VK employees unite against the company amid layoffs

VK is cutting down departments and fires people. Some departments have been completely eliminated. At the same time, management pretended and continues to pretend that nothing was happening: we know of cases where people worked for the company for less than two months and were subject to massive “downsizing.”

According to information from EZh*, HR managers offer to resign by agreement of the parties with the payment of one salary and severance pay. If you resist, you can agree with them to pay up to three salaries, but in case of further disagreement, they begin to scare you with dismissal under the article, the military registration and enlistment office and problems with “IT deferment”. Is the new personnel policy related to arrival from Ozon the new vice president for HR Anastasia Kuchay is unknown.

We already wrotewhat to do if you are inclined to quit, and what is required by law. A general recommendation is that as soon as they start putting pressure on you, move the conversation to a legal level.

The employees themselves did the right thing: they organized themselves in Telegram chats, are preparing lawsuits against the company and discussing further actions.

We recommend that employees who have been laid off additionally create an initiative channel and talk about the situation there, publish news and recommendations. This is convenient because messages on the channel are published anonymously, without exposing activists, and promptly inform your colleagues about what is happening. The link to the channel can be distributed among current VK employees so that they know what is happening, how to act and who to go to in case of problems.

In addition, we advise you to develop a common position and not deviate from it. Clearly formulate a list of requirements and convey them to each employee. And everyone must voice this list of demands. In this way you will represent the collective, and it will be more difficult to divide you.

We recommend that current VK employees pay attention to the initiative of their colleagues and join it. Tomorrow you may find yourself under a rollercoaster of layoffs. Don't wait for this to happen – unite Now.

We are ready provide VK employees with any help and supportwhatever we can – in preparation for negotiations, in drawing up demands, in information coverage, we can also help with legal advice. Write to feedback.

*Former name BRIEF, recognized as a foreign agent