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      Epic

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      3.3

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (6,084 total reviews)
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      Judith R. Faulkner

      69% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.3

      Work/Life balance

      Epic has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,084 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Epic employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      6K reviews
      2.0
      Oct 11, 2017

      Good for resume, but takes advantage of inexperienced college grads

      Edi
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Looks great on your resume if you can stay 2 years, especially if you want to stay in the healthcare industry or become a consultant - Great way to learn about the healthcare industry - Amazing product IF implemented correctly - Medical insurance benefits can't be beat - Since almost everyone works from the Madison campus, it is a great way to network and meet incredibly smart and talented people

      Cons

      - Very unhealthy ranking system. They boast about having a very "flat" corporate ladder, however they give bonuses and raises based on some obscure ranking they do, leaving employees wondering why they didn't make as much as their friends. - (For developers) Very outdated code language. Pretty much no company knew about it when I started applying to other places. - Takes advantage of the fact that most of their new hires have never had a job before and makes them think that the perks (free juice and popcorn) are worth the workload (12+ hr work days, insane amount of travel, endless meetings). You can get SO much more at other companies. Which is why most people don't even stick it out 5 years for their sabbatical. - Company culture is horrible. For a company that gets criticized about hiring people straight out of college, they still treat their employees (of all ages) like children. Drinking is not allowed at any event - you can't even go to a random restaurant in Madison with Epic in the reservation name (ie: Epic club softball team) and order a bottle of wine. If you are caught having a drink with a client, you can get fired. This notion that Epic employees are irresponsible kids is extremely disrespectful...my friend even got a drink with the VP of the company, and he would not buy him a $3 beer. - They are religiously insensitive. You get a list of holidays to choose from to take a "flex" holiday and not a single one is a Jewish holiday. I asked HR if I could use my flex holiday so I could go home for Yom Kippur, and they said allowing this would be a slippery slope. So, I could take the Monday after Easter off, but not the most important Jewish holiday. - Wasted time in 2.5 hr staff meetings where the CEO reviews the same exact slides she reviewed the month before.

      4.0
      Sep 14, 2017

      Good first job, but move on fast!

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Great health, life, and dental insurance - High pay, with bonuses around 15% of your salary for project managers - Cool culture, you can wear what you want, get chocolates on your birthday, pie on pi day, etc. - Just a bunch of nerdy young adults, it's a great place to meet people from across the country straight of college - Lots of opportunity to travel

      Cons

      - Expect a lot of hours, 60 is considered average and there were months when I was doing 75 every week - Few vacation days (2 weeks for new hires, and then 3 weeks after you reach 2 years) - While the infrastructure is there, it can be difficult to give negative feedback successfully to higher ups - Most of the people you start with will quit within the first 18 months

      5.0
      Aug 20, 2017

      Epic was really awesome, I very much enjoyed my time there

      Software development team lead
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company doing good for the greater good - not creating value for shareholder nor increase its own cash. There is a calling for your day to day job, and you can easily tell the difference you are making, think about MyChart or CareEverywhere, as a patient I cannot tell how happy I am when my providers are using them for me. Take care of its people seriously - the benefit plan, the pay, the campus, and the career building thru various education and professional developments.

      Cons

      There is a price when your mission is critical - stress has always been one thing I am aware of working at Epic - no matter your role SD/QA/TS/IS, you are at some point feeling panic attack. The structure of the company is flat, to the point you have a lot of decisions to make on your own, trust me, it was never easy. I had to make calls on big projects' directions and actually regretted later - and they are the reality in the products now. Hard to maintain a healthy work/life balance if you care about your work - you are very likely to overwork yourself one way or another - and most Epic people do care so they end up putting more than 45 hours into their work week including myself.

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