Epic Software Developer reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(950 total reviews)
avatar

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 950 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).

Reviews by job title

950 reviews
1.0
Feb 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice campus but you have no time to enjoy

Cons

Terrible management. Many team leads don't even know what they are talking about! Horrible work and life balance. If you work on Saturday once, you will be asked to work on Sunday as well. Out dated technology. Your experience means nothing!!

2.0
Jan 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Smart, friendly coworkers who are good at getting things done - Developer-oriented workplace - Great meals that are highly discounted (although not free) - Cool campus with lots of art - Great on a resume, especially if you stay in the Madison area

Cons

- Many strict, inflexible processes. Deadlines were automatically set as soon as you started working on something, and you had to talk to a team lead to change them. I was on a big team; I think some of the small teams were better. - Fairly long hours, and before deadlines all developers had to stay till 9 pm some nights regardless of what work they had to do. - Long commute if you want to live near Madison itself. - Outdated technology. I didn't mind Mumps, but VB6 is terrible. Hopefully they've made progress on the transition to C#.

4.0
Jan 18, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The coworkers are fantastic. I can count on people I work with to be smart and good at their jobs and to help me when I need it. I feel like what I work on makes a real difference in people's lives, helping doctors and nurses take better care of patients. Overall, the company is ethical in its dealings with customers and generous with charities. The compensation is generous. Upper management communicates at length with employees in monthly staff meetings, so you know more about what's going on than you would at many companies. It is privately owned, so you can be confident things won't change abruptly in unpredictable ways due to acquisition, merger, or generally stockholder pressure. Epic is a process based company, and the processes have logic behind them.

Cons

The form opinions about people quickly, and it can be hard to change them. The flat hierarchy is good for many things, but "advancement" in terms of higher titles and more official authority are frequently unavailable. If you get a less experienced manager (which can easily happen), you need to help him or her manage you or you can end up with too much work, and I see plenty of younger employees who struggle with this. Internal development management tools are awkward, and improvement of them isn't a high enough priority.

Viewing 895 - 897 of 950 Reviews

Glassdoor has 6,303 Epic reviews submitted anonymously by Epic employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Epic is right for you.