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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951 reviews
5.0
Mar 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

As a software developer, there are lots of opportunities to work on challenging, complex projects. It's a developer driven company (founder and all senior leadership) which makes this a pretty attractive place to be a programmer.

Cons

Sure, the hours can be long around deadlines, but that's no different than any other software company out there. The flat heirarchy means there aren't many people getting in your way, but also means you need to be driven and motivated to make the most of the opportunities.

5.0
Mar 12, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Brilliant co-workers with a hard working attitude. - Sabbatical every 5 years, (one-month vacation // air fare & hotel paid for by company) - Fun campus (slide, great art work, moat, 12 foot tall dragons, fully stocked armory, giant snake, life sized cat in the hat / Gandalf / Spiderman, bust of Yoda in the front lobby) - Awesome food! - Great opportunity to build skills outside of development.

Cons

- Work-life balance is tough during deadline pushes. - Never-ending pile of work to do. If you don't pace yourself, you can get burned out.

1.0
Jan 12, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None. I read others mentioned cafeteria and campus as pros but they are hardly matter before work/life balance. I am pretty sure most of the positive reviews are written by HR. I personally didn't meet one employee who was happy with his/her job. I really don't think any one will have enough time to write very long positive reviews unless they are from HR.

Cons

It was very bad experience. Leaving Epic was one of the best decisions of my life. I was not asked to leave. But I resigned on my own. I knew the technologies that are used are outdated before joining. So I can't blame Epic for it. But the work culture was very bad. I used to work 60-65 hours per week. But that was not enough for my team lead. Every Monday my lead used to assign me 8-10 issues. I was expected to finish all of them by next meeting. If they were duplicates and were easy to fix then fine. But if they took very long time to reproduce and find the cause then that was it. And most of the time they were like that(bad architecture and dirty code). Lead was not ready to listen to that. It was just the quantity that mattered and not the quality. I planned to stay only 6 months before I joined. But some how I stayed for almost an year. Now I spend more hours at my current job than what I used to spend at Epic. I love it and though no one asks me to. Future Employees: Do a favor yo yourself and find another job.

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