The exciting stories of the new immigrants who have been absorbed into the high-tech industry

Israel is on the rise, which is perhaps why thousands of immigrants have been absorbed here in the past year without noise and ringing, who have been welcomed with open arms in the Israeli high-tech industry.

How do those who replaced the seat on the plane instead of the locomotive that is driving the Israeli economy forward feel?

Are they happy that they came to Israel?

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03/05/2022

Tuesday, 03 May 2022, 12:39 Updated: Wednesday, 04 May 2022, 17:52

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The war in Ukraine has once again made headlines over the issue of new immigrants, but it turns out that these continue to come continuously even when the winds in the world are calmer.

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In honor of Independence Day, we gathered some of the companies for which employing immigrants is part of the company's vision.

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Riverside

The story of the startup company Riverside began in Amsterdam during Operation Eitan.

"My brother and I felt frustrated that our Facebook was loaded with information that presented only one angle of the fight," says the company's founder, Nadav Keyson.

"We were looking for a solution that would present more perspectives and thus, we created an online debate platform."

After some changes and adjustments based on the feedback we heard from customers, in 2020 the Riverside platform was officially launched: a remote recording platform that allows any user to record high quality audio and video content identical to the studio.

The company has offices in New York and Amsterdam, and last August Nadav, the company's founder, founded it and also established an office in Tel Aviv. "I had a great life in Amsterdam, but as a Jew there is no place like Israel," Nadav adds.

Today, the company's offices in Tel Aviv employ about 52 workers, of whom 26 (!! 50%) are new immigrants. "For me, this is the perfect combination," says Ortal, an employee of a company that immigrated to Israel from South Africa. Mine and I am interested to hear where everyone comes from. "The

company has immigrants from France, Turkey, England, Belgium, etc." In my opinion, this is what makes the work culture interesting.

We all learn from each other and it definitely contributes to the openness between us, "she adds." We started teaching our employees from offices abroad some Israeli slang like 'Sabba' and 'Yalla' that we use automatically. I love that I get to be a part of Israeli culture every day. In his day and work in a diverse and family-friendly company that helps us all feel at home. "

Employees of the startup company Riverside.

From Amsterdam to Israel (Photo: Riverside)

Trullion

The connection of the startup company Trullion with new immigrants also begins from its earliest days.

The company, which developed an AI-based accounting platform for managing and automating financial workflows, was founded in 2019 by a pair of founders who each come from a completely different world:

.

The two connected with each other despite the great difference between them, managed to bridge the gaps and bring in more different employees to create a diverse work environment that makes the company unique not only in the technology it offers but also in the manpower that marches it forward.

The company currently employs 33 people in Israel, almost half of whom are new immigrants from various parts of the world.

The connection between the Israeli workers and the new immigrants has created an organizational culture and a special atmosphere in society, in which Israelis become an anchor and a source of help for the new immigrants, and help them adapt to the country.

"We have grown significantly in recent times, and we have also received many employees who are new immigrants. Thus, we found ourselves becoming a kind of small absorption office, helping them with everything they need - translation and explanations of things in Hebrew, where to rent an apartment, where to go and where it is most worthwhile. Eat? All of these things have been added to our absorption process and have become an integral part of it to give employees a feeling that they are not alone, "says Ganit Dekel, Human Resources Manager at Trullion.

"We are aware that reaching a foreign country alone is not an easy task, so we try to help them as much as possible, especially in non-work-related matters. We really feel that this bond solidifies employees and strengthens their ties with each other, which is very important to us in society. The difference makes the conduct of the company more interesting, and definitely affects the company's progress forward. "

Trollion Company: The connection between CEOs, one of whom is a new immigrant and the other is a graduate of 8200, gave birth to a company with half of its employees new immigrants (Photo: Ofer Hajib)

ATERA

The Israeli company ATERA has developed systems for managing, predicting and preventing computer system failures, thus enabling organizations to manage their work remotely and manage their computing needs regardless of the physical location of their employees.

