Epic Software Developer reviews

3.3

48% would recommend to a friend

(953 total reviews)
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Judith R. Faulkner

77% approve of CEO

82% positive business outlook

Software Engineer/Developer employees have rated Epic with 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 953 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Epic is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3.0
Apr 20, 2017

Okay-ish experience

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Pros

- Very good compensation for fresh college graduates and Madison is relatively cheap - Get to work with a lot of smart and competent people - Good work/life balance, but this depends on your team and your TL

Cons

- Really old and outdated technology - Work can be boring. Everything moves slowly due to a lot of processes and overheads

4.0
Apr 19, 2017

Great Coworkers, Weird Company

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Pros

On one of the smaller teams with one of the newer applications, there was sort of a feeling of being a small company within a huge company, which I enjoyed. I loved my team. I felt like everyone around me was competent and knew their stuff, and they were all both helpful and friendly. After leaving the company a few years ago, several of my friendships survived despite moving out of state, and I'm very glad to have met them. My boss was fantastic. Not everyone's is, but I've heard mostly good things about other bosses too. Becoming a functional area expert was pretty neat--knowing my piece well and how it interlinked with everyone else's work. The flattened hierarchy where everyone should feel comfortable reaching out to everyone else made for a pretty good environment. Food is delicious, and walking around campus is pretty nice.

Cons

There's no getting around the fact that the large auditoriums and mandatory monthly meetings have this cult-like, megachurch vibe to it. It isn't helped by the fact that people talk about "Epic Culture" and "What it means to be Epic". It's cool if you're crazy about team spirit, but overall pretty weird. There becomes this strange spectrum that hovers around 3 groups: Kool-Aid Drinkers, the Just Here to Work, and the Constantly Cringing. They pretty much have a policy of push as much work onto a person as they can until that person learns to say No. My boss respected my no, but it took me almost 2 years of 55+ hour weeks to learn that I could say that. After that, I stuck to 40-45 hours/week 90% of the time. The level of feedback wasn't that present so I spent a lot of time spinning around in imposter syndrome until I realized I was doing fine. A lot of the technologies are outdated or specific to Epic, which is unfortunate. They're doing their best to update, but as a large company, it's difficult for them to navigate transitioning to better tech with all the demands of satisfying so many customers.

4.0
Apr 19, 2017

Software Developer

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Pros

Your work will have real and obvious impact. You will work with some really smart and motivated people. You will be challenged to take ownership, not just of programming, but your work end-to-end from understanding the real problem to supporting it once it's in the field. You will work for a transparent company that is willing to share with you where it and you stand. You will be challenged to push yourself, and if you're not, you should say something. You will eat the best lunches you've ever had for unbelievably low prices, not that mediocre stuff the Silicon Valley people dish out for free. You will work in a city that's pretty vibrant but not too crazy.

Cons

You will have to deal with processes because this is still a healthcare company, so you might on occasion find that things move slowly. Work life is flexible but you probably can't show up at the office at 11am! It gets cold. Bundle up!

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