Epic Project Manager/Implementation Consultant reviews

- 60% of management gets there by being good in the software or kissing up to someone higher up. Neither means they are a good manager. - No long term career trajectory in my area. If you want to move up in the company to a VP or C-level, there is clear favoritism for developers - Work/life balance is terrible. You need to have a very supportive significant other in order to keep your relationship going. - You have to live in Madison, even if you are on the road 75 - 100% of the time. Frequently people would call into meetings from home or their office because it takes 20 minutes to trek anywhere. For a tech company, this rule is surprisingly archaic with the amount of teleconferencing we have now. The two bullet points above are the main reasons why I did not go back. My entrepreneurial endeavors ended <1 year after I left, and I seriously considered going back to Epic. However, the improvement in my mental and physical well-being could not be ignored, as well as other job opportunities that had equal or better pay and for 40 hrs a week. If I were to pull those hours again and for less money than I'm making now, the job better be something I was passionate about.

- Workload is immense. Average Epic employee probably accounts for 2-2.5 FTE at other places - Very little time carved out to manage people. Managers just get that added to their plates on top of everything else. This means that you don't get enough time with your manager and the performance review process is a joke. - If you're not good at saying 'No' and managing your plate, you will likely get burned out quickly. - Leadership feels that they can replace anyone with new college grads - Lower than market value pay for experienced staff