Pros: Beautiful campus (thanks to the horticulture team!)

Cons: The company is essentially a big college campus. You will barely see anyone in their late 20s or 30s, let alone anyone older than that. Judy Faulkner is the exception, but you only see her once a month at staff meetings. The racial breakdown is approximately as follows: * White (92%) * South Asian (3.99%) * East Asian (3.99%) * Black (0.01%) * Hispanic (0.01% - culinary, cleaning) This strife for racial and age homogeneity obviously leads to certain consequences: an absolute lack of professionalism, collegiality, or cultural sensitivity among the very young and very white (for the most part) employees, which is implicitly endorsed from "above." Computer gaming and other "virtual" pleasures are the universe in which the majority of Epic's employees exist (hard to call it living) outside of the 60+ hours they put into working there. Quality Assurance is one of the least stressful (so 45+ instead of 60+ hours a week, with no overtime pay) but the most mind-numbing job you can ever have. You are asked to do the work that is typically done by software developers or system administrators at other places, but you get paid half as much if you're lucky. The bottom line is, unless you are willing to drink Epic's Kool-Aid (a common expression at Epic), look elsewhere, where you will actually be treated as a human being and a colleague. The wisest decision I made at that company was to resign.

Pros: Great benefits and great atmosphere.

Cons: QA seems to be underappreciated.

Pros: The salary and the benefits are great. Epic also provides all the training you need to have a basic understanding of the job. Most people who work there are committed to working together to solve a problem and progress the company. The wardrobe is relaxed, and they encourage individuality and creativity.

Cons: There are lots of unspoken, unwritten rules, and they vary from role to role and from team to team. Epic has a lot of turnover, and this is partially because, in some roles (IS or Project Management mainly), people get burnt out from constant travel. Different roles look down on others because they know they make more money in general – it's kind of snobby/cliquish – but that's what you get when you hire mostly out of college.