Omsk residents call culture sector pay raise 'an insult'

Residents of Omsk have reacted strongly to the news about pay raises for cultural workers. People are outraged by the amounts set for their salaries. We have collected some interesting comments in this article.

Some suggested that deputies should receive the same salaries, while many reminded that in 2026 our city is the «Cultural Capital of Russia.»

«Cultural capital, cultural salaries.»

«Cultural capital! This isn»t even laughable, it«s an insult!»

«And what culture will there be among the masses after this? Exactly — none!»

«Maybe you should all just quit this work, and let the one who assigned these laughable sums go and work themselves.»

One of the Omsk residents pointed out that these are just base salaries, without bonuses and incentives: «Why are you worried about them? Everything is fine there, especially for managers. They announced the minimum salaries without bonuses and various allowances, but there are a lot of them. Everything is fine there, otherwise no one would stay.»

«Before shouting that the salaries are low, it would be good to know the size of the bonuses.»

Also yesterday it became known that in the Omsk region changes have been made to the pay rules for heads, deputies, and chief accountants of medical institutions.