MINSK, 4 April (BelTA) – Executives should be exacting, yet every employee needs a second chance. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko mentioned it as he made a number of personnel decisions on 4 April, BelTA has learned.
The head of state gave some practical guidelines to the executives: “You will start working with worker collectives tomorrow. Particularly heads of district administrations. I always give a piece of advice to such people, to executives: every member of the worker collective needs a chance. This is why don’t be hasty and fire them. It is not the time to do that. You need a cool head on your shoulders. Then people will follow you. And if someone underperforms, give them a chance.”
“Truth be told, we are on a tight schedule. Nobody will wait till these people start working diligently. If you run and they can’t keep up, well… You have to explain to them that they cannot lag behind because they will be stomped over, as I’ve said. But give them a chance. You are about to become high-level executives. People want to live a normal life and breathe calmly. They shouldn’t shake from morning till night during office hours and after office hours. Create a normal atmosphere in the collective. Give people an opportunity to show their skills. We need a genuine democracy where people enjoy their life. And if they work with pleasure, then they will live with pleasure. Because we spend most of our lives at work,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.
