Ukrzaliznytsia is anticipating significant changes — what is known.

Ukrzaliznytsia plans to conduct optimization that may lead to the dismissal of at least 25% of the company's employees. This was reported by Forbes Ukraine, citing the chairman Oleksandr Pertzovskyi.

Mass layoffs at UZ

UZ allocated 2.7 billion UAH for personnel last year, which constitutes 52% of all revenues. Due to exceeding expenditure, it is planned to reduce the number of office workers by a quarter by the end of the year, which means the dismissal of about 500 people.

'Since the beginning of the year, the program 'Iron Efficiency' has been in effect, aimed at reducing duplicate functions, reviewing management verticals, and eliminating ineffective divisions. Primarily, cuts will affect departments that have lost relevance due to digitalization',

The management of UZ also offers office workers to relocate 'closer to the tracks', as there is an acute shortage of repairmen, conductors, and other specialists. A new economy-class carriage was previously showcased on the Kharkiv-Lviv route, and it was also revealed which days are the most profitable to purchase tickets for Ukrzaliznytsia trains.