Christmas bonuses to their employees, according to a survey by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Most of the employees will receive bonuses of up to BGN 200. And a more serious Christmas gift – over BGN 1,000 – will be given to employees in only 14% of the companies.

Still, incentives will be the same or higher than last December, the business reports.

In Elena's company, there will be bonuses for everyone, but they will not be the same in size, but will be distributed according to the results achieved, the owner calculated.

"We have always been guided by the individual approach to employees - i.e.

they cannot be equal.

The good news is that the bonuses will be higher than last year.

We must be adequate in the market," said Genoveva Hristova.

Although most companies will delight their employees with a bonus, this Christmas it will not exceed 1/3 of the salary, according to the observations of personnel selection experts.