Cuban social media users reacted with displeasure and stupor to a job offer of the Caribe Stores in Old Havana that requires age and height limit.
The state entity announced that it is looking for "engineers, architects and economics graduates," as well as "comprehensive clerk cashier for tourism."
However, the age limit of those interested is up to 40 years, while Women cannot measure less than 1.55 m and men 1.60 m.
Dozens of Internet users criticized the publication and wondered if "to work as an architect or engineer, among other details, it is necessary to have a certain height."
I don't understand "the restrictions of these people, girl taller than a hobbit and if you're 40 you're already old," one woman commented sarcastically.
The job offers from the Caribe Stores in Old Havana contrast with the reality in the country, where the exodus of mostly young Cubans has left several sectors without employees, while the population aging.
Last February it emerged that the massive emigration of people of working age threatens the stability of private businesses in Cuba, which are not able to fill vacancies and already have new casualties. State-owned companies are not immune to this phenomenon either.
An example is the restaurant Nel Paradiso, from the Cuban capital, where completing the payroll seems an unattainable goal, according to the testimony of those responsible.
"You don't have time to recover the personnel who leave. Of the 60 workers hired in the last 14 months, 10 remain in Cuba," he told the agency. AFP Annie Zúñiga, 26 years old and in charge of hiring at the restaurant.
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