Epic Software Developer reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(951 total reviews)
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Judith R. Faulkner

75% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated Epic with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 951 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Epic is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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2.0
May 16, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The best thing about Epic is the campus - but you probably already know about that. There is a lot of challenging work (though whether it's interesting work is another story) and it's quite easy to change teams or roles if you decide to do so. The pay and the benefits are quite nice and you'll be able to save a lot more than if you worked in California.

Cons

If you go work here, be aware that you won't be helping your career at all. Yes, the main language in use is MUMPS, and yes, it is as horrible as you think. The technology stack is a nightmare and things like SVN and Visual Basic work against you rather than with you. Additionally, Epic uses a slew of custom-made internal tools which break on a weekly basis and bring your work to a halt. And your knowledge of these tools is completely useless after you leave. The company advertises itself as being casual but in reality people are constantly stressed about deadlines and code breaking in production scenarios. A lot of people ended up working longer and longer hours so that they don't fall behind. The constant breakage of internal tools didn't help get our work done in time.

3.0
Apr 20, 2017

Okay-ish experience

Recommend
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Pros

- Very good compensation for fresh college graduates and Madison is relatively cheap - Get to work with a lot of smart and competent people - Good work/life balance, but this depends on your team and your TL

Cons

- Really old and outdated technology - Work can be boring. Everything moves slowly due to a lot of processes and overheads

4.0
Apr 19, 2017

Great Coworkers, Weird Company

Recommend
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Pros

On one of the smaller teams with one of the newer applications, there was sort of a feeling of being a small company within a huge company, which I enjoyed. I loved my team. I felt like everyone around me was competent and knew their stuff, and they were all both helpful and friendly. After leaving the company a few years ago, several of my friendships survived despite moving out of state, and I'm very glad to have met them. My boss was fantastic. Not everyone's is, but I've heard mostly good things about other bosses too. Becoming a functional area expert was pretty neat--knowing my piece well and how it interlinked with everyone else's work. The flattened hierarchy where everyone should feel comfortable reaching out to everyone else made for a pretty good environment. Food is delicious, and walking around campus is pretty nice.

Cons

There's no getting around the fact that the large auditoriums and mandatory monthly meetings have this cult-like, megachurch vibe to it. It isn't helped by the fact that people talk about "Epic Culture" and "What it means to be Epic". It's cool if you're crazy about team spirit, but overall pretty weird. There becomes this strange spectrum that hovers around 3 groups: Kool-Aid Drinkers, the Just Here to Work, and the Constantly Cringing. They pretty much have a policy of push as much work onto a person as they can until that person learns to say No. My boss respected my no, but it took me almost 2 years of 55+ hour weeks to learn that I could say that. After that, I stuck to 40-45 hours/week 90% of the time. The level of feedback wasn't that present so I spent a lot of time spinning around in imposter syndrome until I realized I was doing fine. A lot of the technologies are outdated or specific to Epic, which is unfortunate. They're doing their best to update, but as a large company, it's difficult for them to navigate transitioning to better tech with all the demands of satisfying so many customers.

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