Account Operations Expert Romana Gevko shared a story on LinkedIn from an HR friend who encountered a strange request from a candidate regarding the method of salary payment.
Account Operations Expert Romana Gevko shared a story on LinkedIn from an HR friend who encountered a strange request from a candidate regarding the method of salary payment.
«A friend of mine from HR says: they’re cutting me without a knife. And he drops the screen. They discuss the terms of cooperation with the candidate:
— How do you deduct your salary?
«Stars on Telegram, please. I’ll invest everything in them,» she described the situation.
«HR sighed. And I write this down in the «best phrases of the labor market 2025». And I think:
Maybe you should also go to the stars? And where do you «dump» your salary?
«For housing? Investments? Cats? Copywriting courses?» she asked the community.
The post garnered over 600 reactions and more than 100 comments.
«Well, once upon a time, everyone laughed at the bat, maybe the guy knows something,» writes Product Manager Oleksandr Kucheryavy.
A similar comment was left by Tech Lead/Senior Full-stack Developer Oleksandr Petrenko. «In fact, it’s very sad that you and 90% of the people under this post, not knowing and not understanding the issue, start making fun of a stranger… Do you still make fun of Bitcoin? And the CFO and other various heads and financial strategists are especially amused — are you still cutting up silver hryvnia for calculations there? It’s another question that the exchange rate has fallen 10 times in a year, but maybe a person thinks that now is the time to invest, while it’s at the bottom… But that’s another question.»
«The one who doesn’t understand anything laughs. I know one person in Canada who bought a Softail Heritage 118 for these stars. For some reason, I didn’t laugh at the moment I found out about it,» said Vadim Nikonovich, an IT worker.
Yaroslav K. asked what the current exchange rate of the star is to the dollar. «I thought it was a joke. And what is the current exchange rate of the star to at least some currency?» He was told — $0.013 when withdrawing.
Olena Shypitka, a bank recruiter, adds: 35,000 stars is $850. «The currency of buzzers,» she states.
Recruitment Lead Oksana Didenko explains: «There are auctions for the sale of these stars, so the guy knows exactly what he asked for. That is, having received a conditional $1,000, he can sell them with a profit for himself, and, it seems, even immediately in hryvnia (because stars are also bought for UAH).»
Business development & Import manager Yevgeniya Levenets said that | stars give real money, but there is a nuance. «The one who buys, in order to then transfer to the account, pays about $0.0157 per star, and the recipient receives only $0.013. In general, this whole story with stars (not from the post, but in general) looks like some new money laundering scheme,» she writes.
Andriy Sartek, Front-End Developer, believes that by receiving a salary in this way, a person does not want to pay taxes and military service.
«If the employer declares the purchase of stars as marketing expenses, it can be beneficial for both parties. For a while. Until the tax office starts asking interesting questions,» says Lead Software Engineer Oleksandr Lysenko.
