Pros: Epic does hire great people -- you can generally trust your coworkers to try to help you and to do the right thing. Healthcare coverage is excellent for single people. Lots of fringe benefits, like great food and a casual dress code. Madison is a great place to live. There are some opportunities to do very interesting things that can have a major impact, since Epic has such a large reach. If you are a liberal arts graduate, you can likely make more money in QA at Epic than you would at most other places that would hire you immediately after graduation.

Cons: Working in QA at Epic is pretty thankless and doesn't really lead to other job opportunities. There is a constant crisis mentality and, while there are cool opportunities available, you don't really get the time that would be needed to explore them. Management is very hit or miss, and there are no real opportunities to advance. While the pay and raises can be generous, your title and official job description won't change over time. Your responsibilities may be hard to describe outside of Epic because of how Epic runs differently than other similar companies. The type of testing that Epic QA does does not generally transfer to other jobs. You will always be a second-class employee after the software developers.

Pros: I worked with some exceptional people at Epic. Everyone is a hard worker, and the facilities are amazing.

Cons: Work/life balance can be a challenge. However, I think it was less of an issue for QA than for some other roles.

Pros: Amazing, extremely intelligent coworkers. The company really cares about putting out a quality product and about taking very good care of its customers. Feels good to work in the healthcare industry and feel like I'm making a difference.

Cons: They work you very, very hard. Work-life balance is tricky. If you don't get along with your immediate boss, you are in trouble. Many roles (though not all of them) require a lot of travel (more than 50% of the time).