Good Company but Poor Management - Remote HCC Coder Optum Employee Review

3.0
Oct 1, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Working from home is always a perk and I was given a laptop and two monitors to use for coding.

Cons

Supervisor that I was assigned to was controlling and ineffective. She didn't encourage educational growth or assist with questions. Her team was messaged in the middle of meetings to not ask questions. The experience was rough because of her. Mandatory 50 hour week overtime through the holidays and then laid off after season (to be expected).

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5.0
Jul 17, 2026
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Pros

Trainers very knowledgeable and helped to simplify prior authorization processes

Cons

Fast paced and very strict guidelines

3.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Some very talented people give so much of themselves to the company, the clients and their co-workers. I work with (and have worked with) some excellent, smart, supportive people.

Cons

Too many layoffs. Upper management is clueless about how the day to day work gets done, what it takes to make certain changes to processes, and how to treat employees. Some are great. Mostly, they just look at numbers. So many of us have been doing our jobs long enough to know what is needed for certain requests. But we don't get a voice. We just have to do it and suck it up. They are firing ('reduction in force') all of the seasoned staff and let the rest deal with the fall-out. So many teams are losing good people but those people are training their off-shore replacements before they are told about being cut. So how is that a reduction in force? It's just a reduction in payroll numbers. Everyone is on edge just waiting for the next axe to fall. And we have to try and learn or teach another role with less experienced people and more work. It's crazy. On milestone anniversaries, they send an email recognition but once the milestone gets to over 15 years, you are a target. Pay and benefits are fine by me. Raises are practically non-existent, even after layoffs and asking employees to take on more responsibility. that's messed up. They talk about work/life balance but that doesn't trickle down to the actual workers who are so stressed they fear for their jobs if they don't do the extra mile. Many of us are just hanging on instead of quitting so we can at least get some severance. Others are actively looking.

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