Epic reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(6,028 total reviews)
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Judith R. Faulkner

69% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

Epic has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,028 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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4.0
Mar 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Great work environment. Decent benefits. Very competitive starting salary. Everybody is smart and young. Lots and lots of training. You learn a lot of good best practices. Processes are really though out quite a bit although putting stuff in practice takes a while.

Cons

It's a bit of closed, dogmatic environment. Since everybody is hired straight out of college, all management has been there forever. Management is very flat so advancement can be difficult. Leaving Epic can be tough. You can't work for customers or consultants for a year. Can't work with the competition for two years. I've seen lots of kids leave because they couldn't handle the pressure or because they weren't up to the very demanding levels Epic sets. It's pity that the best source of jobs, customers, is closed for a year.

2.0
Feb 15, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

After working here for 5 years, you get a one-month sabbatical that Epic helps you pay for. Nice environment/building.

Cons

There's no opportunity for advancement aside from becoming a team leader. It's sort of a dead-end job. Also, I have no clue how they choose who they hire. Some people they hire are under qualified and I know for a fact that better people apply. They seem to turn away very qualified people and ask for employees to refer friends all the time but usually reject them in the long run.

4.0
Sep 27, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Starting pay is pretty good, at least for the technical roles. The non-technical roles start lower but seem to get much larger raises, but that may have something to do with a higher burnout rate. Company is very "flat" which has it's pros and cons. Management will listen to your ideas if they have merit. Want to teach a class? Go ahead. Have an idea for a new piece of software functionality? We'll listen to you.

Cons

They do not hire into management. You can work very long hours and no one will really care. You have to really self-advocate (i.e. say "no") in a company of 3000+ employees that's bigger than it realizes. The company's growth seems to be outpacing its ability to maintain good communication and organization between different groups. All the software works together, and it's important to know what the other guys are doing. This is not always possible. Technical team leads are often sorely lacking in people skills, and this is frustrating if like feedback when starting a new job. Mine has trouble giving me direct eye contact, he looks around the room from left to right when talking to me, which is a bit unnerving.

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