Not as high as the host tower of the recent Olympic Games, but the bar of demotivation is so high that it takes effort to jump over it to win a medal on the Cuban labour scene.

Of course, loss of interest in work is not the rule. Nor is it the exception, because finding the «bleachers» half-empty in the middle of the working day is a blunder in many organisations.

The challenge is colossal for Cuba with the need to «hit home runs in the production of goods» and services in the face of difficult national and global adversaries, such as inflation and the economic, commercial and financial blockade to which the United States is subjecting us.

Another is the crux of this commentary, after rubbing shoulders with the players to share emotions and transfer their concerns to the field of communication.

The most disturbing thing for this journalist is to meet unmotivated «competitors» in the field of economics and society. His concerns are related to deformations in the variables of the working and social climate, issues unrelated to the sweltering summer heat.

A team has a new mentor, but the direction of the actions has changed from bad to worse, due to inclemencies such as the dissatisfaction and discouragement of those who stayed, because of the exodus of a lot of their colleagues.

One worker is not complaining about the cruelty of Hurricane Irma as it passed through Ciego de Avila in 2017, but about the many complaints at all levels, because her house has been the victim of total collapse, it was built with green wood and she has not been able to apply for a cessation of coexistence with the termites.

The incident blamed on a colleague was malicious. Two years ago, he published a critical article on an industry that was making millions in financial losses, which led to a state of harassment, with consequences up to the present day, when it was mixed up with a litigation case he had won at the Supreme People’s Court.

Now «climbing to the podium» of the Olympic post-season labour position will have to be enjoyed without the demotivation at work continuing to rob workers of their medals.