Metinvest Group has been included in the list of the best employers in Ukraine and recognised in the "Jobs for Heroes" nomination, oboz.ua reports.
The online media outlet collected information on working conditions from the country's largest employers and identified the list of the best. The companies were divided into different categories: some have focused their efforts on creating a comfortable environment for veterans, while others have deliberately abandoned any restrictions on age and experience and train specialists virtually from scratch.
The media outlet believes that big business should now think not only about how to help mobilised employees, but also about how to create conditions for them to comfortably return to their usual place of work or retrain within the company.
Retraining, creation of veteran communities, preparation of teams for the return of demobilised employees, as well as care for veterans and conditions for their return to work were the main criteria for determining the winners of the Work for Heroes nomination.
Read more about why the company has been recognised as one of the best employers in Metinvest's case.
Metinvest is an international group of mining and steel companies and one of the largest employers. Since the onset of the full-scale war, 9,000 Metinvest employees have been mobilised, and 400 of them have already returned to work. The Group is creating an inclusive ecosystem for the integration of veterans into normal life and work.
It is not only about medical and psychological assistance to veterans. The strategy also includes preparing managers and teams for the return of veterans. The Group held webinars, "War Heroes Return Home", for 23,000 employees and launched training for managers at all levels. Veterans are offered retraining programmes and mentoring. In addition, it is planned to set up an association and a space for veterans.
Incentive programme
Metinvest offers remuneration consisting of salary, premiums and bonuses.
In 2023, Metinvest paid bonuses to its employees for the previous year. In the summer, the company introduced a 25% team bonus for employees of production and repair facilities in Ukraine.
Training
Metinvest has a corporate university where employees can improve their skills. The company also provided IDP employees with the opportunity to undergo free retraining in blue-collar occupations that are in high demand in the mining and steel sector. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 19,000 employees have been retrained under various programmes.
In addition, despite the war and the occupation of Mariupol, Metinvest launched a full-functional university in September 2022, the first non-state mining and steel university in Ukraine, Metinvest Polytechnic.
Insurance
The company has a voluntary health insurance programme for employees. Employees can report violations of their rights to a special hotline.
Guarantees for mobilised employees
Metinvest provides its mobilised employees with protective equipment, including bulletproof vests and helmets, as well as winter clothing.
Upon request, employee units receive drones, thermal imagers, vehicles and other equipment. The company pays for medical treatment for injured employees. We also help employees who lost limbs in the war with prosthetics. All mobilized employees retain their jobs.
Offers for job seekers without work experience
Applicants with no work experience are invited to apply for vacancies with training or retraining. Training time is paid from the first day of employment. Refresher courses are also available.
Social responsibility
Metinvest's key priorities are to help employees, the state and the army, maintain the company's market position, keep its enterprises operational and ready to resume production as soon as possible.
How we take care of our employees' psychological well-being
Since the beginning of the war, Metinvest has set up a hotline for employees to get psychological counselling. Psychological support was also provided to company employees and members of their families at rehabilitation and reintegration centres in Zaporizhzhia and Kamianske.
The Metinvest Together psychological support service helps Metinvest employees and their families cope with stress. Since March 2022, the service's specialists have provided nearly 5200 individual and group counselling sessions. Together with the UN Global Compact in Ukraine, the company's Saving Lives humanitarian initiative became a partner in the opening of the “Oplich HUB” first community centre in Zaporizhzhia for the psychological rehabilitation of Ukrainians affected by the war, including Metinvest employees.
How salaries are revised
In 2023, the salaries at the Group's Ukrainian production facilities increased by 30% as a result of increased employment and introduction of a performance bonus since June 2023. And compared to the pre-war period, the salaries at Metinvest increased by 10%.
Metinvest is one of the largest companies in the mining and steel sector in Ukraine. The true support of Ukraine. It has enterprises in Ukraine, Europe, Great Britain and the USA. It is a reliable and resilient company. Since the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine and the full-scale invasion, the Group has lost some of its enterprises, but has rebuilt its business and found an opportunity to mobilise resources to help the country and become the largest donor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine among Ukrainian businesses. Metinvest Group has allocated UAH 4.8 billion to support Ukraine and its citizens, of which more than UAH 2.5 billion has been spent on the needs of the army as part of Steel Front, Rinat Akhmetov's defence initiative.
Metinvest offers competitive remuneration consisting of salary, premiums and additional bonuses. The company provides a social package, including medical insurance, and also provides the opportunity for free training and retraining in the most needed professions in the industry.
