10 times the salary of Arab countries, the reason for the migration of Iranian oil specialists

According to Energy Press, every once in a while the news of a protest by the workers of one of the active sectors in the oil industry is heard. One day there is talk of a gathering of Farab company workers in Isfahan Petrochemical, and the next day, workers of Arghvangostar Ilam Petrochemical Company, Damavand Petrochemical Company, Gachsaran Oil and Gas, and start protesting the way their salaries are paid. But the protests did not end with these few cases. The project workers of sites 1, 2 and 3 of Petrorefinery, Payandan, Elixir Sanat and IPMI companies in phase 14 of Kangan, contractor workers of Kiansazeh Company, contractor workers of South Pars were among the other sectors that have lost their patience over the injustices in salary payments during the past months. And the benefits abounded.
Bad payment conditions for oil workers have now faced this industry with the problem of manpower shortage. The desire to work in oil projects has decreased drastically, and many prefer to migrate to Persian Gulf countries and receive appropriate salaries and benefits. As Hedayat Khademi, head of the Association of Oil and Gas Drilling Companies, tells the market: the minimum salary received by oil workers in the Persian Gulf countries and other oil-rich countries in the region is $1,500. However, the senior oil manager in our country who is officially employed is about $1,100 to $1,200. In other words, a simple oil worker in neighboring countries can find more than Iranian senior managers and experts.
The lack of manpower is the main challenge of the head of the 14th government
Now, with the beginning of the 14th government, the alarm of the lack of specialized manpower and even simple workers in the oil industry has sounded. A government that claims to seek interaction with the world and considers economic development dependent on the lifting of sanctions. This problem has caused the concern about the situation of human resources in the country to double.
Mohammad Ali Khatibi, an expert in the field of energy, tells the market: Currently, we are witnessing that a large number of specialists and even oil workers are migrating to neighboring countries, and this has caused project contractors to attract and supply their own manpower. be challenged.
He believes that the lack of manpower is one of the 4 main challenges of the oil industry that the head of the 14th government should think about. Because if the country is going to achieve an 8% economic growth, it is not possible to reach this goal without the development of the oil industry.
15 million tomans salary for working at 60 degree temperature
It was supposed to prevent the payment of exorbitant salaries by determining the salary ceiling. Now this law has become a challenge in the oil industry. The approved salaries paid by the oil sub-groups are no longer proportional to the hard work of the oil workers. The temperature reaches above 60 degrees in many summer days. Under normal conditions, it is very difficult to bear this temperature, now you have to add 90 degree humidity to this hot air. One of the workers in thick clothes is welding near the installations and structures that generate a lot of heat. Flare gases spread in the air and it is difficult to breathe. He, who has 15 years of experience working in oil platforms, earns about 30 million tomans a month.
According to Khademi, some simple operational workers in the oil industry receive a monthly salary of 15 million tomans. This amount of salary is equivalent to 250 dollars. However, the income of a simple oil worker in neighboring countries is at least 6 times this figure.