They offered me, a 30-year-veteran of IT and Systems Engineering, a lordly 16.50/hour. . . and said that was the absolute highest they could go, but they REALLY needed senior IT folks.
You should run away from EPIC even if they offer $300/hr. EPIC is classic awful '90s client server style. There's no fixing it. I inspected some installations and found them to be "User-hostile" to the max. My wife has spent about 200 hours learning how to use it properly (mostly uncompensated).
Why did the hospital buy it? We speculate management received word the unions would not conduct an EPIC protest...but heaven help them if they bought anything else...
Well, as they continue to offer me the “market” pay of $16.50 for a “Senior IT Security Professional”, I wouldn’t be getting near them.
But next time they call, I’ll ask if I can have fries with that. . . (evil grin)