They will pay better: where and how are wages already rising in Ukraine?

Focus He asked the companies what the policy of the big companies was regarding the payment of personnel during the extensive occupation of Russia. Which employees should expect an increase in income, and who has already received a salary increase?

Stable large companies in Ukraine have hardly lowered the wage level since the start of a full-scale occupation and plan to increase salaries in 2023. had these results Focus, More Jobs, Less Money with their new survey: How and Who Should Get Wages in 2023?

Let’s start with the telecom sector, which after the start of the war had to overcome technical problems due to damage to networks during conflicts, occupation and power outages. Despite this, industry workers feel financial stability.

So, Vodafone in Ukraine Focus During the full-scale occupation, the company reported that the entire package of compensation and assistance to its employees was kept at the pre-war level, and in 2023 they had already made a salary adjustment.

“Despite the economic situation, the loss of a certain part of income due to the emigration of subscribers, and the need to invest significant resources to restore the destroyed network, the company has found resources to increase salaries, given rapid inflation. We have already revised. Employees’ salaries will rise and on February 1′ From now on, employees will receive new salaries,” said Vodafone Ukraine.

At the Kyivstar company, the official salaries of employees also did not change after the start of a full-scale occupation, despite all the commercial difficulties. At the same time, many employees received new career assignments. The company said that one of the priority steps for the team during this period is financial support – accelerated payment of the 2021 annual bonus, payment of the first part of the 2022 annual bonus at the beginning of the second half of the year, relocation and partial housing rental payments for those who have had to leave their homes, etc.

“We are increasing salaries, taking into account many factors: the state of the wage market, the level of inflation, the possibilities of the approved budget. We have the same plans for this year: to take all factors into account and revise the salaries of employees.” The maximum number of employees this spring,” they said. Focus in Kyivstar.

The food industry also had a hard time during the war due to damage to production facilities and power cuts caused by Russian energy terrorism. Brewers also suffered from the de facto absence of product sales during the operation in Ukraine during the first months of the “dry law” war. However, there was no significant change in the personnel policies of the companies participating in the survey.

Carlsberg Ukraine reported that in 2022, employees’ salaries were raised twice. Also in 2022, the company retained basic income for workers during the closure of factories and in the occupied territories, continued the operation of motivational programs, provided financial assistance and payment of average earnings to mobilized workers. Carlsberg Ukraine plans to further review salaries in line with the company’s standard policy for 2023.

“We paid the annual bonus to the employees one month ahead of schedule. The salary of the employees did not change, even for the temporarily inactive ones, they were paid in full,” continues Veronika Kutsa, President of HR AB InBev Efes Ukraine. according to the addressee Focus For the best performance at work, the company arranged an increase in employee salaries in October 2022 and plans to index salaries to the level of compliance with market indicators from April.

Recall that the AB InBev Efes Ukraine brewery in Chernihiv should be stopped on February 24, 2022. During the conflict, the business was seriously damaged. Continuing full-fledged work and establishing production became possible only in December 2023.

interesting that some employers had an action plan before a full-scale invasion to protect their staff should the warnings materialize..

“Even before the war began, we [в компании Данон] began developing a plan to support the people and businesses of which financial security is a part. Therefore, we will prepare the possibility of paying salaries in advance and have made all the necessary calculations for early payment of the annual bonus. As a result, from February to May, we paid the salaries in advance a few weeks ago, and only from May did we begin to return to normal conditions, ”the author said. Focus Irina Sitnikova, HR Director, Danone Ukraine.

In 2022, salaries at Danone were revised in two phases: in March and July. At the same time, the percentage of salary increases for employees of production and storage facilities was twice as high as for employees of other departments. In March 2023, Danone conducted another salary review and scheduled the next one in July.

Remember earlier in the interview Focus Novaya Pochta’s business manager, Yevgeny Tafiychuk, said that the company has created an operational headquarters responsible for preparing for the invasion and has already taken care of the resettlement of workers in western Ukraine.

Friend Focus he also said that employees who interact with the customer (drivers, terminal workers, logisticians, loaders, branch operators, packers) receive 100% official salary, as before the war, and salary bonuses are given to personnel in dangerous areas. At the same time, we agreed with the employees of the support office on a temporary reduction in salaries, until the resumption of business indicators of the company, which happened quite quickly.

Yevhen Tafiychuk said, “In January 2023, we increased the salaries of our frontline workers by about 20%. We have not yet compensated for the 30% inflation in 2022, but we will continue to respond to the situation in the labor market.” particularly noted.

The financial sector is also stable. “We did not make any reductions in wages, on the contrary, we implemented all the planned salary increases and supported the employees with additional payments. We also paid the mandatory periods of non-work in accordance with the norms stipulated by the law, and we mobilize the payments. after the abolition of the relevant legal norm”. Focus Elena Skiba, Director of the Human Resources Department of Kredobank. — Due to the military situation, we did not set targets for our employees and postponed bonus payments to January 2023.

Interlocutor Focus He added that in 2023, the bank increased salaries to offset the impact of inflation and retain key employees, while continuing to set goals, targets and bonuses.

Attention local Ukrainian companies and small and medium enterprises often do not have such resources and opportunities to support their employees, especially as large employers with international shareholders. However, the practices of leading companies set a benchmark in the labor market, while other businesses have to follow in personnel competition.. After all, as I learned Focus Competition from employers for workers with extensive work experience in the labor market in Ukraine is already growing, according to a new survey.

Previously Focus wrote about the situation and salaries in the Ukrainian IT sector for export during a full-scale war.

Source: Focus

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