Epic Systems

Good pay Good culinary Neat campus Meaningful work

Management refers to us as a "software factory"; it's all about productivity.

There is extreme inflexibility when it comes to working from home. The response to Covid-19 has been abysmal. Epic dragged its feet allowing people to work from home when recommended by local authorities.

Now they are trying to push people back into the office as soon as possible. The response to local school districts starting the school year virtual was that parents should make sure to find childcare so they can return to the office at their scheduled time.

It took an email from a parent resource group with 400 survey responses to allow either working part-time or taking a leave of absence, rather than just allowing working from home.

Start taking the concerns of your employees seriously. A high salary may attract people, but your inflexibility is giving the impression that you don't actually care about their well-being beyond what they can put out. Be willing to prioritize the needs of your employees sometimes.