Epic Systems

The work is quite varied and challenging since it deals with health care. Going to visit customers and experience the health care industry from a doctor's perspective is very interesting and fun, as it involves things you would never see unless you were a health care professional.

They also hire many recent college graduates, and the pay is quite high compared to comparable positions at other companies.

Company-wide communication is also very good due to monthly company-wide, entire staff meetings. The new campus is also very nice because as many staff members as possible are given private offices rather than cubicles.

There are several technological decisions that were made in the past that are very detrimental now, since the decision was revisited only recently. Most of the long-term staff are not as skilled at their jobs as they should be, as are many people on the infrastructure teams.

45-hour+ weeks are expected for people. Advancement is limited due to low turnover in management positions, and managers are usually chosen within their first 2 years of tenure.

Relying entirely on KLAS scores to determine the effectiveness of applications is not helpful due to the fickleness of users and variations in customization.