Thread by @delfoo

Due to a deficit of blue collar workers Russian companies are forced to raise the salaries by 20% year over year. But this is not enough as such workers are often sought after by the military industrial complex and companies in the occupied territories.

kommersant.ru/doc/6726787

There's a shortage of 2,5 to 5 million blue collar workers in Russia. Some companies lost 70-80% of their workers which were lured to work in the occupied territories where they are immediately offered a new apartment and double their previous salary.

According to Kommersant factories are offering 200 000 rubles for specialists. And a lot prefer to work in the Military Industrial Complex on a rotational basis through factories which offers extra pay.

Recruiting people from another region isn't the answer as you have to provide a bonus for relocation and housing so 70-80 000 rubles becomes 120-130 000 plus rent. In Moscow it's even more difficult with a company offering 250 000 for a Lathe worker and not finding anyone.

Another option to deal with this shortage is to employ migrant workers however after the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall that's become more difficult especially for people experienced with working on industrial machines.

I honestly still see lots of low paying jobs at factories but these are remaining vacant and some factories have hundreds of such open positions. You can go through my past posts and see how not all military industry can offer such salaries.