Seemed promising in the beginning but overall disappointed - Senior Business Process Analyst Optum Employee Review

3.0
Feb 9, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent executive leadership, large company with plenty of options if you move around, telecommute options, good programs support diversity, good bullet on resume to transition to another company

Cons

Poorly ran middle management focused on maintaining status quo operations, fearful of initiative and change, thinks that "productive work" is defined on your computer keyboard strokes which is the most backwards stupid approach to "managing" remote work. Managers have a dashboard that records mouse movement and they use that to determine if you are "working" which makes no sense for knowledge workers (just resist and write a simple Python code to spoof that system). For example, if you are reading a printed report, text or article which was part of my role working in analytics, then it appears to management that you are not working. Management too busy to build authentic working relationships which in a remote environment is key. The environment is rife with toxic fixed-mindset, not worth the 100K+ salary for somebody that values growth, collaboration and tackling problems with creative solutions and initiatives.

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5.0
Jul 10, 2026
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Pros

The company invests time into showing you that you matter to the company. Free breakfast to help you get going in the morning, wonderful ammenities available like the cafeteria, gym with personal trainer and more. Lots of support and team efforts. Truly feels like a family. Benefits galore, some available to you immediately.

Cons

Honestly, I love working for this company and I do not have one negative thing to say about them.

3.0
Jun 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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