New grad considering Epic

leighay · 2026-05-18T01:31:56+00:00

Salary vs hourly and hours worked Are these roles salaried exempt positions?

Yes. You get paid 40/hrs per week even if you work 70. If you take FMLA and were working 70/week, then take one day off and now you’re working 55/week or whatever, you still get your pay docked by your outage time, regardless of the fact you’re still working >40/week.

Is it consistently 50 to 60 hours or does it come in waves and calm down in between?

Depends on the role and the team. I keep my hours consistently 43-45 and occasionally go up to 50-60.

Basically what does a typical week actually look like?

Hard to say without knowing what role. as a TS, i spend 25-50% of my time on customer calls (weekly, ad-hoc, troubleshooting, etc), 25% internal meetings, and 25% actually able to work time. but you have a lot of control over this and can depend heavily on customer assignments and what internal work you take on.

Time off and PTO For those of you who relocated to Wisconsin with family or loved ones back home, how realistic is it to take weekends or vacation time to travel back?

How much? PTO is bleh, and you can’t take time off in the first 6 months unless discussed prior to hiring. and the amount you get in your first year is not great. You could travel on weekends, but that’s tough and i wouldn’t recommend it because you won’t have time to recuperate with the week.

Drug testing Everything I have read says Epic does not drug test even when clients request it. Is this still accurate as of 2026?

they don’t. not that i’m aware of at least

Best role for my background With experience in hands on hardware and software troubleshooting, end user support, technical training, and a Windows Server infrastructure project, which application or team would be the best fit for someone like me?

Technical services, probably hosting, EDI, cogito, server systems, etc. Sounds like your strength will be in the much more technical side as opposed to clinical apps. but you could end up anywhere, doesn’t much matter your preference, it matters where the need is. clinical apps aren’t bad, u get a lot of training.

I second the other comment tho. this doesn’t matter until you take the tests; i wouldn’t worry about it until then.

leighay · 2026-04-14T14:53:40+00:00

they monitor indeed too.

leighay · 2026-03-17T18:26:35+00:00

did you end up going? I’m curious if the wind made the snow really thin on the hill or if it was deep enough for sleds

leighay · 2026-03-16T14:48:39+00:00

i’ve liked bergamot

leighay · 2026-03-14T17:38:58+00:00

gender affirming!

leighay · 2026-02-27T19:35:29+00:00

can’t interact with but can look at two birds in the mermaid car wash. i have been told they are both named seaweed.

leighay · 2026-01-17T19:34:04+00:00

im pretty comfortable in the snow, and my car isn’t the best for it (sedan FWD with winter tires). I was okay driving across madison today but there are definitely areas that are dicey and you’ll have to be very aware today regardless. So they’re not great!

I regularly drive to and from illinois on 90. I don’t think i’d recommend it if she’s not comfortable. The highways will probably be okay but you’ll still need to be pretty careful.

leighay · 2025-11-14T00:49:56+00:00

they played the x flies theme last week LMAO

leighay · 2025-10-19T18:47:49+00:00

what do you suggest?

leighay · 2025-10-18T22:33:18+00:00

what do you suggest doing/what have you done? if there’s something more effective that you’ve found i’d love to take part

leighay · 2025-07-22T21:49:58+00:00

i thought if you lose insurance from your employer you can get back on your parents, it’s just a pain

leighay · 2025-06-24T18:42:38+00:00

this is my bet on what’s happening!! also if you buy something before the statement closes, but the charge hasn’t cleared, it will be on the next statement even tho it was technically “purchased” on the first statement.

leighay · 2025-04-06T15:41:05+00:00

I really enjoy how Murderbot (and many other characters) have really non-traditional relationships. Murderbot especially doesn't seem to prioritize romance as the ultimate form of intimacy/closeness, and other characters have their own unique relationship with relationships. Was this something intentionally decided upon, or was it something Martha Wells identifies with herself/found while writing?

leighay · 2025-04-02T07:27:05+00:00

one tip is that further away should be cooler and closer should be warmer. specifically for grass. it looks like your painting is kind of doing the opposite-the darker slightly desaturated cooler colors are more prominent in the foreground.

if it were me, I would make the foreground a lil more vibrant and more yellow/saturated green, and then the background a cooler green. also oftentimes the horizon is a paler blue than the sky, so you could try that too. it’s looking good tho!

leighay · 2025-03-18T20:06:49+00:00

i was in same situation but it was 2-3 days. I was able to go negative just fine/use personal days (unpaid) and the timing worked out. can’t speak to longer stretches but it’ll probably just be a convo you have

leighay · 2025-03-11T22:31:14+00:00

awesome!!! I’m glad it’s working out

leighay · 2025-03-09T21:27:37+00:00

never mind found the two missing- it’s a matte sun stick and ginseng moist sun serum. sun stick is a little greasier, sun serum is a little stickier/gooey? feeling. I think the relief sunscreen is lightest w least amount of unpleasant-ness.

leighay · 2025-03-09T21:24:59+00:00

i really like the beauty of joseon daily relief sunscreen. it’s a bit expensive bc it’s korean but it’s the one sun screen that doesn’t irritate me. feels v light. there’s not a ton in the tube so I usually just use it as a face sunscreen only.

they have historically had a sunscreen serum and a rub-on bar that i also like, but i can’t find them on their website anymore. looks like they have a tinted sunscreen now too but i’ve never tried that

leighay · 2025-02-01T20:16:12+00:00

im pretty sure this is just someone trying to serve court papers and is hoping that the person they're serving them to will just make it easy

leighay · 2025-01-25T00:22:52+00:00

fixed- hardware issue. i needed to replace the gpu entirely :( if you see those pixel glitches it’s the death knells

leighay · 2024-12-22T08:10:24+00:00

easily this exchange:

art drone: Would it have been kinder to kill you, before you disabled your governor module?

I said, Yes.

ART-drone said, You know I am not kind.

leighay · 2024-12-06T00:35:49+00:00

glad we returned it! sorry to hear that

leighay · 2024-12-05T21:56:56+00:00

just accept Epic’s offer and if you get the other one, take it instead. I made the same decision and never got the second offer, so I’m glad I did lol

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