Vakhta and udalenka: how the pandemic has changed the work of Nizhny Novgorod enterprises

The backbone industries of the Nizhny Novgorod region do not stop even in the difficult conditions of the pandemic. However, due to the spread of coronavirus infection, many processes had to be rebuilt.

Keep your distance

Morbidity prevention measures have been strengthened at enterprises. So, at the Arzamas instrument-making plant named after P. I. Plandin, daily cleaning is carried out using special means recommended by epidemiological services. Furniture, window sills, heating appliances, and door handles are disinfected several times a day. The units are equipped with disinfection facilities in the workplace. Employees have been provided with personal protective equipment. Thermal imagers were purchased for non-contact detection of workers with elevated body temperature in the checkpoint.

Collective meetings and business trips have been canceled at the Kulebaksky Ruspolimet. Disinfection of public transport has been organized jointly with the municipality administration, regardless of the form of ownership. On the territory of the enterprise, daily cleaning of rooms, doors, handles and handrails is carried out using disinfectants according to the regime of viral infections.

However, not everyone has entered the workplace. Those who are at risk for one reason or another have stayed at home. These are workers over the age of 65; those with diseases of the endocrine system (insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus), respiratory system, circulatory system, chronic kidney disease of the 3rd-5th stage, transplanted organs and tissues, malignant neoplasms, as well as pregnant women.

Employees who are prescribed self-isolation for health reasons work remotely.

In the operating mode

Some of the production and service personnel of SIBUR's regional plants have switched to internal watch mode. Workers who have been previously tested for the absence of the disease ensure a continuous production process. They have been carrying out their work for two weeks in a security space isolated from the outside world. A dormitory is equipped for the shift right on the territory of the plant, living conditions are created, healthy leisure is provided, free three meals a day. In addition, they receive a 20% bonus on their monthly remuneration.

At work and on vacation, shift workers follow the rules of Rospotrebnadzor, in particular, they keep a safe distance. The transfer of necessary materials, documents, and hot meals for the watch is provided contactless through special gateways. Employees of contractors providing cleaning services, IT specialists, as well as medical workers are included in the watch.

Almost all production processes are automated. Everything is controlled from a single remote control, and even work permits are issued remotely using a software product specially created by the company. The Internet of Things in modern production is no longer tomorrow, but today.

Administrative staff, engineering and technical staff, and managers who are not on shift work remotely from home. Each employee who switched to a remote location received a laptop on which a program was installed that allows them to work with corporate systems.

Work and social communication with both the shift and those who work remotely are carried out using modern tools.

Messengers are used to solve production and household issues, where special groups have been created. Programs are installed on mobile phones that allow you to safely use e-mail, a portal, and a corporate business network.

The course for development

Meetings with the team also take place virtually. Skype is used to hold meetings, during which employees receive the necessary information, can ask a question online and get an answer to it. The YouTube channel hosts webinars attended by board members, executives, and just interesting people, such as astronauts.

They share their experience of working in isolation, give advice, and talk about the situation in the world, the country, the industry, and other SIBUR enterprises. Questions are also being collected, pulse surveys are being conducted, and regular e-mail newsletters are being sent about measures to prevent coronavirus infection, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and work effectively on shift and remotely.

Moreover, the management of the petrochemical holding made sure that employees could use the unusual remote work regime to their advantage for their development.

Vladimir Chinakal, Chief Engineer of SIBUR-Kstovo LLC, explains:

– A resource has been developed specifically for watch, which provides virtual leisure. There are online courses, a good selection of literature, films, performances, and virtual tours of the best museums in the world. This resource is also available for employees working remotely. I personally refreshed my impressions by walking through the halls of the Tretyakov Gallery, and I enjoyed it immensely.

The conditions for professional development have also changed. According to Anna Smolina, an expert at the Human resources Department of SIBUR-Kstovo LLC, the training has been transferred from offline to online format. This applies to both the staff themselves and the students who study under the target program at NSTU. A video conference was held with them with the participation of colleagues from the Corporate University.

"The qualifying stage of the CASE IN international engineering championship was also held on the online platform, where our guys took second place,– Anna added. – I hope they will be able to personally participate in the final, which will be held in Moscow in the fall.

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A source: Nizhegorodskaya Pravda