Working at Epic Systems in Verona, WI: 41 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Verona, WI Area

"Pretty good, works you like a horse though."

"I've worked for Epic Systems for the last four plus years. I've found it a nice place to work at. For a software developer, the culture is fast paced, but laid back. There is always work to do, but I don't feel as if I have to work grueling hours to get them done. The only downside to it is living in Madison, WI."

"I worked for Epic Systems for about a year as a technical services representative. It was a pretty good company. There was a large amount of work, but if you are motivated it is rewarding. I always found the coworkers very competent."

"I worked as an intern for them this past summer. Though it is a really awesome environment, it is not structured in a great way. There was no good employee review set up so I was in the dark the whole time as to whether or not I was meeting my supervisors' expectations."

"Good campus, negative work culture, good benefits, bad technologies."

"Very nice building, awesome compensation but not the best work culture, senior management."

"It's alright, but almost all of my time was spent maintaining code that almost no one had a good idea of what it was supposed to be doing. Sometimes it was bad enough that the behavior was unexpected, but it was hard to determine if this was a bug or not."

"I've worked for Epic for almost two years. Co-workers are fantastic, company culture is very appealing and you work for the world's leader in two fast growing industries, healthcare and software. Definitely recommend it."

"At Epic, you will work very long hours consistently in order to be considered a good employee. The team leads as a whole don't really care about you and are willing to have you fired over little things. To top it off, Epic will have you sign employment agreements (even after you've been working there for a while under threat of termination if you don't sign it) that seem to be sketchy at best. Your best bet would be to work for a different company that won't treat you like a hostage."

"Good company for new college grads."

"I worked as a Business Intelligence Developer at Epic Systems Corporation for seven months. In that time, I would say that about 95% of my effort was directed toward training with no end to it in sight. Epic does not trust your education, and they would like to supplement it with a far more boring one. They show off a fantastic work campus, only to play bait-and-switch and stick you in a little white room with some books to look at for a year or more."

"An Epic FAIL."

What do you like about working at Epic Systems?

"Nothing in particular about the company is pleasant."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't even think about working for this company. It's a waste of your time."

What don't you like about working at Epic Systems?

