Epic reviews

-As I get older and the company gets larger, the percentage of the company that is in my age range is getting smaller and smaller. Sometimes I feel like I am prolonging a dissertation into a third decade while wandering up Bascom Hill among a sea of freshmen. -Scope creep is a significant vulnerability when application IS, tech services, PC/Client TS, Server TS, and development work very closely in an environment that integrates many different user groups/workflows/products. -Your team leader may very well be a micromanager, and it might take a while for that to be whittled away -Your team leader may overreact to the micromanagement of others, and end up not giving you sufficient feedback for you to know they do recognize your successes, and give guidance in the areas that you can grow. -If you are a team leader, chances are that you will either micromanage members of the team, or give them insufficient feedback. -If you are a team leader, sooner or later a member of your team will leave Epic(or perhaps several over time), leaving you to wonder if you've micromanaged them, or not given them enough feedback. And you'll wonder if anonymous reviews of Epic mentioning middle management were written with you in mind.

No respect for employees; all seen as expendable, 20-25% fired per year. Only response to customer complaints is to fire people, then hire unexperienced replacements. 55+ hours minimum expected of TS; only measure of work quality is number of hours. Employment agreement precludes working in software for one year after they fire you. Team leads clueless; completely inconsistent styles of "management"; no consensus. Emphasis on being family-friendly is two-faced; if you take time off for family matters you'll probably get fired for it. No support for growing as an employee or in career; only support for working more hours. No emphasis on spending time for employee development, only for taking on more tasks for which you are not prepared. Training is a joke and does not address what will be needed to work with customers, nor what it will take to support an Epic application. Only employees to use the cafeteria are new hires; once training is over you might have time to get a meal 'to-go', but plan to make that time up after hours. No telecommute allowed, even if a blizzard hits and your street is unplowed all day (you'll have to take vacation time). Most employees are in shared offices despite promises to the contrary. The work environment is not open or cooperative, as everyone is in their tiny offices, with their doors closed, stressing about how not to get fired (or divorced, should they be unfortunate enough to have a family at home wondering if they'll ever come home).