The war in Ukraine is personal for the founders and employees of PandaDoc, a San Francisco-based unicorn that employed nearly 200 workers in the country when Russia invaded.
Many big tech companies, including Snap, Lyft, Cisco and Google, depend on employees in Ukraine. A document workflow automation platform and eSign solution for mortgage lenders and other businesses, PandaDoc employs about 800 people worldwide, in countries including Ukraine, Portugal and Poland.
The company’s co-founders — Belarusian natives Mikita Mikado and Sergey Barysiuk — were gathered with the company’s leadership team in Lisbon, Portugal, when Russia invaded Ukraine, according to PandaDoc Vice President of Marketing Leonard Callejo.
The company quickly marshaled resources to help its Ukrainian colleagues, including some who had traveled to Lisbon and were unable to go home, Callejo posted on LinkedIn.
“From using Slack to remain in contact with our fellow Ukrainian Pandas and helping them find transportation and homes away from danger, to providing them additional emergency financial aid, to providing temporary housing for those who were caught with us in Lisbon and cannot go home, the entire PandaDoc company has united — it has been truly inspiring and moving!” Callejo wrote. “I am proud to be a Panda and excited about what we will accomplish together!”
Anna Khromey, PandaDoc’s vice president of corporate development, said the company continues to pay its Ukrainian workers — including those who are engaged in the fight to defend their country — and is actively recruiting new Ukrainian talent.
“PandaDoc stands with Ukraine,” Khromey reported last week on LinkedIn. “If you are seeking a job right now, please check out our list of open roles below. Most locations are flexible since we are a remote first company.”
PandaDoc, which announced a Series C financing round at a $1 billion valuation in September, currently lists more than 100 job openings on the…