Pros: By working here, I do meaningful work. This wasn't as important when I was young, but the older I get, the more I appreciate that what I do helps people. Much is probably said in other reviews about Epic's unique and amazing campus, and that can't be understated. I have to keep reminding myself not to take the campus for granted – few people I know work in such an innovative, artistic, and welcoming space. Epic also provides great benefits and competitive compensation. The benefits package includes many "small" things that I appreciate, as well as some big ones, like the sabbatical program. Also, no list of pros about the Epic campus is complete without mentioning the unrivaled on-campus food service, which is kept at more than reasonable prices. Every day I'm in the office, I'm thankful for it.

Cons: The nature of the work in most roles will require you to work more than 40 hours a week some weeks.

Pros: Good salary and perks, smart and young colleagues, and doing work with large impact. Epic has the reputation of requiring very long hours, but I found it possible to keep up with the basic requirements of the job on less than 40 hours.

Cons: Judy (CEO) is crazy and in complete control. There is a two-hour staff meeting every month that every Epic employee must attend. Judy uses much of this time to rant off the top of her head about topics that are relevant to no one. It seems impossible to be promoted to a management position unless you're willing to work 50+ hours per week. My impression is that the "culture" will never ever change. Also, the software development process at Epic is a huge mess because they basically refuse to hire anyone with prior experience. I participated on one project where each and every one of the four developers were brand new at Epic (had started just months ago) and had no development experience except a CS degree.

Pros: The campus is beautiful, the cafeteria is great, and everyone is trained thoroughly. There's also a lot of freedom given to those that prove themselves worthy of it. The salary and benefits they offer to people fresh out of college are unrivaled.

Cons: During crunch times, expect to stay late, come in on weekends, and feel overwhelmed all the time. Deadline after deadline. A grandparent died this winter, and I stayed all night before leaving for the funeral. I still didn't finish everything I was tasked to accomplish and got a mild talking-to for not alerting anyone that I was falling behind.