To bring workers back or not to bring workers back? Return-to-office plans have been nothing short of controversial as companies struggle to appease employees and executives alike. Though a growing list of companies has embraced remote and hybrid work—including Google, Meta, and Salesforce—Epic Systems, the Wisconsin-based health care software company some 2,000 miles away from Silicon Valley, has taken a different route. It's mandating that all employees return to the office full-time.
Those outside health care may not be familiar with Epic, which employs 12,500 workers globally, but its software likely recognizes you. Over 2,600 hospitals and the six largest health care plans in the U.S. use Epic’s software, hosting the medical records for over 253 million U.S. patients and 285 million worldwide. For talent fresh out of college, working at Epic can be a career catalyst, with tech behemoths like Microsoft and Amazon often poaching Epic employees. Wooing those workers might become easier because, as of November 2021, all 11,000 staffers residing near Epic’s Verona, Wis. headquarters must work in-person five days a week.
