Epic reviews

They pay well, but they expect a lot; the hours and travel (depending on the position) can be very demanding and often don't allow for a good work-life balance. Most employees have the constant feeling of never being caught-up with their workload...it's a constant struggle of re-prioritizing to handle the biggest issue at the time. It's a work hard/play hard mentality, and I felt that sometimes the "work hard" aspect was not justified. It's very discouraging to be directed to put a lot of time and effort into something only to be told later that it wasn't actually necessary.

Your success and/or your happiness will depend largely on the team you're assigned to. Have a backup plan and know what you're getting into. The company will push you to work harder than you'll ever imagine possible. If you don't do that, they'll either make you miserable or fire you. Also, training mostly consists of reading A LOT of internal manuals, and taking an insane amount of tests. You'll be spending about 4-6 months training, and most of that will be useless outside the company. As a developer, you're only going to spend 10-20% coding if you can call it that. It's mostly documentation, reading manuals or understanding ridiculous workflows that you don't care about. Did I mention about the arcane tools? It's also useless outside the company. If you're not going to stay in Healthcare IT, please do yourself a favor and get a different job. Otherwise, you'll be stressed out or depressed for nothing, but $. Only take this job if you can't find anything else.