ChargePoint Holdings Inc. has a small variety of contract staff trapped in war-struck Ukraine, and the EV charging firm is trying to find methods to assist them, CEO Pasquale Romano stated.
Fewer than 20 staff, principally software program engineers, aren’t in a position to flee the nation within the wake of the Russian invasion after the Ukrainian authorities banned males of ages 18 to 60 years outdated from leaving. Romano stated in an interview Thursday that ChargePoint is attempting to assist relocate any of their members of the family who’re in a position to depart, in addition to be certain the staff have dependable communications in case native telephone and pc networks fail throughout the combating.
“One particular person in hurt’s means who works to your firm is dangerous sufficient,” he stated.
Though ChargePoint has been increasing its operations in Europe, it doesn’t have any EV charging stations in Ukraine. However many U.S. tech firms have staff or workplaces in Ukraine, which has a extremely educated inhabitants and a big pool of proficient programmers.