"If we don't pay civil servants a decent salary, NATO countries will lure them away." The number of civil servants in the Omsk region is growing amid a shortage of medical professionals, construction workers, and other skilled workers.

Over the past year, the region has seen an increase of 100 officials. Now their number is 4702people, not counting municipal employees in the districts. This fact is highlighted by the Telegram channel "Omsk Civil Association"»Expenditures on government officials' salaries also increased: the regional government spent 24% more on these than a year ago, reaching almost 1,7 billion rubles. Expenditures on Omsk City Hall employees also increased by 26% (576,3 million rubles).

In the comments under the post, people are perplexed: why is the number of civil servants growing, while nothing is changing in the region?If you don't pay officials a decent salary, NATO countries will lure them away."," one commentator suggested. 

Meanwhile, according to hh.ru, the labor shortage in the Omsk region has once again reached historic highs. As of June, critical shortages were recorded for healthcare workers, construction workers, laborers, managers, automotive specialists, and agricultural specialists. 

There are only 2,8 active resumes per job posting on the site, compared to the market average of 4-7,9 per vacancy. According to the service, these are the lowest index values ​​since the beginning of 2021.