The 1xBet gambling company, which was stripped of its Ukrainian license in 2022, continues to hire IT professionals in Ukraine. It offers them salaries above market rates, and the company they will work for is determined at the final stage of the interview.
The 1xBet gambling company, which was stripped of its Ukrainian license in 2022, continues to hire IT professionals in Ukraine. It offers them salaries above market rates, and the company they will work for is determined at the final stage of the interview.
This is reported by Scroll.media, citing employees of companies operating in the iGaming sector — EvoPlay, GR8, Favbet Tech and others.
They say that 1xBet «systematically hunts» employees of these companies; they are usually offered much higher salaries. Beginners are offered a bonus of several hundred dollars, or even twice the salary, and middle and seniors can add 50-70% to their previous monetary compensation.
«These are not market salaries, we can’t oppose anything,» says one of the managers, from whose team a specialist was lured.
The fact that the Ukrainian will need to work for a Russian company becomes known only at the last stage. Recruitment begins with a simple offer to discuss work in the iGaming sector, and the project and companies are not disclosed at first, citing the confidentiality of the project and NDA.
«Imagine that your salary is $1,000, and you are offered $1,600, or maybe $2,100 — there are those who are shocked by this. It is easier for a senior specialist with an income of a nominal $5,000 to refuse a raise to $7,000-$8,000 knowing that they will have to work for a Russian company. But this does not always happen,» one of the insiders told Scroll.media.
The place of work is specifically announced only at the last stage, when the specialist has received the offer and seen the salary level. Some refuse to work for a Russian company, but there are those who agree. They work remotely and will receive money in USDT.
Recall that on March 30, 2022, at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAL) issued two licenses to LLC «Your Betting Company» for the operation of the Russian bookmaker 1xBet in Ukraine.
After more than 26,000 Ukrainians signed a petition in a week demanding the cancellation of these licenses and the banning of 1xBet’s activities in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared that licenses cannot be issued to companies controlled by or associated with residents of the aggressor country.
After that, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal instructed the Ministry of Justice and the Commission for the Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries to resolve the issue of banning 1xBet in Ukraine.
In December 2023, it became known that the Ministry of Justice initiated the confiscation of assets of the company Royal Pay LLC, associated with the bookmaker 1xBet, to the state revenue. It was about the recovery of securities and cash for a total amount of over UAH 1.8 billion.
