Five thousand employees to be dismissed from "Gomselmash" (Video)

Until the New Year mass dismissals will take place in the factory.

"Gomselmash" makes employees go on 4-6 day unpaid leave and hides 10, 000 harvesters, which they cannot sell. One of the employees told about the tough policy of the plant, reports "Belsat".

"Gomselmash" is one of the largest enterprises of the city upon Sozh and it temporarily suspends work. The employees are made to go on unpaid leave from 5 to 8 of December. There is a possibility that the plant will not also be operating in the middle and in the end of December. This was reported by the employees.

"They order us to go voluntarily on 4-6 days unpaid leave. Some departments will generally work a four-day week. And also they set up the salary at the rate of two third of the ordinary one" says one of the workers.

How much does the described situation correspond to the facts?

The opportunity to get official comments from the Deputy Director for Ideological Work in the Holding Company on this issue has been failed.

"Today he will not be at work. And from 5 to 8 of December he is on unpaid leave. Therefore, it will be able to meet him only on December 10", the representative of "Gomselmash" says.

Whether it is a pure luck that the Deputy is on unpaid leave in the same terms as other workers remains unknown. But it t is known that the "Gomselmash" started to suffer problems last year. The decisions to boost production have still been made despite a slump in demand According to the public information, in 2013 "Gomselmash" produced one thousand and thirty-one harvesters. This year it has 235 more vehicles produced. It remains unknown how much of them have been sold.

"There are more than 10,000 of harvesters in the territory of the factory which are neither put into service nor being sold. Besides, according to the recent order 5, 000 of technical and engineering employees should be dismissed until the New Year", the employee continues.

For its part, the state allegedly provides assistance. However, it helps in its own way. Instead of reforming, it continues to pump money. This year "Belarusbank" has granted a credit to "Gomselmash" in foreign currency equal to 500 billion rubles. However, amid the lack of sales, it seems like money has just been wasted.