EPAM Systems reviews

EPAM is not a product based company and lacks internal projects, primarily engaging in body shopping. The company places high demands on employees who are on bench, often making them feel marginalized. Securing project assignments can be difficult and sometimes seems arbitrary. Employee on bench are expected to have board skill set. Then company encourages participation in incubation programs and expects employees to include this experience on their resumes. The hiring process at EPAM is rigorous, consisting of approximately 1.5 hours for two technical interviews respectively. Once hired, employees must undergo another extensive interview process, often facing rejection despite good performance. Even after passing the internal project interview, candidates must clear a client round. It is not uncommon for employees to remain on the bench for over three months. Potential candidates should consider these factors carefully before joining. While EPAM offers certain benefits, many projects do not extend beyond two years, with reports of projects being ramped down within 1 to 1.5 years being common. And once project is ramped down again you have go through internal interview process, incubation and client rounds. If you failed there (even after giving your best performance in previous projects and in internal projects) management will assign you some incubation programs and if you still face rejections then management will ask you to put down the papers in few months time.

I saw you have worked at EPAM Anywhere. I am currently looking for a new role and interested in careers at EPAM so can you brief me about your experience there? In terms of growth, opportunities, culture, etc.? Vladislav Krushenitskii sent the following messages at 10:34 PM View Vladislav’s profileVladislav Krushenitskii Vladislav Krushenitskii 10:34 PM I worked at Epam initially from Russia, and the first 6 months were fine. I was promised the opportunity to relocate wherever I wanted and the chance to undergo assessment and grow. But then the war between Russia and Ukraine started, and Epam began relocating employees to different locations and hiring new ones - those who wanted to leave. Everything seemed fine until I moved to Turkey to work at the Epam office there. I worked at Epam Anywhere for 2 years, and throughout that time, I was only told that the opportunity to undergo knowledge assessment and move up to a new role was frozen. To do this, you have to take an exam, but since the company relocated everyone, they closed this opportunity. It's still closed to this day; only selected individuals and those who have been with the company for 5 years or more can take it. Also, nobody raised my salary for 2 years, and the possibility of a raise was also frozen. Moreover, when I changed the country from which I continued to work for them and started asking for some kind of salary reassessment, they said that because you work from a new country, you are considered a new employee, so you have to wait for about another year. In general, there were no opportunities there, and I didn't like the company. Currently, the company is laying off employees and hiring in India and Latin America to save money.