Pros: The atmosphere at Epic is overall very friendly and fun to be in. At times, it can be a bit cheesy or forced, but Judy, the CEO, truly believes in the company, her employees, and the customer. She is a truly unique CEO and takes the "Corporation" out of "Epic Systems Corporation." The campus is amazing, complete with a cafeteria offering a huge variety of food at very affordable prices. This makes lunch easy to obtain without leaving work or preparing a lunch every day. Coworkers are responsible, friendly, and very intelligent people. Epic has a huge community of people, and you can pretty much find a group of people for any interest you might have outside of work. It's a great way to find new activities, especially if you are new to the colder climates. Disclaimer: Epic is a big place, and things will definitely vary by role, application, and team. What I say here reflects my experience alone and I do not proclaim it to be the case across all of Epic.

Cons: Epic has very high expectations of its employees and compensates its employees well for these expectations. However, a lack of proper design and general inexperience among developers causes even the most straightforward projects to be unnecessarily difficult. Most developers are hired directly from college with little industry experience. This leads to fewer growth opportunities and less organized projects. Projects begin to feel like a college assignment and seriously lack the design necessary for enterprise software systems that have such a vital role in people's lives. Disclaimer: Epic is a big place, and things will definitely vary by role, application, and team. What I say here reflects my experience alone and I do not proclaim it to be the case across all of Epic.

Pros: High salary and excellent benefits, with relaxed work attire and a semi-flexible work schedule. Their software is definitely the top in the business, and it's rewarding to help patients and their families get the best treatment.

Cons: Epic is a "turn and burn" company. You need to work at least 50 hours a week, or you'll be pushed to leave after 3 years. I found their leadership practices to be manipulative and secretive. You won't get clear feedback, and there are extra, hidden requirements to anything they offer you. If you want to succeed here, you need to be very aggressive about promoting yourself over your coworkers.

Pros: Epic allowed essentially all employees to work from home for almost 5 months, and for many up to an additional 2 more. During this outage, they provided significant amounts of food, and culinary manpower to produce the food, to shelters and people throughout the community. Now they're starting to slowly bring people back to campus. It seems a little bit early (Dane County is still classified as High COVID-19 activity, but it's improving). However, Epic has a very smart team covering this and is taking exceptional measures to allow employees to come back and work on the beautiful campus. Every employee has their own office (or shares with 1 person they've selected). High-touch surfaces are cleaned throughout the entire day. HVAC air filtration and circulation is top-notch. The food areas have hot food pre-packaged and are quite streamlined to allow quick access without crowding (employees of course can bring their own food if they want to avoid this). Most other tech companies have blended office spaces, not individual offices for every employee. If Epic didn't have personal offices, then now wouldn't be the time to return. But they do, and I'm not concerned.

Cons: Perhaps a bit aggressive in bringing employees back. Dane County cases are trending downwards, but only recently. Waiting another month would seem more appropriate to me. Has some employees that stir up hostility whenever their own opinion doesn't match the decisions of company leadership.