Look, if you come work at Epic you will almost certainly be unhappy, unless for some reason you're into weird cults and despotism. Everything about Epic is designed around recruitment not retention. They do these mass hirings of recent college grads knowing that most people they hire won't be there after a year or two. In fact Epic hasn't been growing for a long time. They are just hiring people to replace the people who got sick of it and quit. They give the bare minimum vacation and holidays. You don't get the day after thanksgiving off and you have to work a half day on Christmas eve. They had no parental leave policy for a long time and when they finally did implement one, it's so weak it's basically a joke. Even the campus itself is simply to lure you in, but once you've been there for a month it's just background noise. But if colorful carpets and weird junk glued to the walls is enough to make you stay at a terrible job then maybe you would be a good fit at Epic.
Much like the monarchies of old Europe, Epic is run according to the doctrine of absolute power. The CEO runs Epic with an iron fist and whatever she personally wants becomes the law of the land. Sure Louis XIV will give you a small broom closet in the overly opulent Versailles palace, but all that is demanded in return is complete undying loyalty. Any form of dissent will be met with swiftly and you will be looking for another job.
Epic has a long history of treating employees badly. At one point they decided that they didn't want to pay some of their employees overtime despite the fact that they obviously qualified for it. Epic even went all the way to the Supreme Court to screw over workers all across America simply to avoid paying people for the hours they worked. See Epic Systems v. Lewis for further clarification.
Epic has an extremely restrictive and legally dubious non compete. They don't try to enforce this through the court system because they know it wouldn't hold up. Instead they simply strong arm hospitals and consulting companies not to hire ex epic employees until your non compete is up.
Epic has currently decided that having employees be physically present at the office is their new hill to die on. Yes 150,000+ Americans have lost their lives in a once in a lifetime global pandemic, but Epic isn't particularly concerned about that. It is more important for upper management to roam the halls and see butts in seats than care whether people get sick and die. Epic has been called out by the media and local public health authorities but they continue to lie, play dumb, and generally disregard all warnings and regulations.
This company also loves to gaslight you and make you think you're crazy. This is a hallmark behavior of all successful cults. If Epic was the Titanic and the CEO steered the ship right into a giant iceberg, a normal person might encourage people to get in the lifeboats. Epic would tell everyone to go back into steerage and keep cranking out code, testing, and customer support until your fingers bleed. Then they would send you an email telling you not to worry about the ever rising water levels, in fact did you know that water is necessary for survival? Please be thankful for all the extra water Epic is providing for you free of charge.
