How a San Francisco Tech Company Is Supporting Its 250-Plus Workers in Ukraine: ‘This Is Personal'

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Andy Kurtzig is CEO of the San Francisco-based tech company JustAnswer. A quarter of its employees are based in offices throughout Lviv, Uzhgorod and Kyiv.

The company also committed to continue paying the salaries of any employee who gets drafted or chooses to volunteer to join the Ukrainian military during the war.

JustAnswer has employees in the U.S., India and Manila. Non-Ukrainian employees receive a daily update from their colleagues and areto Ukrainian army and volunteer organizations through the business group Lviv IT Cluster. As of Tuesday, the donation page surpassed its $100,000 goal. Kurtzig is also encouraging employees to write to their elected representatives to support the people of Ukraine through military efforts, financing, medical aid and refugee housing.

Kurtzig, who spent six months living in Ukraine with his family in 2019, sees his stance as beyond political:"It doesn't just affect people in Ukraine or Russia or Eastern Europe. This affects all of us globally. This is about democracy, freedom and opportunity. What we're doing is not just about JustAnswer or a few employees. This is personal.

 

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