Salaries of couriers in Moscow Income exceeded Professionals with higher education. At the moment, the average salary of couriers is 137 thousand rubles per month. This is 12 percent higher than workers with a diploma, and 27 percent higher than qualified workers without a college degree. “Moscow Evening” found out from career consultant and recruiter Ilgiz Valinorov whether wages for couriers in Russia are expected to fall.
As the expert said, the high level of wages of couriers in Russia is due to the fact that markets and delivery services are actively developing today.
“Such companies are forced to overpay and pay high salaries in order to provide high service to their customers. Of course, courier work certainly does not cost 137 thousand rubles a month,” he said.
The expert explained that the wage gap between couriers and highly educated employees reaches 12 percent, because many workers have not yet reached the required level of their competencies and experience.
— It is important to understand that a specialist with a diploma after a while can receive from 200 to 1 million rubles or more, but this is not available to couriers. Courier is a dead-end branch of development. They cannot develop additional competencies to double their income. The delivery person will not be able to ride a bike faster and deliver the goods multiple times. That’s why Russians need to get higher education in order to develop their careers and increase their income. Working as a courier can be a good option as a temporary, part-time job for young professionals, Valinorov says.
In his opinion, the salaries of couriers in Russia will definitely not decrease, but are likely to continue to grow.
— Wages in Russia have never fallen. Most couriers are immigrants. If there are fewer of them, employers will have to increase the income of delivery workers even more, because there will not be enough work for the position. However, I do not expect a sharp increase, but a decline is also unlikely.
An employer may prohibit employees from drinking tea or eating snacks in the workplace, and may also subject them to disciplinary action because of this. Ilya Pashchenko, a member of the Krasnodar Regional Branch of the Russian Bar Association, spoke about this matter. “VM” found out from lawyer Elena Rudakova whether drinking tea in the workplace can really lead to disciplinary measures.