turned terse, but still not old, not young-looking chief of forty-five.
When he saw me, he was silent, and looked at me, gestured to a chair that was set to his desktop with folders drawings. I silently sat down on a specified location
– Well, tell me that you know how, who recommended you to come to us?
– Let no one. Just passing by, give, I think, I go. Well, that’s gone. Personnel Department sent to Golde.
– Alexander Askoldovich, of course, only takes on the recommendation of tolerances on the object is not lower than the first.
– So I have a number of first admissions of the secret part. It’s all right.
– Well, then everything is fine. We work for the defense industry, and there are no random people.
– So I finished university subordinated to the engineering industry, and all of these institutions are exclusively trained specialists for the military industry.
– Well, then this will be no problem. Basically you do for us.
With these words, Lubchenco scored extension phone and said:
– Alexander Askoldovich, in principle, even if issued. It suits me. – He paused, listening to what Golde replied, then added – and that with a salary? Yes OK. – And turning to me, he said, go to Alexander Askoldovich he will write you a salary for department frames, and when you plan to work?
– Today is Thursday, May by the street, I want to still breathe the spring. From Monday.
– Good. Our work at the plant begins with eight staff engineers out of nine, so please come on Monday, though I need you yesterday. – Speaking these words, he drew on my statement that the interview conducted and set release date to work.
Alexander Askoldovich silently signed the statement. I noticed that the salary is not checked.
– Sorry, Alexander Askoldovich and what my salary?
– To go to work. The wage will see their salary.
As the unexpected bee sting hurts sounded these words. In response, I said nothing, and thought to him that the defense industry is financed smoothly and stable charge card I provided. Goodbye to the new leadership, I signed the statement ran for the checkpoint to the head of the personnel department. In the office, he was already waiting for me. Silently, he took a statement, saying:
– Work-book is with us, because you are employed. Here on Monday, will go to the personnel department will give the completed forms and bring two photos, so we can issue you a permanent pass. Time will be at the entrance, call his name, and you miss out on a job. Good luck.
– Wait, that with a salary?
– I thought I would write you a personal Golde supplement to the salary, but we have an engineer-technologist designer of the first category one hundred and twenty rubles plus quarterly bonus forty-five percent. So consider, with all deductions accumulates one hundred and sixty a month.
– Well, what – Well and that’s thanks.
– And why you said that you sent Golde take shape? When you met with him?
– Because I need this job. Bye.
– All the best.
I have opened the door to the study, when the head of personnel called me.
– Wait! I forgot to say that as long as you were to me, and demanded Lubchenco called you back to the department.
I chill crept bad feeling: – «And what if he changed his mind to accept this Lubchenco,» – I thought, I said aloud: – Yeah, well, I go already.
Head thrown after: – a temporary pass is already at the entrance, the cabin number six.
Lubchenco met me a friendly smile. Next to him stood a woman and a youngish man.
– Meet Valentines Albertovich. – Began Lubchenco – you go in a group to Isai Alexander Vasilyevich.
The man held out his hand to me, – Alexander, head of the support group. And note next to me Tamara Petrovna, too, of our group.
The woman handed me a little, and a strong hand, shook my hand, saying, – I’ll suggest you and bring you into the swing of things. I will hold the workshops and departments that you, Valentin, went into the swing of things.
– Well, do not settle, so Tamara Petrovna, – intervened Lubchenco – let will get used bit. – And, turning to me, he said, – Come Valentine Albertovich, I’ll show you your job, right there next to mine, for the drawing boards.
We walked along the row of drawing boards, mounted on metal racks to my workplace. There were already a folder with drawings on my desk now, which I have summarized Alexander.
– This is where you park and you can see the drawings. We check the accuracy of the drawing and make changes according to the current standards. Hopefully, this is familiar to you.
– Of course. I in fact worked as a designer of first category in the Ministry of OKTB of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine, and all existing guests know.
– Very good. Well, look, and it is advisable that you sat eighteen zero, zero. By the end of the work. This day you will be credited as a worker. Well, even if you want to leave early for work, then you are welcome. While you’re in the department, the workshops will be able to go after receive a special pass, since our agency belongs to the Navy and the many developments that run at us with secrecy. You also have a number of first admission, that after appropriate checks, which will last a month and a half, you will be given a pass guild.
I sat down at his desk and began flipping drawings, carefully considering the details of the mechanism, and found a few mistakes. Lubchenco praised me. The work time flashed Snack-ro. Lily workday ended before she met me in tears and reproaches:
– What could the cattle call that you are already working well?
I, of course, was justified as he could. Wife soften certainly helped my employment. Then, wiping his tears with a handkerchief, he said:
– Well, how much money you were given? – To which I could not answer clearly, he said only that we learn in salary. And in the end, everything went peacefully.
I liked the work, but was very monotonous and boring. From this sleepy, and often with the staff I went out for a smoke, to somehow get rid of sag drowsiness and, of course, never smoked.
Chapter Two
I have worked for four months. He received an advance and regularly paid on time. As the Lubchenco said that he was going to Peter, so at the «Electric appliance» called Leningrad at that memorable time when we lived and worked in the Soviet Union. His trip was supposed to last two weeks, for himself Chief of the engineering department left Isaiah Alexander Vasilyevich. Alexander unspeakably was glad, and his mood was not just upbeat,
