Nov 14, 2009
Epic reviews
3.3
52% would recommend to a friend
Judith R. Faulkner
69% approve of CEO
75% positive business outlook
Epic has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,062 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 Tecnologia da informação industry (3.9 stars).
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2.0
Jul 25, 2009
Recommend
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Pros
Training at Epic is pretty comprehensive - they offer some very interesting class. You will get trained in the technical aspects of your application, but not in how to actually do your job, though. The health plan is fantastic. There is much opportunity to learn and become specialized in a certain area. The campus is appealing, but you will spend a majority of your time cloistered in a small office.
Cons
This job really burned me out. I spent a majority of my days living in fear. Mentors are people who've put in long hours and have technical expertise - not people who can actually coach and mentor. Furthermore, my "boss" was someone I saw every couple weeks and hence did not develop a close relationship with. My day-to-day tasks were supervised by another overworked employee who had little time to coach me. I consistently felt horrible about myself - my personal life became a disaster and I let my health go. Salary is nice, but the company makes you put everything on your personal credit card when you travel, then wait a month for reimbursement. There is no time for professional development once you start working with a client. Expect to work long hours and weekends. Don't expect to get recognized for your work. Overall, it was a learning experience but I wouldn't say "great first job out of college." I got out after 7 months and am now piecing my life back together. Find work at another company -- although people who work in HR seem to have it pretty good.
2.0
Mar 18, 2009
Recommend
Business Outlook
Pros
The compensation at Epic is excellent. We are definitely paid above industry average, given our level of experience. Raises are excellent as well - pay goes up very quickly. Bonuses are good as well. Benefits are also very good. There is a 4 week paid sabbatical to other countries after you've been their for 5 years, in addition to vacation. Besides compensation & benefits, the job is very challenging and interesting at first. Epic provides a lot of training, but healthcare is a very complex industry to learn about. This leads to a steep, but challenging learning curve, in a good way. Also, Epic doesn't micro-manage its employees' daily activities. This can be very good as you have a lot freedom to get the job done in the way you see fit. You do have a mentor on projects, but are not tightly controlled in most aspects of daily work.
Cons
The stress of the project management job wears you down over time. While 80 hour work weeks are uncommon except at go-lives (despite what other reviews may say), 60 hour work weeks are common when traveling (only around 45-50 hours/week while in the office). The travel itself is draining as you're constantly in different places and usually not very exciting parts of the country. Besides stress, the job just becomes boring over time. Career advancement at Epic is almost non-existent. After the first few years of learning what to do, you're essentially doing the same thing over and over at different customers. It is also difficult to transition to other applications or roles. The software itself is overly complex, which leads to very long implementations with many issues arising. Development to improve some issues can be slow. Also, you encounter the same problems at many customers, which is incredibly frustrating. Top management is too centralized and they will not farm out any decisions. This may have worked in a company of 250 people, but does not work with 3300 people.
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