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: Benefits, great coworkers, and work that feels like it has an impact at times.

Cons: Lack of accommodations for disabled employees; pressure to work long hours; many managers lack either product management skills or people management skills but are expected to do both; unfriendly worker practices related to COVID-19, labor unions, and mandatory arbitration; decisions are often made by managers that are out of touch with what is going on below them; frequent gaslighting.

Pros: I was hired right out of college to do QA; I was excited at the opportunity. The benefits were insane (healthcare was so cheap but a great plan). I do know a couple people who have flourished at the company and get great benefits because they are hard-core, driven, pushy, Type A. Although I still think Epic will undervalue your talent if you're that driven! But it's a relatively simple job to get right after college with no experience and have something nice on your resume.

Cons: The interview process was lengthy for the job, especially since they requested I interview for three positions when they ended up only offering me the one I originally applied for. But hey, I can't complain that much about that since I got a job. I spent a lot of time training on things that mostly did not prepare me for my actual role. I would have done a lot better with more guidance up front on day-to-day tasks rather than months on company culture and parts of the software I would never see or touch or work on, ever. Once I got over feeling overwhelmed with what I didn't know, I soon became extremely overwhelmed with the workload. I can't even imagine what Project Managers and other roles had to go through. The expectations were a little crazy for the salary. I was working late all the time and had little guidance or support. The lack of hierarchy on certain levels was frustrating as well. I have no idea how to rank the "Senior Management" below because I have no concept of that other than the fact Judy was the big boss and I had a mentor who had only worked there not much longer than I had. Also, the turn around was insane.