Epic Systems

Crash course in navigating corporate culture. The people you work with are generally nice.

Recent issues of note: You are required to move to Madison, and Wisconsin has criminalized abortion. Epic management has yet to act and has willfully concealed the fact that one of the healthcare options does not cover abortion services or LGBTQIA+ related care. Internal discussions have been shut down, and no further information has been provided.

Patterns of behavior: Management will guilt trip you into overworking yourself into and through burnout. Internal staffing processes consistently fail to allocate resources appropriately to necessary areas and treat some of those processes as volunteer work rather than valuable and necessary contributions, despite the fact that the company would not function without them. There are many well-intentioned, intelligent people at this company, but the inflexibility of upper management means their hands are tied and they are prevented from making positive change.

Management will never read this, nor would they ever consider anonymous feedback potentially valuable. But on the off chance they are:

Put in the work to recognize warning signs.

Feedback is best given face to face for peers, yes, but when there is a power dynamic, that becomes much more difficult.

You’re not getting the real answers from people when you ask happiness questions in quarterlies. If you doubt me, feel free to take a research methods in psychology class.