<h2 class="p1" style="text-align:center;">Vinted continues its expansion: opening an office in Kaunas, where over 100 employees are now working</h2>Vinted, Europe's largest peer-to-peer online marketplace for second-hand fashion, is expanding, and has recently opened an office in Kaunas, Lithuania, with over 100 employees now working there.&nbsp;Vinted is currently <a href="https://careers.vinted.com/jobs?page=1&amp;location%5B0%5D=Kaunas%2C%20Lithuania" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">looking for developers (backend, web, software, mobile, data), engineers, data scientists and team leaders to join</a> their teams in the new Kaunas office.&nbsp;&nbsp;The new office in Kaunas follows the same hybrid working model as the rest of Vinted’s locations, which recommends that employees come into the office a couple of times a week. They’re also allowed to work up to 90 days a year in other countries, 21 of which can be spent outside the EU.&nbsp;"Because we’re a hybrid company, we’ve been able to employ people based in Kaunas prior to having an office space there, but the newly-opened location will better meet our current and future colleagues’ needs: providing them with modern and comfortable workspaces, plenty of areas to meet up and spend time together, and a sense of community."

"We’re currently looking for at least a couple of dozen more colleagues in Kaunas, so we’re delighted that more and more talented people in tech who are living in this city are able to get involved with Vinted's products and their development," says Ieva Kuniejūtė, Director of Tech Talent Acquisition at Vinted.Vinted's new office is located in the Drobės Fabrikas business centre – a 20,000 m²&nbsp; modern renovated interwar architectural complex in the Šančiai district – which is also home to several other growing technology companies and start-ups. Vinted is currently leasing a 657 m² space in the newly-opened business complex, which can accommodate up to 100 employees at a time.

"We were impressed by the atmosphere here; the perfect blend of history and dynamic workspaces that will most definitely contribute to an exceptional employee experience. When we choose a new location, we try to think about how it will complement our employees' routine, and the experience it will provide. We believe that the new office in Kaunas will provide inspiration and additional capacity for our growing team in the city," says Ieva Užkurnienė, Workplace Experience Lead at Vinted.

The Drobės Fabrikas team has furnished the historic premises in an industrial style, with the companies and communities that will be housed there in mind.“We wanted the premises to fit the mindset and needs of those who work there. So when renovating, our focus was on the efficient use of space.The&nbsp; Drobės Fabrikas premises are not only for business use, but can also be hired out for a wide range of gatherings and events. Our aim was to create a comfortable workspace where communities with shared principles of community, sustainability, and common good can come together. We know that these aspects are important to Vinted, so we’re happy that they've chosen our premises in Kaunas for their expansion and joined the other technology companies based here," - says Rima Čivaitė, Project Manager at Drobės Fabrikas.Vinted currently employs more than 1,800 professionals across the Vinted Group a figure which has increased by more than 500 since 2022. In addition to Lithuania, the company also has offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Amsterdam. Vinted currently has more than 100 open positions for professionals in programming, data science, marketing and other fields in Lithuania alone.Vinted brings together a community of more than 80 million registered members in 20 markets across Europe and North America.

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The technology company Vinted has updated and synced its parental allowance policy in all countries where it has offices. The move also addresses the issue of support for same-sex families. Vinted will provide them financial support that exceeds statutory limits. The company will pay the primary carers their full salary, or make up the difference between their salary and any income support received for the first 20 weeks, and secondary carers will receive the same level of compensation for 10 weeks.&nbsp;

