Chechetkin for the first time explained why Rozetka dismissed IT workers

In February-March, Rozetka reduced salaries and laid off most of the IT staff. CEO Vladislav Chechetkin first commented on why this happened in June in an interview with Forbes.

The main thing is that on February 27, IT employees started receiving job offers from other companies. Therefore, the CEO, Not knowing "what will happen tomorrow", said "that there is nothing to pay a salary from". According to Vladislav Chechetkin, after the start of a large-scale Russian invasion, Rozetka was unable to pay salaries, because goods were blocked, there was "physically little money" in the account, and customers returned what they purchased. On March 20, the company had a turnover of UAH 23 million, although in December it was UAH 4 billion.Rozetka managed to keep the backbone of the team, and say goodbye to most of them. "A certain number of people," Chechetkin said, were returned to the team in April-May. Details

The fact that Rozetka does not pay salaries, reduces payments and dismisses it employees, it became known in mid-March. Co-founder and co-owner of the marketplace Vladislav Chechetkin posted a message on his Facebook page on March 16, where he said that the company is going through difficult times. In the comments to it, he also mentioned IT specialists: "we don't have the money to pay programmers."

Later, employees of the company began to publish messages in social networks, where they told details. It turned out that even before the large — scale war, Rozetka announced that salaries would be reduced by 20%, and in mid-March it became known that the salary under the agreement would not be paid-only the hours worked would be paid. In addition, the team leaders had to reduce teams by 20% — the order was allegedly justified by the insufficient qualifications of these employees.

The company did not officially comment on the situation, although DOU made such a request.

As of June 2022, Rozetka employs a total of 50% of its staff. "Some people are partially busy. This is necessary both in order to comply with labor legislation, and so that more people can receive a salary," Chechetkin explained.