Pros
A good option to gain experience in the industry.
Cons
TL;dr: run away if you value feeling safe while working Epic makes employees sign a 12 month non-compete agreement when they start. Recently they renegotiated with several consulting groups to increase the period before hiring ex-Epics to 18 months, without mentioning this at all to employees. Amid a pandemic, their biggest concern is bringing 9800 employees back to one central campus. In order to accommodate this, they’ve been splitting those offices, that they tout as such a great perk, into two broom closets in which the door can barely swing open without hitting the chair. Imagine sitting in a cramped, windowless office for 10 hours each day, seeing the sun 20 minutes a day over the winter, all to stroke the ego of our out-of-touch 70 year old CEO. Schools in our area announced they will be 100% virtual through October, and the CEO emailed us the same day to tell us the plan to have everyone (even those at high risk to Covid) back by September is unchanged. Maybe she expects us to bring our kids with us into the office like she likes to talk about doing back in the day, all those years ago. Either way, the message is clear: we don’t care about you or your life outside of this job, and we’re willing to risk your health, physical and mental, for minimal productivity gains. As an employee of 10+ years, I’m horrified at what this company has become, and I’m looking for any opportunity to find something at a company where they can at least pretend they care about employees. Of course, the non-compete will make that more difficult. Thanks again, Epic.