Artem Bolyuta, a specialist working in the Web3 industry, published a correspondence in a recruiter on Threads, which shows that the employer does not consider candidates from Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia. Artem’s post has more than 200 comments, and the topic has become very resonant among IT professionals.
Artem Bolyuta, a specialist working in the Web3 industry, published a correspondence in a recruiter on Threads, which shows that the employer does not consider candidates from Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia. Artem’s post has more than 200 comments, and the topic has become very resonant among IT professionals.
«Well, what did Zaporizhzhia do wrong to you? Why does HR think it’s dangerous to work remotely here. And Kharkiv also mentions it,» Artem wrote and showed screenshots of the correspondence.
He also posted screenshots of the website of the employer company, which refused him, at the request of users.
«Write to her that you are now in Lviv and have rented an apartment for 25,000 for this vacancy, and ask if a salary increase is possible,» career consultant Yuliana ironically advises .
Yulia Sviridiuk wrote: «So in their opinion, everything is so bad here and they, knowing this, leave a person without a job? It’s just fucking cringe communication.»
Recruiter Kateryna Lytvyn defended her colleague. «I will write from the position of a recruiter in an international company. Unfortunately, often it is clients (America, Europe) who do not want to cooperate with Ukrainians or people from dangerous regions. Therefore, it is not always a bad office, it is just that, as a rule, the client is always right and the search is carried out according to his requirements. In our country, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv used to be the main cities for searching for good candidates. But now it is impossible to influence the situation. Don’t beat me, I am also a Kharkiv resident,» she noted .
«This is normal practice for IT, they do not consider frontline regions because there is a risk for business,» summarizes Artem Bozhok.
According to Anastasia Zueva, LinkedIn starts blocking candidates when they find out that they are from Ukraine. «Foreign companies don’t want to do business with Ukrainians, and for some large branches of IT companies, frontline cities have become a ‘gray zone’, where candidates are not considered or are considered as a last resort… such is life. It’s far from powerful,» she adds .
And user Svitlana Pronik told her story to the cancellation: «I was cut off three times with the location in Kharkiv. Companies gave out their equipment, and like being in this city, no one gives a guarantee of its safety. Well, the fact that I will not survive in a situation where that equipment is destroyed is like this. And so funny, like — move to Poltava, it’s a safe city. Seriously?».
