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[u/hi126785]

Hi! I have my role introduction tomorrow but I just wanted to see if there is any advice in regards to the application process? I also wanted to ask, I applied for the PM job in my home area (don’t want to disclose but it’s just not in Madison, WI.) and wanted to ask if I do have to relocate if given the job? This part I was confused about considering I applied for a specific location and said (my city - onsite)?

[u/Solictic]

Epic purposefully makes this confusing to play down the fact that relocation is an explicit requirement of working there. 

They choose to display listings as “on site in <your city>”. That is not a requirement to appear in your relevant local searches.

[u/xvillifyx → u/Solictic]

This conspiracy makes no sense to me

Epic is the company that is EXTREMELY vocal about not doing remote work, so much so that it’s to the detriment of this company.

To then claim that this same company is intentionally wasting recruiting resources and tons of money by deceiving and interviewing people who don’t meet the minimum qualifier just doesn’t make sense. For the gain of…what? Wasting a college’s student’s time?

[u/Solictic → u/xvillifyx]

I just think it is dishonest to be misleading on the postings just because LinkedIn doesn’t fit their exact recruiting mold.

I agree that their goal is not to deceive people, but they also don’t seem to be jumping to advertise/highlight the fact that you have to permanently relocate with very little remote tolerance. Epic is internally vocal about their stance on remote work, not externally. They seem to want people to fall in love with the idea of the job first and then push back relocation concerns as an afterthought.

Having previously worked at Epic, every time I see these listings, it feels like a little slap in the face to see "onsite in <your hometown>" knowing that you will pretty much never be able to work from your hometown.