{"id":8850,"date":"2005-04-20T22:56:39","date_gmt":"2005-04-20T19:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/"},"modified":"2005-07-04T19:09:06","modified_gmt":"2005-07-04T16:09:06","slug":"on-salaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/","title":{"rendered":"On salaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world.  How much should an employee get paid?  How much is too much?  How much is too low?<\/p>\n<p>The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount.  This is close to impossible, of course.  But I managed to find a nice measurement for the managers to compare.  If employee, by accident, will one day destroy the boss&#8217;s car, which supposedly is not insured against accidents like this, than employee&#8217;s salary should be high enough to provide a realistic payback period.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the more expensive boss&#8217;s car gets, the more employees should be rewarded for their work.  Nice and fair, isn&#8217;t it? :)<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On salaries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1968,167,123,166,2416],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-8850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-business","tag-ideas","tag-money","tag-salary","tag-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"VHvdD0_usx1_4DzKy_QCVcICVgX2EgA2ybELT-wl7kQ\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Leonid Mamchenkov - Life, universe, and everything else\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-04-20T19:56:39+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2005-07-04T16:09:06+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamchenkovBlog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mamchenkov\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"headline\":\"On salaries\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#articleImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-04-20T22:56:39+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2005-07-04T19:09:06+02:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":11,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"All, business, ideas, money, salary, thoughts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"All\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"On salaries\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"On salaries\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/category\\\/general\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"All\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/\",\"name\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Leonid Mamchenkov\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/\",\"name\":\"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"description\":\"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/2005\\\/04\\\/20\\\/on-salaries\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/leonid\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-04-20T22:56:39+02:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2005-07-04T19:09:06+02:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov\",\"description\":\"Life, universe, and everything else\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mamchenkov.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But","canonical_url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"VHvdD0_usx1_4DzKy_QCVcICVgX2EgA2ybELT-wl7kQ","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#blogposting","name":"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov","headline":"On salaries","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#articleImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"},"datePublished":"2005-04-20T22:56:39+02:00","dateModified":"2005-07-04T19:09:06+02:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":11,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"All, business, ideas, money, salary, thoughts"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","name":"All"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"All","item":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#listItem","name":"On salaries"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"On salaries","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/#listItem","name":"All"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person","name":"Leonid Mamchenkov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/","name":"Leonid Mamchenkov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3cf6df002a284d78fb6e9d8222ca4d102e0832035ed6bc8447008bd234e131a4?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Leonid Mamchenkov"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/","name":"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/author\/leonid\/#author"},"datePublished":"2005-04-20T22:56:39+02:00","dateModified":"2005-07-04T19:09:06+02:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/","name":"Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov","description":"Life, universe, and everything else","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Leonid Mamchenkov - Life, universe, and everything else","og:type":"article","og:title":"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov","og:description":"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But","og:url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/","og:image":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg","og:image:width":1024,"og:image:height":1024,"article:published_time":"2005-04-20T19:56:39+00:00","article:modified_time":"2005-07-04T16:09:06+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MamchenkovBlog","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@mamchenkov","twitter:title":"On salaries - Leonid Mamchenkov","twitter:description":"The question of salaries is, I think, one of the most important in the business world. How much should an employee get paid? How much is too much? How much is too low? The other day I was thinking about ways of finding the ideal salary amount. This is close to impossible, of course. But","twitter:creator":"@mamchenkov","twitter:image":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/leonid-sailing-beer.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"8850","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2023-07-19 17:31:37","updated":"2026-01-14 21:58:05","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/\" title=\"All\">All<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tOn salaries\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress"},{"label":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},{"label":"On salaries","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/20\/on-salaries\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15434,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/25\/civil-servants-salaries-in-cyprus\/","url_meta":{"origin":8850,"position":0},"title":"Civil servants salaries in Cyprus","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Cyprus Mail reports: Around 65 per cent of civil servants (some 35,000) are paid wages that are substantially higher than the national average. And if that wasn't enough, The discrepancy between the wages of civil servants and the general population may be substantial, yet even this is slightly misleading. Civil\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27252,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/18\/engineers-salary-data\/","url_meta":{"origin":8850,"position":1},"title":"Engineers Salary Data","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Amitj Aggarwal, former Staff Engineer at Google (2008-2012), has collected a whole bunch of data in regards to engineers salaries, in USA and worldwide. \u00a0His points seem to be overly optimistic at times, but I don't have any links handy to contradict his research. Here are a few points to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15615,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/27\/average-salary-for-programmer-in-togliatti-russia\/","url_meta":{"origin":8850,"position":2},"title":"Average salary for programmer in Togliatti, Russia","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"September 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Yandex, also known as \"Russian Google\", recently introduced a service for salary comparisons across Russia, based on the known job vacancies. This is a handy little tool that provides a lot of insight into how things are in Russia and across. For example, I immediately checked the average salary for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Togliatty-average-salary-for-programmer-500x92.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12354,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/30\/minimum-salary-in-cyprus\/","url_meta":{"origin":8850,"position":3},"title":"Minimum salary in Cyprus","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Living and working in Cyprus, I am often asked by people from other countries what are salaries like in Cyprus.\u00a0 I never had a good answer to the question, because the answer depends a lot on the company you'll be working for and your position.\u00a0 Even the range for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25117,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/01\/11\/cyprus-tax-facts-figures-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":8850,"position":4},"title":"Cyprus Tax, Facts &#038; Figures 2016","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"January 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) published their annual Cyprus\u00a0tax, facts and figures brochure for the year 2016. It is a handy document to send to friends abroad who are interested in moving to Cyprus or starting a business here. One thing that I found ironic in this document was the example they used\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10530,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/10\/daily-del-icio-us-bookmarks\/","url_meta":{"origin":8850,"position":5},"title":"Daily del.icio.us bookmarks","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user tvset on 2006-10-09 Why secret salaries are a baaaaaad idea Tagged as: business jobs management salary startup money communications 10 seeeeeriously cool workplaces -- Office spaces that boost creativity and productivity. Tagged as: office work business creativity productivity furniture atmosphere ideas innovation inspiration management \u00d0\u0153\u00d0\u00b8\u00d0\u00bd\u00d0\u00b8\u00d0\u00bc\u00d0\u00b0\u00d0\u00bb\u00d1\u0152\u00d0\u00bd\u00d1\u2039\u00d0\u00b9\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8850"},{"taxonomy":"keyring_services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyring_services?post=8850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}