Kazakhstan: economic paradoxes, sexism and the decline of science
Kazakhstan, Politics and SocietyOne Comment
Translation of Adam’s post (RUS)
Kazakhstan’s bloggers continue to discuss topics of social relevance Last week, online discussions touched on various subjects.
The blogger Lord-Fame was visited by tax authorities, who found his company to have an insufficient number of employees, below the “industry average.”
What moron came up with this rule? How stupid do you have to be to hold ALL companies within an industry to the same standard?
Continuing the economic theme, Thousand-pa cannot understand why, despite the background of optimistic statements by the government, authorities have decided against the planned increase in salaries for employees of government-funded organizations:
Why were we talking about the end of the crisis, only to use that same crisis as an excuse to go back on earlier promises a month later?
D-lov is concerned by the lack of discussion in Kazakhstan regarding sexual harassment in the workplace:
Women here inherently accept male chauvinism on every level and in every form, which is typical of a second world Asian country. Sleeping with the boss is considered a great honor. If an attractive female employee has no intention of flirting with management, and, additionally, demonstrates intelligence and skill in the workplace, she becomes a “competitor,” a “dangerous player,” a “bitch,” etc.
Megakhuimyak is worried about the quality of Kazakhstan’s potential in research science and education:
Analyzing the history of science in Kazakhstan shows that our perennial leaders have been found in natural science: geologists, mining engineers, biologists. The country no longer has scientists who could perform work on a comparable level – and, given the quality of our education, we will never have them again.
pycm summarizes the situation with a sarcastic aphorism:
The paradox is that the country has no culture, yet it has a Ministry of Culture. On the other hand, there is corruption everywhere, yet there is no Ministry of Corruption.
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Just in case you’re reading this from within Kazakhstan, and haven’t already used a proxy to get past the ‘technical fault’ that prevents livejournal entries from being read on a MegaLine connection, Lord_Fame’s (RUS) post is as follows.
Юный Милитарист ([info]lord_fame) wrote,
@ 2009-09-21 11:36:00
будни налоговой
- Здравствуйте. это налоговая. У вас выявлено нарушение!
- Здравствуйте. какое?
- У вас сильно занижено количество сотрудников, более чем на 50%! Среднеотраслевая численность - 22 человека, у вас же - всего лишь 8!
- Эээ.. Да, действительно, у нас 8 сотрудников. Больше нам и не требуется. А с чего вы взяли, что должно быть 22?
- Ничего не знаю, так сказали в статистике. Пишите объяснительную, почему нарушили.
- Всмысле мы должны иметь 22 человека по закону, не меньше?
- Да. меньше - нарушение. Пишите объяснительную. Будем разбираться. Иначе заморозим счета.
- Но это же маразм!
- Ничего не знаю. До свидания.
Интересно, какой налоговый кретин выдумал это нарушение? И каким уровнем тупости нужно обладать, чтобы грести ВСЕ компании в одной отрасли под одну гребенку?… Дурдом-2!
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