"Ten thousand isn't a salary." In the Ivanovo village of Piscovo, postmen who delivered pensions quit.
According to two resigned postal workers Natalia Bazanova и Lyudmila Sedova, their plan was raised, but their salaries were reduced.
Rural pensioners are accustomed to receiving their pensions, mail, bills, and utility bills on time, but since early July, they have stopped receiving home delivery of their pensions, and the post office has been open only twice a week. It is now open only on Wednesdays and Fridays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Postwoman Lyudmila Sedova explained to an IvanovoNEWS correspondent: "They overestimated our plan. They made it huge. Even bigger than the city of Komsomolsk. It became simply impossible to meet it.".
After deducting taxes, together with bonuses, the salary comes out below the minimum wage, which from January 1 became equal to 16,242 rubles.
"10 thousand is not a salary. I'm tired, I'm denying myself everything. Everything, even fruit"," adds Natalya Bazanova. Two years ago, she was even earning "15 and 16," but was ordered to reduce her pay to 0,5 of the full-time rate. At that rate, she would have earned 6 rubles, but she quit and has already found another job.
Pensioners are indignant: some are having trouble standing in line for their pensions and newspapers, while others are worried about late payments for housing and communal services and the accrual of penalties.
Director of the Federal Postal Service of the Ivanovo Region Lyudmila Agafonova in turn explained that Russian Post "did not change the payroll system", the volume of paper correspondence has simply decreased, the workload has been reduced, therefore the staffing schedule is given "in accordance with actual employment".
Earlier, correspondents of the publication "7x7" understood, how and why postmen from Russian regions receive 5 and even 2 thousand rubles.
Photo: Residents of Piscovo near the post office (screenshot from IvanovoNEWS video)
