JetBrains IS a Russian company - Anonymous employee JetBrains Employee Review

JetBrains really doesn't want to be seen as a Russian company. However, over 90% of the company is Russian. In a place as diverse as Berlin, when you see internal new hires posts, most of the new hires, if not all, are Russian. In the office, no matter where you go, people are speaking Russian. As a non Russian speaker, the feelings of isolation and exclusion are strong. And the frustration of the company not doing anything about it, even though the topic is literally brought up every townhall. HR response once was: We don't discriminate, but we can't help if the best candidates happen to be Russian... If you're part of the LGBT community, that's even worse. Pride? Who's that? The company doesn't make any stance on this. If you are part of the community you might need to hide that part of yourself in work. Onboarding is non existent, and so are coaching and feedback loops. You only move up if you happen to be friends with whoever is in charge. Your performance is not tracked at all. People who have been in the company for 10+ years get promoted and moved around to new leadership roles, and very few are brought from the outside to offer a new perspective, and if they do, they are also Russian. No procedures, and if you try to bring that up, they tell you that don't expect any changes, because that is not how things work at JetBrains. Maybe things will change with the new CEO.