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According to the results of a sociological Internet survey of Russian reserve servicemen, conducted in 2025 on a quota-territorial sample (468 former soldiers were interviewed and filtered), the features of their labor adaptation were revealed. About a third of reserve servicemen have successfully adapted to civilian life and can satisfy all their basic needs. About 45% have an average degree of success in the adaptation process, and every fourth has a low level of adaptation to modern realities. The specifics of their adaptation: the long-term nature of adaptation strategies, the dominance of active strategies (when the reservist is looking for opportunities to increase income, and does not expect help from government agencies) over passive ones (the use of existing assets, pensions, savings) in the ratio of about 3/4 to 1/4; the predominance of the situational and pragmatic method of adaptation strategies.
In addition, there is a low level of environmental support, which practically does not provide labor and other assistance to military personnel and is difficult to adjust, especially at the regional level; poverty remains an urgent problem for 16% of former military personnel; every fifth reservist does not have his own housing; multiple employment as the most common way of labor adaptation. Forcedness, stability and success of employment, characteristic of the majority of former servicemen, who are partially satisfied with their work and wages; the availability of professional training in 60% of reservists helps to increase their adaptive potential, strengthens their confidence in the stability of their socio-economic well-being.
Keywords:military personnel discharged to the reserve, labor adaptation, labor resources, ideas and practices
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