My first introduction to Allscripts was when they purchased the company I was working for. Right off the bat they allayed our concerns about the future of the product groups we worked for by lying. Later the then CEO Glen Tullman in an all hands meeting encouraged all the employees with awarded stock to not sell as the stock was going through the roof. That would be fine except public records showed the he shortly after sold a significant amount of his own shares. Like many companies, Allscripts frequently claimed that work-life balance was important. Their time demands proved otherwise. 80+ hour weeks were common and no credit or compensation given for salaried employees. There were many promises of reduced work load that never came to fruition. More personally, at one point I was asked to take on a significantly higher level or work and responsibility and the promised salary increase was later cancelled. Middle management did not support their employees to the point of lying to them and throwing them under the bus when their policies caused issues. If you are thinking "if it was so bad why did this person stay so long", I too ask myself that everyday. I actually had a "final straw" moment and decided to put in my resignation. I gave a months notice and management didn't attempt any knowledge transfer until the middle of my final week even though I was the subject matter expert for one of the applications I managed. I still consider leaving even before I had secured replacement employment the best career decision I have ever made.
