MAUDAU reduces staff after Russian strikes on logistics

Ukrainian marketplace MAUDAU, part of Fozzy Group, is carrying out staff reductions. The company explained the headcount optimization by the consequences of Russian attacks on logistics infrastructure, which forced the business to restructure its operational processes.

The layoffs were announced on August 25 by MAUDAU. Previously, its employees, including IT specialists, began publicly sharing about leaving the company.

According to DOU, a Senior QA Engineer with seven years of experience reported the layoff. A similar message was published by another Senior QA specialist. A Software Engineer and a Senior Android Developer also announced they were looking for new jobs.

In addition, in recent days, employees from other areas, including Digital Marketing, reported finishing their work at MAUDAU. However, not in all cases was the reason for leaving officially stated as a layoff.

The company has not yet disclosed the total number of employees affected by the optimization. Also, the size of possible compensations or the full list of departments where jobs are being cut has not been publicly announced.

MAUDAU suffered from strikes on Fozzy Group logistics

The layoffs come after a series of Russian attacks on Fozzy Group's logistics infrastructure. On the night of August 5, shelling caused fires at four of the group's distribution centers that supplied goods to its retail chains.

The strikes forced the group's companies to urgently restructure logistics and seek new capacity. Already on August 20, Russia again attacked Fozzy Group's logistics infrastructure, damaging the fresh produce distribution center of Fora, which the company began using after the previous attack.

The consequences of the strikes were also significant financially. In particular, Fora's losses just from the destroyed warehouse and inventory were previously estimated at about 1.15 billion UAH. The company was forced to switch some suppliers to direct store delivery and use alternative warehouse capacity.

MAUDAU continues to operate as a marketplace, but now also optimizes its team amid the need to reallocate resources after the logistics infrastructure was damaged.

This is not the first major Ukrainian online retailer forced to reduce staff after Russian strikes on warehouses. In August, Rozetka made a similar decision after its automated distribution center in Brovary was destroyed. More than a thousand people worked at the facility; the company decided to transfer most of them to other warehouses, but could not keep jobs for all employees.

Based on materials from: DOU, Fozzy Group