Epic Software Developer reviews

Epic’s company level policies are kind of a mess, and at times harmful and insulting. They’ve refused to give anything beyond the bare minimum in terms of remote work even though employees across the company have called for it and raised the alarm that it’s unsafe for us all to be on campus during a pandemic. Benefits are decent, but PTO is hard to come by—you get 10 days your first two years. That plus minimal remote work (5 days, or 10 half days, a year) makes it difficult to travel or visit home for the holidays. Diversity is extremely lacking, especially for devs. The company doesn’t seem to be taking any major steps to fix it either, and many people’s suggestions are being shot down and not taken seriously. It just doesn’t seem like diversity is a priority for Epic. That might not matter to everyone, but it mattered to me Epic tries really hard to make it seem like their employees are unique and “different” from other companies—there’s an attitude that the employees are what makes Epic special, and that you won’t find that anywhere else. I was scared to leave because I didn’t think I’d find coworkers like that anywhere else. However, that has absolutely NOT been the case—at my new job, my coworkers are equally gregarious, outgoing, intelligent, and have more time to cultivate lives outside of work. They’re even “cooler” than my coworkers at Epic were.

I put these in cons since someone who takes this job without knowing these could easily become unhappy down the road, but depending on your personality and interests several of these can easily become pros. As your career matures here, expectations of you will rise and responsibilities will slowly add up. The flip side of this is that even decent performers are rewarded and you won’t be bored. By the time you’ve worked for a team for 2-3 years, your technical knowledge will have only grown slightly, but your knowledge of some super specific aspect of the healthcare industry will skyrocket. Some people love this aspect, some hate it, some are just okay with it. It doesn’t really affect you if you aren’t going into some kind of healthcare consulting, but Epic has a non-compete which only makes it harder to find employment in that field after leaving (I see no upside for this one)