Shturmovshchina (Russian: штурмовщина, IPA: [ʂtʊrmɐfˈɕːinə], last-minute rush, lit.
The practice usually gave rise to products of poor quality at the end of a planning cycle.
[2] The cycle of shturmovshchina, associated with the tradition of monthly targets (on which bonuses and managers' positions depend), is described as follows.
At the beginning of the next month, the workers slacken to recover from the previous storm, thereby continuing the next cycle.
[4] The process is known to consist of three stages:[citation needed] This Soviet Union–related article is a stub.