Pros: Love, love, love Epic. The management is awesome! They are inspiring and make us work for them wholeheartedly.

Cons: Madison is very cold and Verona is a remote location. Though I do understand why Epic is located here, it would be nice if the place was more fun!

Pros: Good pay, good health insurance, and generally an accepting attitude. Personally, I really love the lack of a dress code.

Cons: 1. Heavily encourages overworking its employees. 2. Company culture generally sucks. It has a strong cult vibe and seems to think that because it does good things, its employees should work extra hours or do whatever it takes to satisfy customers.

Pros: Good pay. Good health insurance, except for trans healthcare and fertility treatments. You meet smart people, and many of them are friendly.

Cons: Bad work-life balance, culture of overwork. Management can change things on a whim with no notice or accountability (ask any current employee about AS; they'll know what it means). Absolutely no salary transparency. Nearly made us come back to the office during the height of Covid-19. Good work is met with silence and more work, but bad work is commented on. They prioritize logging long hours over quality of work, but your TL may still ask you why a task took 30 minutes instead of 15. Expectations are rarely clear. Sympathy for personal circumstances is variable (I know one person who took a leave of absence for mental health reasons and one person who was just point-blank fired). Burnout and turnover are high. No affirmative action or anti-bias policies at all, and it shows. Only 5-10% of devs are female, and there are maybe 2 black devs at the whole company.