Pros
Some of your work colleagues will listen and offer suggestions on programming ideas or pat on the back when something works well. Amazing lunch facility and conference rooms. Campus gives lots of places to work quietly and really focus in on your job. Madison is awesome. Pay is very good and Madison is inexpensive. The weather is great if you like feeling the seasons. Great Pancakes. Foodie town.
Cons
Training is weak and expectations are unrealistic as one moves up the ladder doing work. Team Leads are not trained well in communication or management skills and learn as they go. Some TL groups work better than others. For example, you will be working on a project and a TL will suddenly tell you there are upcoming roadblocks. The solution offered is - "You (not we) will have to give more hours to resolve this. " This is after already putting in a 50-60 hour week. Sadly, 50-60 hours weeks create stressed-out employees who struggle to balance home and work life. Upper management is unresponsive to the impact on morale and socio-emotional conditions at work. I have been on projects and told- "just move it along." "Sink or Swim" is a phrase used around here. HR will listen but is more worried about Epic's liability than the employee. This is ironic because we work in the healthcare field. Loyalty to the company is held in high regard at the expense of staff raising legitimate issue (IE- Remote Work from home- we do live in the snow). .
