Epic Systems

Tasty and affordable cafeteria food, free garage parking, an interesting campus nice for walking.

1. Pay was a joke. Less than 50k, which is basically the minimum wage for exempt workers.

2. Worked like a slave at 60 hours a week.

3. No WFH policy when I worked there. I got to Madison at 3 PM after a long and tiring go-live trip. I asked my boss if I could work from home for the rest of the afternoon. She said I needed to come to the office. This is the stupidest and most unreasonable thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

4. They gave out Christmas cards to all employees, and on my card my boss basically said I sucked as an employee. Really, she had to write that on my Christmas card?! I’ll never forget it after all these years. She is a bully. I don’t know why, but she hated me from the first day when I met her. The bizarre thing about this company is that you don’t meet your manager until the first day of work. They randomly assign you a manager. News flash: most companies don’t operate that way. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t want their employees to have a good relationship with their future manager before making the hiring decision.

5. My manager was the textbook definition of toxic. She did not stand up for her employees—not for me, anyway. A good leader supports their employees. My boss only cared about herself and her standing within the company. On a daily basis, my boss undermined me. Some of my teammates (not all, but some) threw me under the bus. My other friends seemed to have a better experience at Epic, but I was very unlucky to work here. This job gave me severe anxiety and depression. I had nausea and thoughts about killing myself literally every day until my last day of work. That was one of the happiest and most freeing days of my life.

6. This is a niche industry. Fine if you’re really into healthcare, but trust me, there’s a world of opportunities out there better than Epic. I’ve doubled my salary and work 5% of the hours I used to here at Epic. My coworkers and boss are normal, kind, mature, well-adjusted people. It’s refreshing. Epic is like a cult. You're either drinking the Kool-Aid or get eaten alive.