{"id":10505,"date":"2026-02-23T13:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=10505"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:47:10","slug":"smilyansky-minimalka-skandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/smilyansky-minimalka-skandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Smelyansky speaks out sharply about Ukrainians' salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Smelyansky gets into a scandal over his statement about the \u00abminimum wage\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"289\">CEO of Ukrposhta\u00ab <strong data-start=\"167\" data-end=\"187\">Igor Smelyansky<\/strong> has been at the centre of criticism after making a high-profile statement about employees receiving the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1miicwd\" data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"312\">The essence of the statement<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"484\">The head of the state-owned company publicly stated that people who work for the minimum wage are allegedly making the wrong choice, citing the large number of vacancies in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"572\">His words sparked a wave of discussion on social media and criticism for their harsh tone.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1c4ah1v\" data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"593\">Revenue context<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"793\">Amid the discussion, the level of remuneration of the Ukrposhta CEO himself also attracted attention. According to publicly available data, Ihor Smelyansky's monthly salary as CEO is about <strong data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"792\">UAH 970 thousand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"3vbmrh\" data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"805\">Reactions.<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"1023\">The statement was made in the context of a difficult economic situation and martial law, when the issue of people's incomes remains particularly sensitive. Smelyansky himself has not yet made a public response to the criticism.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0421\u043c\u0456\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0432 \u0443 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u043b \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u00ab\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0430\u043b\u043a\u0443\u00bb \u0413\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0434\u0438\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u00ab\u0423\u043a\u0440\u043f\u043e\u0448\u0442\u0438\u00bb \u0406\u0433\u043e\u0440 \u0421\u043c\u0456\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043e\u043f\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0456 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u0456\u0441\u043b\u044f \u0440\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c \u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0443. \u0421\u0443\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u041e\u0447\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u0443\u0431\u043b\u0456\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u0432, \u0449\u043e \u043b\u044e\u0434\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0456 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u044e\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0437\u0430 \u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0443, \u043d\u0456\u0431\u0438\u0442\u043e \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043b\u044f\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0438\u0431\u0456\u0440, \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0432\u0448\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u043a\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0430\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0441\u0456\u0439 \u0432 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456. \u0419\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430 \u0432\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0445\u0432\u0438\u043b\u044e \u043e\u0431\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044c [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":10506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"%title% ","rank_math_description":"\u0413\u0435\u043d\u0434\u0438\u0440\u0435\u043a\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u00ab\u0423\u043a\u0440\u043f\u043e\u0448\u0442\u0438\u00bb \u0406\u0433\u043e\u0440 \u0421\u043c\u0456\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0432\u0438\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u0432 \u043a\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0443 \u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u043e\u044e \u043f\u0440\u043e \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u043d\u0430 \u043c\u0456\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u0440\u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0456.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0421\u043c\u0456\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[806775],"class_list":{"0":"post-10505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-suspilstvo","8":"tag-806775"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10507,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10505\/revisions\/10507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}