Salaries and social benefits are regularly handled by international and local agencies working in Russia. They use different approaches. Some perform surveys for various positions in specific industries in a particular region, e.g., only in the consumer goods sector in Moscow, while others analyze salaries according to such criteria as human relation skills, job scope and duties – so-called ‘job grading’. However, the main problem for HR in Russia is keeping up-to-date with current levels of salary and social benefits offered to managers. For example, the results of the HAY survey submitted in July will be not available until January, and they will already be obsolete in six months. This, among other factors, is related to the turnover of employees.