The company has over 20%, about 40 employees, are new immigrants and immigrated to Israel from a variety of countries such as France, USA, South Africa and more.

, says: British Columbia "" in Vancouver, Canada, where I grew up.

I left Canada for Israel for several reasons: the perfect weather in the country, fun to be in the 20s and live in a city like Tel Aviv that never sleeps.

In addition, it was important for me to be close to my grandmothers and to vote here in the election.

Also, there are plenty of opportunities here in the job market, unlike in Vancouver.

I very much enjoy my current job at Atra because I feel there is full transparency with the management and at any given moment we know what the growth rate of the company is.

In addition, employees enjoy benefits and activities designed to improve their quality of life on a daily basis.

For example, we were given classes in a pampering gym near the offices which really improves our mood and fitness, lets us meet people from other staff outside of work, and it's just a fun way to start the week.

During my work in Batra I brought 2 more of my friends who are new immigrants, one from the US and one from South Africa, also to work for the company, and they are also very satisfied. I feel that life in Tel Aviv is not really cheap and very challenging - in Canada I did not need shelter for example I doubt I do not regret for a moment my choice to move to Israel in general and to Tel Aviv in particular. "

Adi Pick, replaced Vancouver, Canada with ATERA and the high cost of living in Tel Aviv, but enjoys every moment (Photo: ATERA)

Jubilee

Jubital is a type of grouping of exiles and has immigrants from a variety of countries who make up more than 30% of the company's employees.

"With how corny it sounds, we really act that way out of Zionism," says

of the company.

"We believe that the best way to connect the new immigrants to the country and help them assimilate in the best way, is to give them a real opportunity to work and succeed here.

We at Ubital win employees who bring with them different cultures and diverse workforce. "Filipino alongside Hebrew. Social ties are formed between the new immigrants and the natives of the country and in the end these are the things that cause the immigrants to take root here. They learn a lot from each other and I believe this has a huge impact on the company's DNA."

To recruit more new immigrants, the company is collaborating with a number of internship programs that equip new immigrants for development positions.

A large part of the interns also integrate into the company at the end of the internship.

Lior Klibansky, co-founder and CTO of Biobitl (Photo: Hadar Yoavian)

Gardennox

At Gardennox, about a third of the workers are immigrants who immigrated to Israel from a wide variety of countries at an earlier or later stage in their lives.

The fact that a large part of the company's employees were born abroad and experienced the feelings and challenges that accompany moving to a new country brings with it a sense of acceptance, security, understanding and relief for the immigrants joining the company

. I immigrated myself I can say that it is great to work at Gardennox, there are a lot of immigrants in the company, "says

." I remember that on my first day I was surprised by the number of immigrants working for the company.

Undoubtedly, the fact that the company employs a lot of people like me, made me feel part of the team in a faster and stronger way than in any other organization I have worked for. "Goldberg adds.

Paul Goldberg, immigrated from Scotland to Grandux in Israel (Photo: Gardennox)

CHEQ

The Israeli company CHEQ, has become a world leader in the field of Go-to-Market Security, when it develops systems that protect marketing and sales systems, websites, online commerce and data, from bots, fake users and scams.

The company has many employees who are new immigrants from a variety of countries around the world.

"We are proud to have a true heterogeneous team at CHEQ, and the employees who are new immigrants contribute a lot to it by bringing their unique culture."

"Toby Arbel," Vice President of Human Resources at CHEQ, "says.

"Making an aliyah is not easy, but I met good friends along the way who made everything simpler," says Ben Benoliel, a new immigrant from Brazil. "Working in Israeli high-tech, especially in a company that is a world leader, has special meaning for me. Made in Israel ", every time I see our brand somewhere in the world, I'm sure Israel's name is linked to the values ​​of innovation, leadership, and ultimately,

Ben Benoliel from CHEQ.

Immigrated from Brazil and thinks working in an Israeli company has special significance (Photo: CHEQ)

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