tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200696044657232984.post4525290045112735511..comments2024-03-20T22:05:20.761-05:00Comments on Life After Epic: Epic's Principles, Part 6Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200696044657232984.post-11792465992781325922014-10-21T10:58:16.162-05:002014-10-21T10:58:16.162-05:00The CIO at one of my customer sites said that they...The CIO at one of my customer sites said that they'd de-install Epic and go with Cerner if I didn't join them for Happy Hour. TheAdministratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02524692634914987190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200696044657232984.post-84250291610059792112014-10-21T01:02:57.888-05:002014-10-21T01:02:57.888-05:00The fun thing is older customers have never really...The fun thing is older customers have never really been updated with the alcohol rule. When I went onsite for one of my older customers, the analysts practically dragged me to the bar. When I was onsite filling in as a AM (as a TS) and helping move the implementation along, the medical director (who had been at a Kaiser site previously) was always joking about doing shots in the office for every report issue I could fix...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200696044657232984.post-54063401365193321442014-07-03T10:13:31.932-05:002014-07-03T10:13:31.932-05:00Don't forget about the rule that was changed t...Don't forget about the rule that was changed to not allow for any reimbursement of a single alcoholic beverage even with dinner, which used to be permitted. Additionally, if you went out for drinks with your client after hours and the wrong people found out at Epic, you could get in trouble for it regardless of the number of drinks you had or how well-behaved you were. <br /><br />That's not to say that you need to drink to have fun with your clients, of course, but when you get invited to happy hours with your client counterparts, it can be awkward if you don't trust that you won't get ratted out or if you have to decline because you're just not comfortable because Epic frowns on it (I should mention here that Judy doesn't drink at all, so her thumbprint is all over this policy). When you hire young people just out of college, there's of course the potential for abuse, but the blanket policy is a bad way to deal with it. <br /><br />Not that there was ever much time to interact with clients outside of work anyway due to the mountains of work from your other clients waiting when you got back to the hotel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com