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A typical day includes reading and writing email, leading and attending meetings, participating in group initiatives, effectively managing time and priorities, and managing projects.

I learned many things - all of the skills listed above, to start. Technically, I learned many languages and technologies. I gained skills in working with other people, especially remotely. I became a better presenter and public speaker. My system for managing all the tasks and responsibilities that come my way has been honed and redeveloped countless times. I had endless opportunity to learn and participate in areas of the company that interested me the most. 

The workplace culture is exceptional - very accepting of all different walks of life. 

Expectations to perform are very high. E.g., failing to meet commitments may put your employment at risk. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is salary and benefits. The food is extraordinary, as Epic has a full culinary staff. Dozens of options in different cuisines are available every day. 

i've been here three months, and they've changed everything that they promised when i was hired, they pile stuff up on you and wonder why some stuff doesn't get done. Most people there are catty and live for drama and don't care who it hurts as long as they can spread gossip. the higher ups above the main level of supervisors don't listen to any input or opinion you have and if you don't say the right thing they want to hear they'll call you in for an "investigation". As a manager you aren't allowed to turn your phone off in case of emergency at your house, but when you take PTO or have the day flexed, it's not respected and you might as well be at work anyways. Other managers will step on you and make plans without consulting you even if it's your own house. any time you have a problem, most people will tell you "it's just the job and if you don't like it leave". in the span of three months i have had my own supervisor tell me twice to quit or move departments. 

Your experience relies too much on factors out of your control--the application you're assigned to and the Team Lead assigned to you. As a healthcare software company, they combine some of the perks of a tech company with the cons of a healthcare company. Without boundaries, you will be overworked. Very competitive culture. Starting at only 10 PTO days is not competitive in today's job market. Maxing out at 15 regardless of your tenure is even more insulting. You will be given the bare minimum holidays. Good luck visiting family and getting a yearly vacation, especially if family doesn't live in one of the 10 cities that Madison flies direct to. Pros are that most of your coworkers are really cool and fun to hang with. Just avoid the cultist groups and you could survive. Many companies that treat their employees with more respect. If you want to be valued in ways other than salary look elseware. Very, very corporate despite trying to put on the image of being a fun, quirky, young company. 

Managers and team leads are too over-whelmed with their own projects to really do a great job for you. The culture is almost cultic as people become obsessed with a mission that they do not truly understand and sacrifice family and beliefs to be a part of it. It is odd for an organization whose slogan is "Patient at the Heart". Stepping away, you finally see it from the outside, but when you are in it, it is all-consuming. For hard-workers, the compensation is great. However, make one mistake with the wrong upper manager, and look out, as it is extremely difficult to recover from it. The mark is permanently on your record. HR does not really care about employees, only preventing potential conflicts for the company that could lead to financial ramifications. 

Epic is a great company that offers a lot of perks to its employees. The campus is beautiful, there's great food offered at even better prices, and the work you do can be really meaningful. The people I worked with there were some of the more intelligent, creative, and hardworking people I've ever met. 

However, Epic wants you to put your job first. You need to set firm boundaries if you don't want to do that. There's no ability to work from home (despite the pandemic proving that their company wouldn't dissolve into the ground if people worked from home). Those with children can leave at 4:30 to in order to pick up kids from daycare. If you just want to work 8-4:30, no one will say you need to stay longer, but there is an expectation that you work 45+ hours. If you regularly log 40 and get all of your work done, you'll still get the side eye about why you're not taking on more projects. Maybe it's gotten better since I worked there, but I doubt it. 

Epic provides software to hospitals. This means that its software is both high-risk and widely used.

This means that there's an infinite amount of work to do. There are always fires to put out, dangerous bugs to fix, and important projects behind schedule. You'll be asked to put in 45-50 hours even outside of crunch weeks. You can't procrastinate either, because deadlines are measured in days. You'll be asked to measure out how much time you spend on every task, and your responses will be scrutinized.

On the upside, your direct superior(s) generally know exactly what you're going through. The food is great and heavily discounted. The campus is beautiful.

Monetarily, Epic pays well. It won't match your NYC or Silicon Valley salaries, but it's solid and stable (especially considering lower rent prices in Wisconsin).

Epic has a lot of very smart people, and their software generally work well. You can learn a lot there, and will have to learn a lot, but they don't value your time and will let you burn yourself out. Despite the work being almost entirely remote, it's only remote from the office, which compounds the issue of burn out by heaping commute on top of long hours.

Management is a roll of the dice; you might get a great team lead who wants to work with you, or you might get someone who only judges you and doesn't really offer support.

TS are assigned customers, so you have a good opportunity to build relationships with your customers. You will not be working a help desk taking calls from random customers, except during rotating after hours assignment (once every 1-2 years for me). 

Food is great and relatively cheap, campus is beautiful and fun (for a while).

Good learning experience for those new to the workforce. Very good compensation and benefits, especially for a first job. Willing to hire straight out of college. Meaningful work, chance to work with folks all over the country/world.

Extremely high/unreasonable expectations. No chance at work-life balance. Depending on the role, regular work outside of typical hours (e.g. 8pm-1am in addition to 9-5). Doesn't seem to care much about employee wellbeing. No substantial hybrid/remote work option at the time, despite 99% of daily work being online. 

I worked with some of my favorite people I've ever met while here. It is a fun and inclusive workplace, but also very demanding. My main point of criticism is upper management's reluctance to allow greater remote work flexibility, though that was never too much of a downside for me specifically. I know it was a much more relevant thing for many people I worked with who are more prone to get sick, who may have children, who are not as experienced with driving in extreme winter weather, etc., any other compelling reason why WFH flexibility would be nice.

There's a lot of turnover of new developers and QA personnel here, and it's not hard to see why - there's basically no work/life balance. 45 hours are seen as a minimum and you will get overloaded with work. Combine with unfocused training that doesn't prepare you for developing for your role, and unclear expectations overall, and it feels kind of like the company sets you up to fail sometimes. It's a shame that the working conditions are so strenuous because Epic does do good work.

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