Elevance Health reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(6,670 total reviews)
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Gail K. Boudreaux

57% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Elevance Health has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 6,670 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Elevance Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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2.0
Apr 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent health plan (depending on where you live). Many nice people at the lower levels.

Cons

After being a work at home employee for well over a decade, the work at home program is being eliminated across the enterprise and associates will no longer be allowed this benefit (it's well-known that many of the executive leadership despise work at home and wear their distaste of it on their sleeve). As a result, everyone is now being forced to come in to the office even if, like me and many others, there will literally be no one in that office who you actually work with (so we'll still be working by ourselves the entire time, just now with terrible florescent lighting and uncomfortable office furniture). This is in addition to many divisions being consolidated down to a few key locations. If you're not in one of those cities, that's your problem. You may not get let go due to it (though you could), but you're certainly not going to be given new opportunities or move up the ladder either. There is absolutely zero communication from the top unless something directly impacts your specific team. The entire company is swirling in rumors because no one knows what's going on. We hear rumblings that there may be layoffs coming and then don't hear anything only to find out through various online forums that thousands were let go over the preceding months. You're constantly looking over your shoulder - 6 months, 6 years, 16 years. . .it doesn't matter if they can save money by getting rid of you and dumping your work onto someone else. I have personally been doing the work of 2-3 people as teammates leave for greener pastures and management refuses to replace them, though they keep promising (all for a sad 2% 'merit increase' each year even with top tier performance reviews). There is no concern for employee work/life balance. I've had weeks where I've worked 90-100 hours. E-mails at 2am? Not unusual. Working multiple weekends? If that's what it takes to meet unrealistic deadlines. It's like we're expected to work around the clock, particularly if you work with people all over the country. After discussing these long hours and the burnout associated with it with my manager, thank goodness they told me it was OK, after already putting in a full day of work, to take a break for an hour or so to spend with my friends/family before going back to work in the evening (/sarcasm). Of course, there are other systemic issues, but the above are some of the highlights. Morale is probably at the lowest I've seen it in all my years of working here. And, actually, as I write this I'm kind of wondering why I'm still here.

3.0
Feb 3, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home was a lifesaver and went a long way to promote work-life balance. Yearly bonuses were small but appreciated.

Cons

Very stingy with pay and raises. Constant reorg for nearly 3 years leading to a large number of people being let go 2/1/19. Lives devistated but the C-suite gets 6 and 7 figure bonuses.

2.0
Jan 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large company with lots of opportunity if you work in or around an office location.

Cons

Sadly what most people have said in recent reviews is true. In addition to the new policy which prohibits people managers from working from home even though that's what they were hired as, anyone currently working from home who is next in line for a people manager position (succession planned as such), is no longer eligible unless they're willing to work in an office (if they're close to one) or relocate entirely. Many top performers do not live near an Anthem office and are now being told they cannot grow within the company unless they uproot their families to a location with an office. It's an extremely antiquated policy that does nothing but kill morale for employees who have been loyal to this company for many years. There have been countless studies over the years proving that flexible work arrangements and the ability to work from home actually increases productivity and overall happiness and wellbeing of employees. It's unfortunate that Gail does not take any of that into account. For that reason, Anthem will lose wonderful and hardworking employees to their competitors. My advice to anyone seeking a job at Anthem - look elsewhere. Now is not the time. Morale is at an all time low, teams are sparse to save a dollar, and in addition our company CEO is further sacrificing the work/life balance and quality of life aspect of many employees in the company. This is not just specific to my department. I work with departments all around the company and the sentiment is the same. Look elsewhere... I know I am.

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