"This company culls its employees regularly, which is a large part of the reason why there's such a high rate of hiring and a high turnover rate. They practice emotional blackmail to the highest degree, to oust those they don't find favorable to the company. One of the methods they use is to communicate en masse via texting to socially ostracize an individual. They will collectively proceed to cough, put their hands on their nose as if something is smelly, or spit, in order to isolate, humiliate, and degrade the targeted individual. Other times they will simply isolate the individual and prevent all communication for some time (for example, no email communication). The company also uses gossip to call out individuals in an indirect manner. After their harassment episode, employees are told to collectively sniffle, as if to feel sorry and weep for the individual being harassed. Additionally, your activities are constantly monitored, giving you a sense that you are being probed. Also, they will blacklist you with the help of local businesses, usually in the form of extreme passive aggressive behavior or rudeness. All of this is done in an indirect manner and employees are told to never admit that they are doing anything of this nature, fearing their own harassment or possible unemployment.These methods force one to quit and turn in one's two weeks notice. Otherwise, you'll get fired if you don't play along. At which point, they'll offer a measly two weeks severance agreement in exchange for no wrong doing by Epic. Epic's very open and collective harassment is embraced by management because they don't fear the consequences, assuming that the employee values resigning over the potentially detrimental firing that would be left on the employee's employment history. And, this is just in reference to the labor practice of Epic - this company should be investigated by the Justice department and other federal agencies for other illegal activities.Personally, I remember while recovering from my severe injury, I was in the office early in the morning before anyone else and leaving past 2 am everyday, just to catch up on my work - and I caught up, even on weekends (over 100 hours a week). My inexperienced application manager kept pushing me more and more, and it was difficult to work under her supervision. Eventually, I had a meeting with the HR director, and she asked me if I wanted a new application manager (in other words, to have my AM fired) as she was under-performing as a manager, but I said no. I mentioned this to some of my colleagues (perhaps I should have been more tact given the retaliation that would follow), and soon afterwards they investigated me for medical insurance fraud (why) and had my own healthcare providers involved. They also falsely accused me of drug addiction, drug dealing, and sexual misconduct / offense (by the same AM who I helped from being fired), and even harassed me at my own residence. They even had my colleagues connect to my laptop at the office to monitor me, which was uncomfortable to say the least. I was even told the obvious by an Epic employee that others had coordinated to treat me in this manner. They treated me as if I was only intelligent as cattle, and went so far as to set me up to test my IQ in an all day testing session analyzed by a PhD; yet, to their uninformed surprise, I literally scored a genius. What's also troublesome is that they tampered with my electronic medical records. When I asked about it, they asked me a variety of questions, then the following day they came up with a maintenance excuse that took months to fix. I also asked to see everything on my employee file and there was only basic information on there. Considering everything I've gone through, I found it odd as I wondered if there was something I didn't know. I sought counsel regarding this and I was told that this was very odd that only the basic information (e.g. reviews, all signed employee documents, etc.). was left on my employee file, which left no reason for my firing, and the possibility that they shredded or withheld documents from me was not to be excluded. On top of all of that, they gave me no raise or bonus after over an year of working at Epic, while new hires in training for the same position were making a higher salary than me.All of these actions were part of their concerted effort to get me to quit. One day, HR called me into their office and I was told to sign the severance agreement. I never signed their severance agreement stating that everything I experienced is discriminatory, I refused any amount of money they offered me in the severance, and I was fired. It is now close to an year since the day I was fired, and I believe I am still being harassed by Epic, primarily because they are afraid of a massive lawsuit against them. And, after applying to hundreds of jobs, experience working at Epic Systems Corporation doesn't seem to hold much weight on a resume as reputable non-healthcare companies don't seem to know Epic or care for those transferable managerial and IT skills, so you're left unemployed (and their one year non-compete agreements make it more difficult to find employment at healthcare firms). I'm unsure if Epic is actively preventing me from finding employment via a blacklist or by some other means, but they do enforce their non-competes with extreme prejudice. I am left worst off than before I started working at Epic, and I have a large employment gap with a bad reference. Effectively, I stand a better chance at succeeding with starting my own business, than to pass the initial screening process when applying to jobs. To this day, I hate it anytime I hear a cough, as I am reminded of Epic and the people who chose to harass and discriminate against me."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat your employees well. Your labor practices will come back to bite you all."

What do you like about working at Epic Systems?

"I like the smart people, promising industry, good salary, beautiful campus, and quiet city."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do not judge this company if you have never worked here. There are too many rumors about Epic today, some of which are true but not all of them. The healthcare industry has a bright future, and Epic will too, if it can choose the right way to go."

What don't you like about working at Epic Systems?

"The basic software frame is too old because it is built with VB6. I hope Epic can use more 21-century technologies as soon as possible - cloud computing, mobile devices related techniques, and data mining. Epic needs some kind of revolution; it is kind of old for today, even if it still can make a lot of money with what it has now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Use new computer languages, technologies and conventions which are used by most of IT companies today, and respect software developers more because they are the core people of the company."

"Pretty damn good."

What do you like about working at Epic Systems?

"I'm given a long leash to do important things, and I'm paid well too."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be smart. Be honest. And pray to whatever God you pray to."

What don't you like about working at Epic Systems?

"It is really hard, which is often a pro, but sometimes it is nearly unbearable."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In TS, keep on doing what you're doing. IS and R&D online reputation is tarnishing the rest of the company, so find a way to nip that in the bud."

"A great place to learn and do well."

What do you like about working at Epic Systems?

"I liked the culture and overall vision; they always supported learning, and it was not often boring."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"They care about how much of a difference you can make in the company. If you have the skills, or even the potential, they will hire you in a heartbeat."

What don't you like about working at Epic Systems?

"The location was far from family and friends, and there was frequently miscommunication between levels and departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Spend some time on teaching team leaders how to be more effective leaders."