{"id":63686,"date":"2026-02-24T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/?p=63686"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:29:29","slug":"resilience-strategy-globallogic-on-developing-its-engineering-hub-in-ukraine-veteran-programs-donations-and-team-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/resilience-strategy-globallogic-on-developing-its-engineering-hub-in-ukraine-veteran-programs-donations-and-team-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience Strategy: GlobalLogic on Developing its Engineering Hub in Ukraine, Veteran Programs, Donations, and Team Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Four years of full-scale war have forced Ukrainian businesses to operate in a state of constant risk. Despite this, the IT industry <a href=\"https:\/\/forbes.ua\/news\/eksport-it-poslug-u-grudni-2025-roku-zris-na-26-i-syagnuv-685-mln-30012026-35963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">remains<\/a> one of the largest exporters: on a year-over-year basis, exports grew by 11% compared to December 2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Even under current conditions, GlobalLogic\u2019s Ukrainian hub remains the largest in Europe. Productivity has held steady at pre-war levels, thanks to early preparation, autonomous infrastructure, team relocation, and flexible scheduling.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Alongside technical shifts, the company adapted its internal programs to meet wartime challenges. GlobalLogic ramped up its focus on specialist wellbeing, veteran support, and volunteer initiatives.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/visual.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63684\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Veteran Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reintegrating veterans into the professional environment is one of the top priorities for the team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demobilized specialists receive a Demobilization Kit \u2014 a personalized development plan featuring mentorship and professional training. The program also provides access to mental health support and a rehabilitation retreat in the Carpathian Mountains. The program lasts 12 months. Currently, 79 veterans have returned to project tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Investment in Wellbeing and Mental Health<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wellbeing programs have always been part of GlobalLogic\u2019s corporate culture, but the company has significantly expanded these initiatives since 2022. Key focus areas include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Meeting with Experts:<\/strong> The company organizes webinars with psychotherapists, historians, scientists, and economists to help the team better understand current contexts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Uniting Through Support:<\/strong> These webinars have become a platform for fundraising. Since 2022, the GlobalLogic community has raised over $220,000 for charity, including more than $50,000 during 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sports Initiatives:<\/strong> To support mental and physical health, GlobalLogic launched a Sport Club. Today, over 500 specialists gather for running and swimming sessions, with more disciplines set to be added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supporting Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cToday, donations are part of the daily life for Ukrainians and Ukrainian businesses. GlobalLogic\u2019s Ukrainian office systematically supports foundations and organizations, including \u201cCome Back Alive\u201d, \u201cChildren of Heroes\u201d, \u201cTabletochki\u201d, the NGO &#8220;AEROROZVIDKA&#8221;, and National specialized children&#8217;s hospital \u201cOkhmatdyt\u201d. Additionally, the parent company Hitachi, GlobalLogic\u2019s international offices, and partners have contributed over 500 million UAH to support Ukraine\u201d<\/em>, comments <strong>Anna Shcherbakova<\/strong>, Head of Operations, GlobalLogic Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A separate charitable focus is the support for the Superhumans Center for war trauma. Last year, the company donated $54,000 to the center for targeted evacuations from hotspots, saving the lives of over 100 soldiers. A new fundraising campaign for Superhumans is currently underway, where GlobalLogic will double all contributions from its specialists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supporting Ukrainian IT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To mark the anniversary of the full-scale invasion, GlobalLogic\u2019s Ukrainian team created the book &#8220;War-Life Balance.&#8221; The publication shares stories of life and work in Ukraine during the war, told from colleague to colleague across the globe. The book also serves a strategic purpose: to support ongoing projects and open doors for new partnerships by demonstrating the unwavering expertise and resilience of the Ukrainian team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The printed book was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1DrpyTr8PF\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released<\/a> in Ukraine and abroad in a limited edition. Now, the digital version will be shared with all 282,000 Hitachi employees. &#8220;War-Life Balance&#8221; has already drawn hundreds of responses from colleagues in Japan, the US, India, and Europe, while over 500 Ukrainian specialists are currently engaged in Hitachi projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years of full-scale war have forced Ukrainian businesses to operate in a state of constant risk. Despite this, the IT industry remains one of the largest exporters: on a year-over-year basis, exports grew by 11% compared to December 2024. Even under current conditions, GlobalLogic\u2019s Ukrainian hub remains the largest in Europe. Productivity has held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":63684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-members-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63687,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63686\/revisions\/63687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itcluster.lviv.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}