Epic Systems

Epic has good benefits (particularly their health insurance plans), excellent work-life balance, and is an opportunity to work on software that makes a real difference.

Before this job, I worked at a bank in NYC. It was depressing to just be working for the sake of making the company more money instead of creating something. Additionally, I had to deal with corporate bureaucracy and dressing up every day.

Now I wear jeans and a t-shirt, I ride my bike to work, and I can email anyone directly, regardless of their role and tenure. I also love the food on campus – I usually pay $3 for a plate of delicious homemade food.

Having your own office is also awesome. I have an office mate (they ask if you prefer a window + office mate or a private internal office).

Sorry if this is a bit rambly; there are lots of pros to working here. From talking to friends outside of Epic, this is about as good as you can get with a 9-5 type job.

The main con the people seem to run into is the location. I'm lucky in that my family is in Madison, so it's not an issue for me. I'm also not crazy about logging my time, considering I'm not customer-facing, it seems excessive.