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Not a good place to work

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Epic Systems for 2 years
August 2, 2020
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Good pay, generally good technical experience. Lots of ownership immediately.

Cons

Everything around the work.

Project management seems very poor, and you will get jerked around on deadlines. Our company's response to COVID-19 was embarrassing at best and dangerous at worst. Even with the new web transition, you will spend significant time working with extremely dated code in VB or MUMPS.

Worst is that management is extremely focused on deadlines, which leads to poor long-term decision-making. Often, new code feels slapped together, design discussions are entirely UI-focused, and architecture is ignored and suffers as a result. I've seen broken code pushed through by long-tenured developers just to hit development complete deadlines and inflate their metrics.

Advice to Management

Treat your employees better. A nice campus is great, but no real work-from-home policy, black box raises/compensation, and poor messaging from HR is very demotivating.

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