American IT company ABBYY fires all Russians from offices in three countries
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The American IT company ABBYY has laid off its Russian employees from its offices in Cyprus, Serbia, and Hungary, affecting 200–300 employees.
This was reported by DW.
Dismissal of Russians from ABBYY
According to the article, the first complaint about the layoffs came from an employee of ABBYY's office in Cyprus. Shortly afterward, it became known about the dismissal of Russians in Serbia and Hungary.
"On Sunday evening, a meeting with company management appeared in the schedule, and most employees of the Serbian office were invited. Overall, I had a feeling where this was heading — chats were disabled, and "Mandatory Meeting" was in the title. During the meeting, they used standard phrases like "we’ve made a decision, we need to move forward", mentioned something about transformation and division, and then immediately disabled access to the entire work infrastructure," shared a former ABBYY employee.
At the same time, Forbes found out that 200–300 employees were laid off.
An anonymous source believes the reason for the layoffs is that the clients — large American companies — do not want Russians handling their documents or having access to information. However, the exact reason for the layoffs is still unknown.
By the way, ABBYY was founded in 1989 by David Yan, a native of Yerevan and a graduate of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The company is currently developing text recognition software. In 2022, ABBYY left Russia.
Earlier, on October 2, the EU adopted a new sanctions regime aimed at countering Russian hybrid threats. The sanctions will come into effect next week, and the list of individuals and organizations will be added later.
