This company ruined my career - Anonymous employee EPAM Systems Employee Review

1.0
Aug 16, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Initally i enjoyed working with them but slowly as i got to know about the management and system , i could not praise this company.

Cons

I was campus placed in this company and was very happy at that time. We were made huge promises that you are being given the best trainings and soon you will be mapped into projects. but that day never came and we were fired after undergoing one year training saying that we don't have have any projects for freshers. I was disheartened because having no real time experience other companies were not accepting us and when we went for interviews they served low package hearing that we were coming from epam. The market reputation was so low that whoever used to take our interview would laugh hearing that we came from epam. The package we were offered were not enough for survival in a city like hyderabad. Gradually we had to look for some other options. i just wasted my 1 year here and after that i went into depression . I wish i could have campus placed in some other company because no company whether they had projects or not did this to their employees , what epam did to us.

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EPAM Systems Response
7y
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We definitely empathize with your concern. Post acquisition, to align with new business model and eliminate redundancies, last year we had to take tough measures to ensure the organization is set on a new course. For campus hires, we initiated outplacement process, reached out to different companies who were looking for freshers. All interested associates were provided options to interview with at least 3 different companies and more than 70% of the campus hires got selected in different companies. We have re-initiated campus hiring with revamped hiring process where the individual has to go through 2 coding challenges, followed by group discussion, technical and HR interview. If you are interested to attempt, please reach out to me at Shashikanth_bondugula@epam.com.

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EPAM Systems Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience and your thoughts. We are glad you value the exposure to new technologies, our global scale and the opportunity to see our real-world impact firsthand. We are sorry to read about the more negative aspects of your experience, and we appreciate your candid feedback on where we can improve. Your insights are incredibly helpful. Furthermore, we take your comments about management behavior seriously as we strive to maintain a culture of transparency, integrity and respect. We would like to understand more about your specific experience so we can address these concerns. Please reach out to your HR People Partner or email us at Glassdoor@epam.com to continue this conversation confidentially. Thank you.
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