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Not a preferred employer to work for

Software Developer
Current Employee
Has worked at Epic Systems for less than 1 year
August 3, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin
2.0
Doesn't RecommendNo CEO Opinion
Pros

Pay is good and the campus is cool. That is about it.

Cons

Outdated technologies are used, with no future growth prospects coming out of the company.

Bad, bad, bad legacy code, and that too in VB6!

No or minor pay increases.

Perhaps one of the highest turnovers in an IT company. I found seeing people leaving the team left and right quite depressing.

No hierarchy. Senior developers become developers, but there is a need for principals and people who can drive the system design.

They are not cool with WFH and do not provide or let you use a laptop!

Location is not the best. It snows way too much in Wisconsin, but then that's a personal preference.

No smoking/drinking on campus. I don't smoke, but making it a taboo is somewhat naive, I feel.

Advice to Management

Please rethink your hiring policies. It is, without doubt, very random.

I am not angry. I was hired, but quality is not maintained.

Offering increasingly high salaries is not going to stop people beyond the initial two years. You need to attract local talent.

Also, instead of running after expanding, consolidate first. There are humongous amounts of bugs in your code, and the design is amateur for a billion-dollar company.

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