Ukraine Stance by U.S. Tech Firm Epam Sparks Internal Dissension
- Epam Systems has 14,000 employees in Ukraine, others in Russia
- Contractor says his network access was blocked after critique
Epam Systems CEO Arkady Dobkin
Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg
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Tension over the conflict in Ukraine -- and the role U.S. companies should play in opposing Russia’s invasion -- is playing out within Epam Systems Inc., a Pennsylvania-based company with a large work force in Ukraine.
Dozens of current and former Epam employees sharply criticized a LinkedIn post from the company’s chief executive officer, Arkadiy Dobkin, that vowed support for Ukraine but didn’t mention or condemn Russia’s actions. Dobkin was lambasted on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.