Epic reviews

1) Doing quality work will not be appreciated. They value quantity over quality by a clear mile margin. Even the best developer in terms of quality (always been praised by team members due to his perfect project quality still got fired due to 'lack of productivity'). THIS IS IMPORTANT: Unless you are a mindless working machine that can work without taking pride of your work (you don't feel bad when you submit your code without compiling or testing), please do not come or you will know your fate. 2) The testers of your program are most likely clueless about what they are supposed to test. So expect to get random negative feedback/more works from them although it's not even related with you. Good luck with that, developers! you got overpaid to do that! 3) Your team leader never feels that you have enough work to do. So you will be assigned more and more... until you cannot finish your project and you get fired. Too bad.. 4) Wait... my project just got cancelled?!? oh sorry your team leader forgot to check whether the project has been approved or not before assigning it to you. Well at least you got over-paid for doing nothing (wait.. is this supposed to be a pro?). 5) All of the above are lies... haha got you! 6) Please ignore the fifth statement. This is real world, the first four are true.

Where do I start? They make the interview process out to be like you're fighting to get into some limited spot or top position, though they hire hundreds at a time. Epic will hire almost anyone with a high GPA who is under the age of 25, regardless of major. Why? Because it doesn't matter what you know -- they really just want young people fresh out of college willing to do almost anything for a job. An incredible amount is demanded of them, and this leads to burnout and resentment. The younger employees aren't exploited because they are stupid -- they are exploited because they are young and nervous about the job market, and because they have been manipulated into thinking that Epic is what it's not. I rarely worked less than 60 hours a week. If you're supporting a hospital software go-live, you can expect to work 12-hour shifts (day and/or night) for a week straight, logging around 80-100 hours a week. I did not actually get to know most of my Epic colleagues until I gave my mandatory one-month's notice and spent 4 straight weeks in the Wisconsin office. Unsurprisingly, Epic has a ridiculously high turnover rate. When I worked there in 2006 they were pushing 2500 people, but no one really stays for much more than a year (I didn't).