Epic reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(6,032 total reviews)
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Judith R. Faulkner

69% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Epic has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,032 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Epic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Sep 13, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I worked at Epic straight out of college. During my time there I was miserable, but in retrospect the experience was unmatched. I became a rockstar at my next job (totally unrelated to heathcare) immediately because of the level of work I was required to do at Epic. I am now a consultant at a big firm and making six figures, something that I would not have been able to do without my experience at Epic

Cons

I pretty much agree with everything everyone else said. Terrible management, a contest for who works the most hours, your standing and projects depend on the quality of your TL. I think my biggest problem that I didn't see mentioned above is the commitment to multiple clients. Epic sets the expectation with the customer what you will be there for them all the time, but its just not possible it you have multiple clients all across the country. I was told over and over that I would have to learn that 70% done is good enough. I don't think that's fair when your clients are spending millions of dollars to install a business critical system.

4.0
Sep 13, 2012

Epic PM Saary

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work and get some experience managing projects.

Cons

Long hours for PM especially right now ith the economy.

1.0
Sep 11, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay (only increased recently after a number of employees left the company), good benefits and nothing more.

Cons

Very bad work life balance. Basically, they want you to program in Mumps because that is what the system is built on. However much you slog and work hard, once you decide to leave the company, you are pretty much done. Just forget about working for any other customer of Epic. They have these stupid non-compete agreements and secretly enforce them and prevent any clients from hiring you. You work in a packaged world and when you come out, you will have to work extra hard trying to adapt to working in other technologies that are not relevant. Just take your talents some where else and utilize them properly. You can however still get into the Epic world (if only about money) by trying to get into healthcare IT who have Epic software and slowly entering into the Epic implementations by taking certifications. Here again, if you take certifications with one employer, you cannot jump to another employer easily, otherwise, Epic will 'blacklist' you. Stay away if you can. My colleagues are struggling to get out but they have to consider getting other employment once they come out. Some are on H-1B visas since Epic only sponsors in EB-3 so that you are stuck here for the next 20 years and slog here without any future outside.

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