Great Salary and Benefits, But lack of transferrable skill sets to apply to other industries
Pros
Great starting salary and benefits for recent college graduates Smart young workforce so working here in many ways can mimic an undergraduate type environment Beautiful campus, Great cafeteria, privates offices for workers, certification classes for employees ***On the surface Epic is a wonderful environment to work in. You are able to bond quickly and build meaningful relationships with young people going through the same college to real life transition that you are. In addition new project coordinators are given ownership of software implementation typically a few months in so you are able to get your feet wet as soon as you finish certification and other project management related coursework.
Cons
**** The expectations HR sets when recruiting students from college campuses in many ways is misleading. First of all, the skills you gain from being a consultant at Epic are not going to be highly transferrable to any other type of job outside of Epic Software consulting. ****Extremely high turnover rate **** Lack of diversity **** The formal mentorship and module assignments (some theorized its based loosely on majors) are random. Its really up to you to create meaningful professional relationships with more seasoned employees and new hires. My mentor was absolutely useless as she was too busy working to be of much help or make herself available. Some mentors have been working at Epic only a few more months that their mentees in extreme cases. I would caution any recent graduates considering working at Epic to really think long and hard about the careers they want to build for themselves, and the industry they see themselves ending up in. If you have a liberal arts background and you aren't completely sold on working at a midwestern software company for the next few years or being an independent software consultant. I would definitely not recommend taking this kind of job, don't be swayed by the the nice salary and benefits. It is far better to work your way up to the type of career you want to have in another industry than selling out this early in the game for a paycheck.
