I'm a lurker here, didn't even have an account until a few weeks ago and even then didn't post or comment. I've read many horror stories of poor employers on here and was invigorated to see that the company I work for seemed to be one of the good ones. “Employees come first” is our very first core tenant. But I know that's not the truth now. I had suspected when I complained about rewards and recognition being exclusively given to a specific team that only certain employees come first and there are others that are basically fodder but now I know for sure that is the case. Our office in Kyiv is closed, obviously because of the bombing of Ukraine by Russia. We received an email from our president basically asking us to remain calm and send our thoughts and prayers to our coworkers in Kyiv. Further down in the email our President addressed the staff in Kyiv and asked them to remain remote, and think of our stakeholders as well as their own safety. It made the whole email come across as a PR maintenance campaign. They just needed to look like they were empathetic but the bottom line is keep working. Keep working amid a fascist takeover of your country. Keep working as you listen to bombs destroy your home and offices and family and friends. Employees will never come first. Not even from the “good” employers.