Some Western companies that have stopped doing business in Russia are still paying employees. How long can that last?
. In response to questions from Slate this week, Ikea said that it would keep on paying employees till June. While many companies announced that they have halted their operations in Russia in solidarity with Ukraine and disagreement with the “special military operation,” others have said it has become impossible to operate due to logistics problems. It is hard to ascertain if the latter is an excuse.
The manager of one of the Adidas stores in Russia said that this is the third time his shop has faced closure in the past few years: The first two, in 2020 and in 2021, were due to the coronavirus. Then the shop shuttered again March 14 and remains closed. “The company management has been keeping silent for quite a long time [after the start of the ‘special military operation’], so we didn’t understand what would happen to us,” he said.
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