There is indeed a personnel problem in the road industry in Ukraine, but it has already passed its peak, Maksym Shkil, the founder of the Autostrada group of companies, has said. “The first factor is that people who have been abroad have returned, because after all, this is their home, their families are here. And for them, if there are decent conditions in Ukraine, it is better to be at home, to work here. The second factor is that wages have really increased, significantly. And those people who were in other professions, but want to develop, today re-profiled and became road workers. But there is indeed a personnel problem, it is acute, and it cannot be solved until tomorrow. It needs a strategic approach primarily at the state level,” he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.
“The Autostrada group of companies now has more than 5,000 employees. I believe that the road industry has passed the peak of personnel problems,” he said.
Talking about the wages of road workers, the founder of the group said that in the past few years they have doubled.
“During the season we have a wage of UAH 40,000, maybe more. It depends on qualifications, performance, the number of hours worked,” he added.
