Russian Lessons: Time Schedule
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eventually I succeeded: I was allowed to leave the plant after serving only half of my tenure. You probably think that I left immediately after obtaining this official permission, which was more the exception than the rule. I would have been happy to do so, but unfortunately I could not afford it пока я не нашёл другую работу ("until I had found another job"). Since the Soviet Union did not suffer from unemployment, the Soviets were not "humiliated" by unemployment benefits - instead they were humiliated by very low salaries. Referring to inefficiencies of most enterprises in the Soviet Union and low salaries, people were joking: " В России люди притворяются, что они работают, а правительство 116 притворяется, что платит им" (" In Russia, people pretend that they work, and the government pretends that it pays them" ). What kind of system was in place to help me find a different job? Actually, there was no such system at all. The number of jobs advertised in newspapers was negligible, and employment agencies, so common in western countries, simply did not exist in the "worker's paradise". Certainly I tried to phone or knocked at the door of many organizations where my qualifications could find a proper use - all to no avail. This continued for quite a long time and could have continued forever, had I not found "a contact" ( контакт). He was a distant relative of my wife, and he had good working connections with some influential people from a company which specialized in the same field where I so desperately tried to find a job. That newly acquired contact telephoned one of his friends and asked him to see me. We met, talked, and, seeing that I had appropriate qualifications and skills to work in his organization, the "friend" introduced me to the General Manager. My problem was solved: I had a job. This was the normal and, in fact, the only practical way to find a new job in Russia or any other republic of the former Soviet Union. Someone had to recommend you to somebody who had the power to give you a job, by filling one of the vacancies in his or her department. Then you might be invited for an interview with your future boss; and if he/she liked you, the job would be yours: 117 you would not need to compete with any other applicants, unless there was something in your application which might be considered as unacceptable by the Personnel Department. For example, in Stalin's time job application forms could, among others, have questions like these: Download 3.08 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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