EPAM Systems software developer transported its employees from Belarus and Russia to Uzbekistan. Forbes told about this forbes two local entrepreneurs and confirmed one of EPAM employees, who moved to Uzbekistan, as well as one of the Russian investors, which is located there.
According to investors, we are talking about several hundred people.
“We have about 600 people in a common Chatka for Uzbekistan, so, most likely, [EPAM transported to Uzbekistan] to a thousand [employees],” says one of the company’s employees.
One of the local entrepreneurs claims that hotels in the country are clogged, and 80% of people who moved from Russia and Belarus to Uzbekistan – “Epamentsy”.
Representative of EPAM Sofia Odintova informed the publication that the company is not ready to provide a comment on the relocation of its employees in Uzbekistan.
One of EPAM employees, which is now in Uzbekistan, says that the company helped with relocation – “and financially and with a search for aircraft and housing.” According to him, the company pays flight for an employee and his family, accommodation and daily costs in the first month.
“This is available for all employees who want,” he says. In addition to Uzbekistan, from his words, the developer offers employees a relapse even about 10 countries. Among the popular directions of the relocation of EPAM employees also Georgia and Armenia, he notes.
Decision to leave Russia EPAM reported in early April.
“Epam Systems announces the start of the process of termination of its activities in Russia. This decision followed the previous statement on the termination of the service of Russian customers,” then the company was noted, linking the decision with Russia’s war in Ukraine. At the same time, the developer said that he had already started the relocation of his Russian employees to other countries, but did not report what kind of.
President Shavkat Mirziyev at the meeting on April 14 reported that since the beginning of the year about 3,000 foreign IT specialists arrived in the country. He instructed to turn Uzbekistan to the Regional IT Center.