ECONOMICS 14:05, 2 March 2016
Almost all the staff of "VNIIGAZ" agreed to switch to shorter day
Moscow. March 2. INTERFAX.RU Almost all employees of OOO "Gazprom VNIIGAZ" agreed with the possible transition from 1 may on a shortened 6-hour working day, reported "Interfax" sources familiar with the situation.

Tuesday at the Institute was an official meeting of the General Director of the workforce Institute, which almost all the employees signed the relevant documents.

At the moment it is supposed to translate Niyazova 6-hour day from 1 may for a period of three months. Thus the interlocutor of the Agency noted that this step may not be implemented if prior to this date will be able to complete some projects and the situation with finances would improve. Also at the Institute and hope to receive new orders.

One of the sources said that in the "VNIIGAZ" was an alternative to cut down to 200 people (only in the Institute about 1000 employees) or to retain staff, cutting all wages. All together, choose this option. All hope that the temporary measure, said the interlocutor of "Interfax".

Roman Samsonov, who led VNIIGAZ to 2010, commented on the news of the Institute in his Facebook: "I Can only openly look into the eyes of those who after me was to destroy the institution. Two years were able to ride our backlog and the achieved pace of development".

"I can only reaffirm the correctness of my proposal to reform the Institute in late 2009, when I refused the people, who went to another, more prosperous company. (The Institute was subordinated to the strategic development Department, headed by Vlada Rusakova - she is now Vice-President of "Rosneft" - Interfax)", - he said.

"To bury VNIIGAZ I wouldn't, though, because see, as thrown from the Institute of professionals, such as unnecessary, immediately find themselves in a more progressive and organized market organizations," warned Samsonov.

All-Union scientific research Institute of natural gases and gas technologies (VNIIGAZ) was established in 1948. It has the status of head of the scientific center of Gazprom in the field of technology.