“Until the rights of same-sex families are equal and legally recognised in Lithuania and elsewhere, private companies are taking the matter into their own hands. Vinted already gives the same benefits (days off, allowances, etc) &nbsp;to all families, whether they are a married man and a woman, two women who have exchanged vows abroad, or two men living together without official family status. As we’re expanding rapidly, we’ve taken this step to improve and standardise the parental benefits across all Vinted offices," says Monika Kalinauskaitė, Vinted Strategic Initiatives manager. From now on, Vinted will compensate primary caregivers, such as birth mothers &nbsp;or adoptive fathers, for the first 20 weeks with the difference between their salary and Sodra payment. Secondary caregivers will be reimbursed the difference for 10 weeks, regardless of their family’s legal status: “Depending on the family model, we will encounter situations where the state does not provide financial support to one parent. In this case, we will pay the employee’s full salary for the period of time provided”.&nbsp; According to Ms. Kalinauskaite, this model is particularly important for same-sex families in Lithuania: "If, for example, a two-woman family conceives or adopts a child, only the birth or adoptive mother receives official parental benefits from the state, with the second mother not being legally recognised by the state. This not only limits the amount of financial support for this family, as by law it only applies to the "legal" mother, but it also takes away the right to choose who will look after the child. After all, the birth or adoptive mother may want to continue working, while the mother who is not legally recognised by the state takes care of the child. However, the latter would not receive any state maternity benefits. With our benefits policy, we aim to create this opportunity of choice.”&nbsp;Assess the needs of allAs Ms. Kalinauskaitė points out, when organisations think about working parents, they need to adopt a holistic approach and think about all the different family models and &nbsp;stages of child rearing. For example, a <a href="https://diversity.lt/kas-trecias-darbuotojas-renkasi-tarp-seimos-ir-karjeros/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recent study</a> published by the Lithuanian Diversity Charter found that one third of Lithuanians changed jobs after parental leave, mainly due to employer inflexibility. One in two employers did not ask returning employees about their changed needs, and a similar number did not offer flexible working hours. "This shows that there are problems in Lithuanian society, not only in terms of financial support for same-sex families, but also in employer-parent relations. It’s important to maintain a relationship with employees on parental leave. For example - at Vinted, we invite, but do not require participation in our various internal events. It’s also important to understand that the needs of working parents change, which is why we offer flexible working options and children's playrooms in our offices,"says Monika Kalinauskaitė.Evaluates the employer's position on human rights issuesAs Rugilė Trumpytė - head of the Lithuanian Diversity Charter - notes, employees themselves have recently come to expect a clear stance on various human rights issues from their current or future employers.&nbsp; "More and more people are choosing where to work carefully. In recent years, I have noticed a growing interest in social responsibility among employees. People are enquiring about their employer's stance on human rights issues and expecting them to be proactive. Businesses can create change without waiting for the law, and they have a lot of leverage. So I am glad that Vinted is showing leadership and making decisions not only for the well-being of heterosexuals, but also for the LGBT+ community," says Trumpytė.

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<h2 class="p1" style="text-align:center;">Vinted expands to Kaunas: starts hiring staff and will open an office</h2>Vinted, Europe's largest online peer-to-peer platform for second-hand fashion, is expanding to Kaunas. The company has more than 30+ open roles and will open a local office in the near future.&nbsp;“We have ambitious plans for Vinted’s expansion - our sustainable business model allows us to expand, based on our business needs, in these turbulent times. We invite the strong community of professionals in Kaunas’ technology sector to join us in our mission to make second-hand items the first choice worldwide. This year we are taking the first step here, and we are planning further expansion in Kaunas next year as well,” says Titas Norkūnas, Senior Director of Engineering at Vinted.

This year, Vinted plans to hire mainly engineering professionals in Kaunas - software engineers (backend, web, mobile, data, privacy, security, site reliability) and managers.&nbsp;The company already employs several dozen professionals from Kaunas, who will be able to choose whether they prefer to work from Vilniaus or the new Kaunas office, the details of which are currently being finalised. In Kaunas, as in other Vinted offices, the work will be on a hybrid basis."The hybrid working model has allowed us to continue to employ Kaunas residents to this day - the new local office will help us to better meet the needs of our colleagues. The new colleagues will not only help reach Vinted's mission but also work on solutions used by tens of millions of community members - opportunities to work with an audience of this size are still quite rare in our market," says Ieva Kuniejūtė, Director of Tech Talent Acquisition at Vinted.

Since the start of 2022, Vinted Group has employed more than 500 people and has more than 1,500 professionals working in the organisation. In addition to Lithuania, the company has offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Prague. Currently, Vinted has more than 70 open vacancies in engineering, data science, marketing and other fields in Lithuania alone.Vinted has more than 80 million registered members in 18 markets in Europe and North America.&nbsp;In March, Vinted presented the results of its first <a href="https://company.vinted.com/lt/sustainability" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">climate impact report.</a> The report, which was compiled in 2021 and 2022, shows that buying second-hand fashion goods through Vinted instead of buying new, demonstrated an emissions saving of 1.8 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (kgCO₂e) per item on average. This means that in 2021, the Vinted platform saved 453 kilo tonnes of CO₂e - roughly the same amount of carbon emissions generated by 275,000 flights between London and Los Angeles and back.

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