Employees Are Not a Priority - werkgeversreview Technical Services bij Epic

Upper management is fully out of touch with employees’ concerns, to the point where it no longer feels like employee happiness is in any way a priority. Epic’s philosophy seems to be that employees are replaceable by new grads out of school, and tenured employees aren’t important to keep. Paid maternity leave is among the industry’s worst, vacation time is stingy, and the company’s “flat structure” is another way of saying that promotions don’t include pay raises, so there’s little meaningful career growth within the company. As other reviews have noted, the COVID response has thrown higher-ups’ disregard for employees into greater relief, with new hires forced to work from work for over a month despite training being virtual and the CEO declaring that parents need to start looking for childcare because the company policy won’t take school closures into effect. The overall culture of the company is toxic and anxiety-inducing, and management’s conviction that it should be maintained via in person work at a risk to employee health is indicative of a core flaw with how the CEO and other major decision makers see employees.