Some companies, even during quarantine
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:57 am
Mixed-use offices will also become popular - when some of the places are assigned to specific employees, and some are free, like in coworking spaces. They are for those employees who work from home most of the time, but sometimes come to the office. Different people can work at the same desk on different days. This way, it will be possible to rent a slightly smaller office.
do not forget how important team building is. For example, in the network of affiliate programs Admitad, they order pizza and the whole team gathers for a joint dinner on Zoom. In the Ukrainian company SupportYourApp, instead of the office gym, the whole team conducts sports training via Zoom. In Indigo Tech Recruiters they do the same thing - in a healthy body, as they say, a healthy mind. And in Vintage Web Production, they sometimes turn on Zoom just to create the effect of office noise.
They plan to save, first of all, on HR positions. The number of vacancies cayman islands number data for HR in Ukrainian IT companies has fallen by 63%. Research by the investment fund AVentures Capital confirms that there is a similar trend in Central and Eastern European countries - IT companies will primarily save on recruiters, sales and marketing specialists.
Creating new startups and reorienting
The corona crisis is forcing companies to refocus their products and even open startups in areas they have never looked at before.
So, the founder of PowerCode, Vladislav Savchenko, decided to switch part of the team to the emergency development of the online supermarket Foodex24. In 2 weeks, the team created a website, rented a warehouse, organized the delivery of products and hired couriers. According to the founder, the service now has over 1,000 orders per day.
Before the lockdown, startup ClassPass was helping people find a fitness program. After gyms closed, the company's revenue fell by 95% in 10 days and they quickly switched to streaming videos for home workouts.
Ukrainian startup Allset, popular in the US and designed for pre-ordering food in restaurants and booking tables, has reorganized itself into pre-ordering takeout food. For many restaurants, this has become a lifeline. And for Allset too — due to quarantine, the number of orders through the app would have dropped to zero, and so it decreased by 50%. The company continues to exist and even attracted a new round of investment.
do not forget how important team building is. For example, in the network of affiliate programs Admitad, they order pizza and the whole team gathers for a joint dinner on Zoom. In the Ukrainian company SupportYourApp, instead of the office gym, the whole team conducts sports training via Zoom. In Indigo Tech Recruiters they do the same thing - in a healthy body, as they say, a healthy mind. And in Vintage Web Production, they sometimes turn on Zoom just to create the effect of office noise.
They plan to save, first of all, on HR positions. The number of vacancies cayman islands number data for HR in Ukrainian IT companies has fallen by 63%. Research by the investment fund AVentures Capital confirms that there is a similar trend in Central and Eastern European countries - IT companies will primarily save on recruiters, sales and marketing specialists.
Creating new startups and reorienting
The corona crisis is forcing companies to refocus their products and even open startups in areas they have never looked at before.
So, the founder of PowerCode, Vladislav Savchenko, decided to switch part of the team to the emergency development of the online supermarket Foodex24. In 2 weeks, the team created a website, rented a warehouse, organized the delivery of products and hired couriers. According to the founder, the service now has over 1,000 orders per day.
Before the lockdown, startup ClassPass was helping people find a fitness program. After gyms closed, the company's revenue fell by 95% in 10 days and they quickly switched to streaming videos for home workouts.
Ukrainian startup Allset, popular in the US and designed for pre-ordering food in restaurants and booking tables, has reorganized itself into pre-ordering takeout food. For many restaurants, this has become a lifeline. And for Allset too — due to quarantine, the number of orders through the app would have dropped to zero, and so it decreased by 50%. The company continues to exist and even attracted a new round of investment.