Epic reviews

The culture here used to be something I loved and was proud to discuss with friends and family. They have always pushed employees far too hard, but as an overachiever, I sometimes found fulfillment through this. The serendipitous campus and collaborative paradigm has fostered a lot of really positive work relationships in the past. I also used to be proud of the "feedback culture" the company fosters encouraging delivering feedback and honing your feedback delivery skills. However, in the past year and a half, the culture has only ever been used as a weapon against employees. And when the culture is as pervasive as it is here, that rots your day to day life very quickly and thoroughly to the core. When the Black Lives Matter movement re-surged earlier this year, I received both direct and indirect threats from people at this company to not discuss my disappointments with the company's response openly or take actions to publicly push for change. Instead, the company created a mysterious email list (that has not been explained in slightly more detail) to send any complaints or suggestions for improvement and that was the only acceptable to voice concern. The same has now happened with concerns over the company's push to return 10,000 employees back to campus. You are expected to only email a particular list with concerns and you risk being demoted if you push back or escalate your concerns too far. All of the parts of the culture that I previously appreciated are now being touted at employees as upper management silences dissenting opinions in whatever way they see fit this week. We are told to share feedback - but no, only to an email list that you may or may not get a response from. We are told to collaborate and serendipitously work with others - but no, we don't trust that can happen virtually. We are told to support decisions once they are made - but no, you don't get to hear details about how decisions you disagree with were made. Overall, this company has a lot of things I have enjoyed over the years. However, the culture is strong and in the worst way possible right now souring everything I previously found positive.

The company culture is absurd. It's all about "geek chic", but it is not genuine. Your TL doesn't care about your workload or support, only about getting you certified as it leads to a bonus for them. TLs also have no support in management training, they have no people skills, and are some of the worst managers I have ever encountered. You're paid a decent amount for straight out of college. This amount, however, only makes you "Wisconsin Rich." Literally during the interview when I was offered the job, HR told me that the amount was lower than the company's counterparts because Epic is located in rural Wisconsin. This makes no sense though as Verona and Madison cost of living is rising because of Epic money being infused in their economies. The turnover rate is ridiculous, but they pretend it isn't as high as you see for yourself. Also, when you leave Wisconsin to go on a vacation: money is money. The hours and travel you have to put in, and are demanded you put in, leave no time for family or a social life. When traveling everyone works at hospital all day, then has a quick dinner and returns to the hotel to work until 1am, rinse and repeat until you leave straight from hospital to the airport. Only to get home after 11pm, and return to work for a 8am team meeting the next morning. Burnout is real, and it happens so quick. There has yet to be a team on go-live that has been with the customer since the beginning; it doesn't happen, EVER. I saw my male counterpart break down crying because he was so stressed, exhausted, and had no support; he'd been at the company for almost 3 years and admitted it doesn't get better. I resigned shortly after this instance. It's not worth it. Run, do not walk, away from this company. I promise you will regret accepting this job.