Epic Systems

If you put the kind of commitment and dedication elsewhere, you will be recognized and appreciated a lot. You will not whine about any other workplace after quitting Epic.

1. Programming is done in extinct languages. The DB is "Cache"; come on, give me a break here. People will actually ask you if you're talking about RAM cache memory.

2. Client code is in VB6. Do you know that Microsoft stopped support for VB6 four years back?

3. The product is very buggy, and more code on it means more ways to break it.

4. There's a high turnover rate in all roles. People who are working there don't have any other option than to stay, and they are trying constantly to get out of the company.

5. If the company finds your resume online, you will be fired immediately. Sorry, you will get 15 days.

6. No matter how efficient you are, you will be evaluated in terms of the number of hours you work.

7. There will be monthly staff meetings, and you will find that there are many people who can laugh for almost the dumbest and most boring jokes the CEO cracks.

8. The CEO will teach you grammar in the monthly meetings.

9. You will not have a social life.

10. Probably the most clichéd comment about Epic: You need to work 60+ hours.

11. There is too much micromanagement.

12. Happiness is something that you will lose if you work here.

13. Your QAer will expect you to do a UI that looks like what Apple does. In reality, you are working in a language that was written in the ice age.

14. One single complaint from the customer will get you fired for sure. Remember, everything in Epic is customer-centric: the buildings, the campus, almost everything is for the customers.

15. The interview is a complete lie. They will tell you that the work hours are flexible and you will have a great work-life balance.

Treat your employees with some respect and understand the fact that people have a personal life. They have to spend time with their family and their kids. Working in your company and making you a billionaire is not their sole purpose of life.