South Ural's Uvelka Ranks Fifth in Russia's Best Employers Rating
The South Ural enterprise Uvelka (LLC Resource) continues to strengthen its position as a significant player in the agricultural sector and a strong HR brand: the company made it into the top five in the hh.ru employer rating for 2025 among companies with up to 1000 employees and became the absolute leader in the Chelyabinsk region.
Uvelka is one of the largest producers of cereals in the country. The company actively uses modern grain processing technologies and is well-versed in the benefits of grain products. The enterprise produces tasty and well-known hearty porridges, flakes, homemade side dishes, and other everyday products — from familiar classics to modern formats, including superfood category products. The holding has firmly established a reputation as a reliable employer, ready to provide employees with stability in life, career growth prospects, comfortable working conditions, and decent income.
The hh.ru Employer Rating: What It Is and How It«s Evaluated
The hh.ru Employer Rating of Russia is one of the main and authoritative labor market reviews. It helps to understand which companies create conditions for professional growth and invest in people«s development. Based on a comprehensive methodology, the rating highlights companies that systematically invest in their team and form an environment for success. The assessment is built on four criteria: HR specialists, surveys of current and former employees, and voting by job seekers.
In 2025, 1792 finalists from 69 regions and 41 industries participated in the rating, and companies received over 692 thousand votes from job seekers. Enterprises were divided into four categories by staff size: largest — from 5001 employees, large — 1001–5000, medium — 251–1000, and small — 100–250.
Uvelka«s Positions in the Rating
In the all-Russian rating, the South Ural enterprise showed a steady result — 117.96 points, which allowed it to enter the top five leaders across Russia and top-1 in the Chelyabinsk region in the agricultural sector in its staff size category.
Why Did Uvelka Show High Results? Personnel Work and Employee Development
Resource LLC, which produces goods under the Uvelka brand, views personnel development as one of the key elements of business sustainability. The South Ural enterprise works with various specialists — both experienced professionals and those just starting their careers are welcome here. For newcomers, there is a mentoring program: there is always a more experienced colleague nearby who helps to understand the processes and settle into the workplace faster.
The company cooperates with educational institutions, accepts students for internships, and gives them the opportunity to stay and work after graduation.
Support and Benefits for Employees
The enterprise takes care of its team — at Uvelka (LLC Resource), there is a well-thought-out system of social support. Employees are provided with voluntary health insurance (VHI) — it also extends to family members, and accident insurance is issued.
The company helps take care of health and provides reasonable rest: health resort vouchers are available for the Urals and other regions of Russia, including the Black Sea coast, and for employees« children — vouchers to health camps, and for excellent studies and achievements — »Pride of Uvelka« gifts.
There is also partial compensation of mortgage interest and the possibility of obtaining an interest-free loan. For those who love an active lifestyle, sports activities are compensated or free access to sports complexes and a swimming pool is provided. Training and professional development also occur at the employer«s expense.
Comfortable Conditions and Corporate Life
For the convenience of staff, transportation to work is organized by company transport, and free meals are provided in the canteen. Out-of-town employees are helped with housing — they are provided with a company apartment or compensated for rent, and when relocating, they receive a relocation allowance.
The company has a rich corporate life. Employees participate in KVN (a popular humorous TV game), go on excursions, to water parks, sports events, and hockey matches, and take part in tournaments. The best performers are rewarded with family trips across Russia — including to Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Uvelka actively participates in charity and supports the urban community. One of the company«s significant projects is the »Professionalitet« program aimed at supporting students. It includes the provision of state-funded places, paid internships, and scholarships. The company also actively invests in creating a comfortable urban environment. An example of this is the reconstruction of the »Forest Fairy Tale« camp and Sovetskoy Armii Street, where bins, benches, and modern lighting poles were installed. A special gift for the residents of Yuzhnouralsk was the performance of the popular rock band RADIO TAPOK at the City Day celebration.
Finding a job in a company where people are treated with attention and respect is real. You can view open vacancies and submit an application on the Uvelka website. And in the career group on VKontakte, the enterprise shares a lot of interesting things about internal and corporate life.
LLC Resource,
Chelyabinsk region, Uvelsky settlement, Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, 59;
Personnel department:
tel.: (351) 21-15-000 (ext. 756), +7 912 89-16-351;
vk.com/uvelka.
