Epic Software Developer reviews

Long hours are expected of you, although not "officially" demanded, although I've heard of people having complaints they didn't work long enough hours (at 40), I didn't experience this. My complaint is with the "team" I was working with, which consisted of separate people working independently non stop. I have very little time out of my office, and in my office I see nobody or even get checked on to see what I was up to. I just work and see my TL once a week for around 20 minutes. He gives me assignments and asks about progress. I'm pretty social for a developer, other people might not mind this. I also feel like being an intruder in a cult. Looking as an outsider, people are obsessed with their jobs and very driven. It feels alienating to be in a company surrounded by people who fall into either that category, or the people who want to leave.

- Dealing with demanding customers can be very difficult - Most of the company still uses VB for front-end development (increasingly C#/ASP.Net is being used). Backend is completely done in an obscure environment called 'cache' (language is called "M"). So the Developers get less and less marketable skills. - Review system is still "Closed" (i.e you do not know what your review was - All you see is some increase in your salary at the end of the year). - Sometimes the company feels like a "cult"