“Russian industrial giants are massively switching to a shortened work week: intelligence named the reasonsIn 2025, Russian enterprises in the automotive, metallurgical, machine-building, and construction industries will switch to a shortened work week. This is due to a slowdown in economic activity, a decrease in demand, and Western sanctions.
”, — write: unn.ua
DetailsAccording to intelligence data, the reasons for the transition to a shortened work week are the slowdown in economic activity, reduced domestic demand, and restrictions caused by Western sanctions.
Among the companies that have introduced a four-day week are the largest players in the industrial sector: “AvtoVAZ” (Tolyatti), “KAMAZ” (Naberezhnye Chelny), “Gorky Automobile Plant” and “Likino Bus Plant”. Sales of “Lada” cars have fallen by 25% since the beginning of the year, while “KAMAZ” and LiAZ have reduced sales volumes by 60%. In metallurgy, a similar step was taken by the Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Combine, which experienced a drop in domestic consumption. The construction sector is reacting similarly: “Tsemros” has transferred employees to a four-day schedule due to weak demand and low competitiveness of products
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According to intelligence, machine-building enterprises are also reducing working hours: “Yaroslavl Motor Plant” introduced a shortened week until the end of the year, and “Uralvagonzavod” – for civilian production from December, concentrating resources on defense orders.
Trade unions consider this step a temporary compromise that allows avoiding mass layoffs. However, employees report a decrease in income and a lack of guarantees regarding the timing of a return to full employment. The reduction of the working week indicates a deepening of crisis phenomena in industry and a gradual adaptation of enterprises to a narrowed market. If low demand persists, such a practice may spread to other sectors – from agriculture to energy and financial services
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