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Good company, but you're a number

Software Developer
Former Employee
Worked at Epic Systems for 4 years
February 20, 2014
Madison, Wisconsin
4.0
Neutral OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Smart People Flexible Hours Great Salary Work is Interesting Managers - Some managers are better than others. I've had fantastic ones, and I've had mediocre ones. Great on a Resume

Bottom line, the company is what you make of it. If you're honest and forthcoming about what you want, you can make a great career at the company.

Cons

Poor Morale - There is high turnover for implementation due to workloads and people not knowing how to manage their time. This bleeds to other areas of the company.

VB6 - Enough said.

Managers - Some managers are better than others. I've had fantastic ones, and I've had mediocre ones.

Winter is coming.

"Stock Options" are a joke (vest after 5 years, only get appreciation rights).

They've been improving in processes, but expect some new hurdle to jump through every couple of months to get your work done. It sucks, but some do actually work. A stupid one recently was a metric to get development into QA within 10 days of it being marked as complete. I've had logs where the quickest that was possible would be 100 hours of linear time.

Advice to Management

Vet your TLs more consistently. I feel like a commodity to some team leaders and a valuable asset to others. Work on improving morale and retention. Allow people to move teams easier. Stop wasting people's time with hurdles, because not everything can be captured in a metric.

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