Distribution of work in the Soviet Union?

[Animal Farm Pig]

For some time I've been wondering about distribution of work in the Soviet Union and the Soviet satellite states. I haven't been too successful finding anything online. So, I'm asking here.

My question is this: How was work distributed in the Soviet Union?

How was it determined who would work on a farm, in a factory, as an engineer, in the service sector, etc.? If I were working as a garbage collector, but my dream was to drive a tractor on a farm, would I be able to re-distribute myself to such a position? If there were, for example, a coal shortage and more coal workers were required, how was it determined who would move to that type of work?

Presumably, the Soviet Union had a better system than exists under world capitalism, in which each person is at the mercy of the capitalist labor market. So, what was it?

Also, does anyone know if any significant differences existed between the system for distribution of work in the Soviet Union and other socialist countries like Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, the DDR, etc.? What about Cuba and the DPRK?

Also, what do you all think would be a good system for distribution of work under communism?

Thanks.

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

To be honest the allotment of work in the SSSR was not much different from what is seen in the West; I know that by the mid-1960's employment allocation centres were established, where one essentially applied and could chose between available positions (I'm not sure what system was in place before this) but presumably one could also apply directly to enterprises or institutions as well. This system, however, sought to imitate the capitalist labour market in many regards.

Chances of getting laid off or fired were generally speaking slight. In the revisionist SSSR an attempt to fix a shortage of coal workers would probably involve incentives of some kind, shorter hours, some special service and so on.

Generally the initial distribution would be determined by what the person studied for at higher educational establishments (studying for engineering at a polytechnic university, etc) and what was available and needed.