Thank you for your time and consideration in evaluating us as an employer. I apologize that our response to you felt unacceptably slow during one or more steps of our hiring process. I understand that this is frustrating. We are a team of software engineers, data scientists, and engineering managers collaborating on a daily basis to deliver mission-critical software systems & data science solutions to US-based manufacturers. For clarification about the pictures that you saw: As a distributed team, we find that meeting in person helps build company culture & improve collaboration, so we meet in person at a different international location at least once a year. Last month we met in Barcelona, Spain. Last year we met in Krakow, Poland. (I believe that these pictures from Krakow, Poland are the ones that you are referring to.) Next month two of our teams are meeting in Singapore. For further clarification: Our HQ is in Palo Alto, California, USA. There is no work being performed in Russia or China, and we have not gone to either of these countries for any of our company meetings. --Nick Allen Co-founder and CEO, Analytics Fire