HOW MANY BOSSES EACH WORKER SHOULD HAVE
KarabakhOpen
19-04-2008 16:37:30
The quarterly statements of all the companies are submitted to one
officer.
And since the period of submission is only 20 days, every quarter
accountants stand in line in the narrow and dark corridor of the tax
service where there are no romantic benches and candles. The mood of
the accountants is not romantic either: there is nothing pleasant
about standing in line for hours. They even do not want to talk to
their colleagues.
Instead, the only tax officer has a lot of bosses. They all have
light offices, with security in front of the doors, who still need
to think to let you in or not.
There is no logic in this bureaucratic administration. The government
says there are too many unnecessary positions which must be eliminated,
as a result the supervisory positions remain while those positions
which directly deal with customers are becoming fewer and fewer.
The bureaucratic culture in Karabakh is hypertrophied. Bosses of
all kinds and sizes acknowledge their importance and demand special
attitude toward them. For instance, the issue is discussed very
seriously whose salary the cashier must bring to the office, and who
must go to the cashier to get the money earned in the sweat of their
brow. Or who has the right to call to their office. For instance,
can the head of a department of the government invite to his office
the deputy-chair of the parliament committee?
And cars are already an unsolvable issue. For instance, the officials
are going to visit a region. They are seven and can go in two
cars. But how can a minister sit on the back seat of the car of the
other minister? So seven cars ride to the region, one minister in each.
And while the high-ranking officials are racking their brains over
these complicated issues, the only officer of the tax service patiently
explains to the anxious accountants the peculiarities of book-keeping
in Karabakh.