A tech worker describes what it was like leaving Ukraine during the war — and making the decision to return
Kate Kondakova didn't want to leave her home in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after Russia's unprovoked invasion of her country last February, because she said she didn't feel in immediate danger.
"It was a rather challenging period, as it was hard to establish your life in a foreign country," Kondakova said."It was hard to accept the new reality, and my everyday life had changed entirely."Kondakova said 3DLook was able to support some of its Ukrainian employees with relocation at the beginning of the war, by booking and paying for accommodations and travel in safer regions.
At the end of the summer, Kondakova decided to return home to Odesa because"it was quiet," she said. However, some of her Ukrainian friends are still in Moldova and the Czech Republic.She said she feels stressed for people living in other regions, like Donetsk, who For a few months at the end of 2022, Kondakova said it was difficult to work at home because of blackouts, but the company found its employees an office space with a generator to keep the electricity and internet on."In the mornings, you have the usual life when you're waking up and getting to the office, meeting people, talking with them," she recalled.
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