Hundreds of software developers who left Russia and Belarus in 2022 to continue working with ABBYY have reportedly been fired in a “reorganization” of offices in three European countries.
Founded in the USSR in 1989, ABBYY has provided business software services described as “intelligent automation solutions.” It eventually went transnational and moved its headquarters to Silicon Valley.
When the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February 2022, the company offered scores of Russian developers relocations in Cyprus, Hungary, or Serbia. On Monday, however, most of those developers were fired by conference call.
The company has “embarked on a path of business transformation and modernization” and “reorganized” key operations such as its Research and Development (R&D) department, a spokesperson for ABBYY USA said in a statement.
“This global transformation allows us to reinvest in future growth and accelerate product and solution innovation for our customers,” they…