Belarusians Stand In Line At Night For A Warehouse Job That Pays $500

12.11.2026, 15:26
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A woman from Minsk arrived by 9 a.m. and was number 309 in line.

The Wildberries warehouse in the “Velikiy Kamen” industrial park was rushed to completion due to Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on the company’s warehouses in Russia. Employee salaries start at 1,500 Belarusian rubles (about $500), but there are still a great many people eager to get hired. People are staying up all night to keep their place in line, noted the website Charter97.org.

“I’m shocked by the lines for jobs at the ‘Velikiy Kamen’ sorting center! — writes a Minsk resident who wanted to get a job at the warehouse. — When I arrived there around 9 a.m., I was 309th in line! From what people in line were saying, I realized they’d been trying to get in for two or three days. Those who sign up at midnight are somewhere around 80th in line. That means that many people are arriving at midnight just to get a job. But I also know people who went through this hiring process—they went once and that was it. So why create such a frenzy if, in the end, this job isn’t even needed?”

One commenter wrote that at 5:53 a.m., there were already 57 people at registration, even though sign-ups don’t open until nine.

At the same time, Belarusians who have already worked at the Wildberries warehouse say that it’s not even that easy to earn 1,500 rubles a month, even though the job offers a flexible schedule and piece-rate pay:

“We arrived late at night the other day and were the 25th in line. We went home to sleep. Then we came back in the morning and got hired within two hours. We even managed to work for about three hours. But in the end, for those three hours, we each earned 45 rubles after taxes.”

“The work isn’t exactly easy, but I know for sure—you can’t find a salary like that in Minsk right now,” writes one of the warehouse workers.

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