The other former employee, who also asked to remain anonymous, said they knew of another two other than themselves. One of the former employees, who asked to remain anonymous as they didn’t want to face retaliation, said they know of “at least 5 other people” who faced the same situation and chose to resign. No matter what the weather is.’” The second former employee confirmed that that was Eugene Kaspersky’s response during the meeting.
According to one of the former employees who spoke to Motherboard, Kaspersky said “something along the lines of ‘If the Captain stays at the ship, the team should stay at the ship as well. In a regularly scheduled all hands meeting a few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, employees asked whether the company would consider relocation requests.Įugene Kaspersky, the founder and CEO of the company, had a simple response. Kaspersky has several employees in different countries, working from one of the 35 offices in 31 countries that the company claims to have. Instead of accommodating them, the company asked them to resign, as the company’s founder Eugene Kaspersky emphasized the importance of standing next to him during tough times, according to the two former employees, who did end up resigning. A third source who still works at the company also told Motherboard that some Kaspersky employees were asked to resign after those employees asked to live and work somewhere else. In the wake of the invasion, at least two employees told Motherboard they asked to be relocated outside of Russia. But the war is also affecting employees of another Russian tech giant, and one of the most well known and respected antivirus makers: Kaspersky.
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