Hire and Fire company - System Engineer EPAM Systems Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Offers competitive pay, a flexible work-from-home policy, and excellent insurance and employee benefits.

Cons

After joining EPAM, employees must clear a client interview to secure a project. The company follows a "hire and fire" culture—many employees are recruited, but their future at EPAM depends on passing internal client interviews. I was laid off within a couple of months due to a lack of projects for my role. This was extremely frustrating—why hire employees if you don’t have work for them? Project exposure is not great. I can't comment on additional cons, as my experience was overshadowed by the layoff.

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EPAM Systems Response
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We understand your frustration with this situation. We take feedback from past employees seriously and aim to use reviews like yours to improve our business moving forward. Thank you for your contributions to EPAM while you were here. We wish you the best in the rest of your career.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting projects, high tech standards and internal knowledge sharing, and a rich representation of all possible Slavic accents.

Cons

Engineering-first culture results in obnoxiously fragmented internal tech platforms because errybody wants to build it themselves. Not a big deal, just engineers doing what engineers will do.

3.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- A lot of opportunities to learn and enhance your skills; - Clients are top companies, so you're exposed to the best experiences; - Great benefits and insurance.

Cons

- Pretty much all cons of working in corporate IT; - Company is definitely in a crisis as many executives decided to leave after decades of working; - Stock price dwindled significantly.

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