• The company’s new hub was opened in Wroclaw in the Spaces Wroclavia co-working space.
• According to N-iX, its specialists can choose when and how often to work from the new co-working space.
• It is N-iX’s second location in Poland. The Krakow office appeared in June 2022.

“We are actively working in the Polish talent market and growing our team there. In June, we opened the N-iX office in Krakow. Now we have found a comfortable and modern co-working space for our colleagues in Wroclaw,” Maryana Makovetska, Administrative Director at N-iX, comments.

About N-iX

• N-iX is a Ukrainian IT company founded in 2002.
• The company provides software development services and expertise in cloud solutions, data engineering, embedded systems, the Internet of Things, machine learning, and other emerging technologies.
• Since the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the company has relocated most of its employees to safer regions and, despite everything, has continued to operate.
• As of May 2022, N-iX already employed more than 1,800 people and, according to Pavel Deshchynskyi, had several new contracts.
• The company has also announced a new office in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.

• N-iX is an Eastern European IT company with headquarters in Lviv, Ukraine. Founded in 2002, N-iX offers expert solutions in software engineering, cloud-native services, data analytics, embedded software, IoT, machine learning, and other tech domains covering a wide variety of sectors, including finance, manufacturing, telecom, supply chain, to name a few.
• N-iX has been cooperating with remote specialists from different locations in Ukraine for a couple of years now and has formed the N-iX community in different cities. In Dnipro and Ivano-Frankivsk, the company cooperates with over 30 specialists, and there are 15 specialists in Vinnytsia.
• In Kharkiv, N-iX is presented as Novelix with more than 60 specialists.
• The first new office is planned in Dnipro, and the location has already been decided. 
• The first new office is planned in Dnipro, and the location has already been decided.
• N-iX professionals can choose between three types of work — office-based, flexible, or fully remote. In cities where there are no N-iX offices yet, the company offers to work in the best coworking spaces.

“Last year, we made a decision that we are ready to open N-iX offices in Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia, as we intend to increase the number of teams there, would like to develop our communities and provide the most comfortable working conditions for our specialists. Also, we are planning to become even more involved in the development of technical education in these cities,” comments Pavlo Deshchynskyi, Chief Operating Officer at N-iX.

Moreover, N-iX began hiring remote specialists in Dnipro, Vinnytsia, and Zaporizhzhia. Plus, the company is planning to open hubs in these cities to provide employees with a place to meet their colleagues.

Why these changes are needed

The company says that this is to respond to a global work-from-home shift and ensure the flexibility and safety of the company employees. According to an internal survey at N-iX, almost 16% of employees would like to continue working entirely from home, and 65% would like to combine remote and office work.

“Like many other companies across the globe, we have been very cautious about introducing any radical changes. However, it has become clear that the old world of work is gone, and we need to create a better one. Also, we understand that our employees need a sense of clarity and direction. Therefore, we have decided to transform our office, processes, and policies and go hybrid,” comments the change Pavlo Deshchynskyi, Chief Operating Officer at N-iX.

What’s happened

In June, N-iX opened its offices, but only 15% of employees returned there. It became clear that people are not in a rush to come back to the old way of work. On the other hand, N-iX Employee Satisfaction Survey showed that many of N-iX employees missed face-to-face communication and informal chit-chat in the kitchen, but do not want to return to the office full-time.

Therefore, N-iX will reformat its offices into shared team spaces, where people can meet and work together.

“We have been working on the office model that would be convenient for everyone – allowing the company to avoid wasted infrastructure costs, but providing our people with a safe space to meet in person, connect, and collaborate. We have tested hot desk areas and dismissed the option of transforming our offices into coworking spaces.

Instead, we have decided to create Shared Team Spaces, which will give our teams the flexibility and safe work environment they need and help us preserve our unique company culture. So every team at N-iX still has its own warm and inspiring team space which they share and manage depending on how much time different team members spend in the office,” shares Pavlo Deshchynskyi, Chief Operating Officer at N-iX.

How will the work be organized

Those who already work at the company will be offered to choose between office-based, flexible, and fully remote working formats.

The employees can change the working format if needed in the future.

N-iX is testing this new work format with several teams from mid-August and plans to gradually introduce it throughout the company by the end of the year.

Remote recruitment

N-iX opens positions for fully remote candidates, so far in Dnipro, Vinnytsia, and Zaporizhzhia. Previously, almost all openings were in two cities where the company has offices, Lviv and Kyiv.

N-iX remote employees will become an integral part of N-iX, enjoying all the benefits the company gives to the co-located teams, such as HR and management support: all the necessary devices and software, medical insurance, education reimbursement, access to our professional development tools, etc.

“Our job candidates also expect more flexibility, so we are rethinking our recruitment strategies to attract the best people on the market, which is getting hotter every year. In fact, there has never been a better time to start building a presence in other Ukrainian cities, such as Dnipro, Vinnytsia, and Zaporizhia. So we have launched remote recruitment campaigns in these locations. This will allow us to expand our recruitment capabilities, grow faster, and strengthen our team with top tech talent, wherever they are,” explains Pavlo Deshchynskyi, Chief Operating Officer at N-iX.

In the future, N-iX intends to open hubs in these cities. Such hubs might entail establishing various kinds of physical presence, such as coworking spaces, hot desk areas, or own offices with shared team spaces like the current company offices in Lviv and Kyiv.

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