Supporting Our Ukrainian Brothers and Sisters

As we speak, as we watch the occasions in Ukraine unfold at a terrifying tempo, all of our ideas and needs at BrightLocal are with our Ukrainian workforce members. Lots of our workforce have been a part of the BrightLocal household for a few years and have been integral to the expansion and success that we’ve been so fortunate to attain.

We stand collectively, united with our Ukrainian brothers and sisters, towards this unprovoked and unjust assault by Russian forces. We are going to do all the pieces we are able to to assist and defend them, their households, and their family members by means of the unsure instances forward.

Kyiv: A Peace-loving, Affluent, and European Metropolis

We have now been working with Ukrainian software program engineers for nearly so long as BrightLocal has existed. In that point we’ve had contributions from over 80 completely different Ukrainian workforce members, nearly all of whom I’ve had the great fortune to spend time and socialize with, even assembly their great households every now and then.

By all these experiences I’ve learnt an increasing number of in regards to the proud tradition of Ukraine.

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Kyiv over a dozen instances over the previous ten years and have watched it emerge from its Soviet-era shackles and evolve right into a vibrant, enjoyable, and numerous metropolis, filled with passionate and peace-loving individuals.

It has an abundance of cafes, bars, and eating places providing delicacies from all over the world. It has a buoyant business middle, filled with thriving companies, each Ukrainian-owned and worldwide.

It has busy procuring facilities, the place world manufacturers and native retailers vie for hard-earned hryvnias from its rising neighborhood of expert and decided younger professionals.

All in all, it’s very like another thrilling, affluent, and democratic capital in Europe—which makes the scenes that we’re witnessing at present all of the extra stunning and terrifying.

How are we Supporting Our Staff

The security of our workforce members is our primary concern. Over the previous few weeks we’ve been varied choices to assist them relocate to allow them to reside and work safely ought to the worst occur. 

Nicely, the worst has occurred and we’re accelerating these choices and on the lookout for extra everlasting options as distant from the battle zones as doable.

Right here’s the place our energies have been targeted:

• Discovering properties for workforce members and their households to maneuver to in western Ukraine – and now in Europe
• Discovering an workplace or co-working area for workforce to make use of shut to those properties
• Supporting workforce members of their bodily relocation
• Giving all workforce members full flexibility to work from wherever, and at any time when they need (in Ukraine and overseas)
• Giving cash and assist to charities that assist Ukrainian individuals and army personnel (be taught extra under)

To Our Loyal Clients

Whereas the occasions in Ukraine are troubling and distracting for my workforce and I, I need to reassure you that we stay completely dedicated to delivering the absolute best service and expertise to you.

My message to our wider workforce is that the easiest way we may help our workforce members in Ukraine is to remain targeted on our duties and priorities, and preserve delivering on our commitments to our clients.

We have now software program engineers and technical assist workforce members stationed throughout a number of international locations and areas outdoors of Ukraine. They’re doubling the efforts throughout this era of uncertainty to make sure that we proceed to present our clients an awesome expertise.

Elevating Cash to Assist Ukraine

I want to ask everybody who reads this weblog publish to hitch us in elevating cash to assist Ukraine’s struggle towards Russian invasion and aggression.

We have now chosen to assist and donate funds to a few charities:

In my capability as BrightLocal founder and CEO, I become involved in all areas of the enterprise, however my two largest passions are our instruments and our clients. It is my job to make sure that we proceed to increase and enhance our platform to fulfill our clients’ ever-changing wants. However it’s simply as vital that we ship glorious customer support to match our instruments; one with out the opposite simply would not lower it!