Epic Systems

The starting salary is pretty nice.

The cafeteria has a nice variety of food, and now the second campus has a food court as well, which is also nice.

Co-workers are, for the most part, pretty smart and good people.

Free popcorn, juice, milk, coffee, and tea is a definite perk.

Getting promoted to a team lead is purely based on the hours you log. This means there are a lot of incompetent team leads. Some are very good, some are very bad. It also means you have a lot of people with 1 1/2 years of experience managing an entire product and managing people who have been there much longer.

Feedback is very minimal.

Work-life balance is just plain awful. If you work less than 45 hours a week, you will be considered a "bad" employee (even if you finish all of the work assigned).

Senior management cares more about customers than employees. This means if a customer doesn't like you for whatever reason, you will get fired.

While the company pretends to be liberal, it is run like they were arch conservatives. People who try to start unions "disappear" for unknown reasons. Information is hidden from its employees (despite what they tell you during staff meetings). Despite what they tell you as well, dissenting opinions are NOT encouraged.

Staff meetings are basically them trying to brainwash you with corporate propaganda for 2 hours.

Once a person reaches a certain point of experience (typically at the 2 or 4 year mark), management will try to get rid of them.

Do more to retain employees that have been there for some time. Instead of getting rid of experienced people, try to retain them, since they are the key to your future growth. You need to address burnout and unhappiness, or your company will suffer down the road. Also, make evaluations more transparent.