Some excellent people, solid compensation for the area, great food (thanks culinary!).
Minor technical gripes: they're transitioning from a truly archaic stack, and very little of the knowledge you gain working at Epic will be transferable to other jobs.
The bigger issue: In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, upper management initially resisted the call for remote work. They then eventually caved and allowed most of its 10,000 employee campus to work from home.
What followed was a six-month gaslighting campaign. Management repeatedly told employees that our "culture" was in danger, they had data suggesting it was safe to return to in-person work, and that working from the office would have no adverse effects on community health.
The plan to return to campus in August 2020 had to be prevented by the county health department. It was only called off at 11:30 PM the night before employees were due to return en masse.
It is clear to me that upper management does not prioritize the health of its employees and community above perceived threats to productivity and "culture".
It's time for some fresh faces.
I had to take a lot of tests and had a phone interview where I talked about my past projects. The tests were hours long and took a long time.
30-minute phone screen, then an OA around 4 hours long. The OA had mental math, but also a few LeetCode-type problems. They were not very difficult if you studied common patterns and implementation.
One single virtual interview after a multihour OA. The interview was 4 hours long, but only ~2 hours was actual interview stuff. The rest was two presentations from different people about life at Epic. The 2 hours of interview included a case study,
I had to take a lot of tests and had a phone interview where I talked about my past projects. The tests were hours long and took a long time.
30-minute phone screen, then an OA around 4 hours long. The OA had mental math, but also a few LeetCode-type problems. They were not very difficult if you studied common patterns and implementation.
One single virtual interview after a multihour OA. The interview was 4 hours long, but only ~2 hours was actual interview stuff. The rest was two presentations from different people about life at Epic. The 2 hours of interview included a case study,