Management is Unsupportive and Environment is Toxic - Insurance Verification Representative Sentara Health Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Healthcare Not really any other pros

Cons

Position is dead end. You can't get anywhere in this company without a several medical degrees. Standards and expectations for the position were always changing to be more complicated. Vacation request rules got more and more complex and esoteric often times just a few weeks before an expected vacation season. Management was unsupportive. They didn't notice you existed unless you did something wrong- or should I say, *thought* you did something wrong. On the suspicion of you doing something wrong, they set up a gauntlet of meetings with increasingly higher managers and refused to hear anything other than a straight confession of guilt. You were pulled in on the accusation of one thing and if it didn't stick, they'd find something else. Fellow coworkers were encouraged to suspect others of doing a bad job and report them. This led to a popularity contest. All your coworkers were breaking the rules, but if you were caught, you were reported. So much gossip.

Explore other reviews about Sentara Health

5.0
Jul 5, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible schedule and work from home

Cons

stressful accuracy and productivity standards

avatar
Sentara Health Response
1w
Thank you for taking the time to share a helpful review about your position at Sentara Health! We are happy to hear that the flexible work arrangement has been beneficial.
2.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The team I was on was small but it had good people. My direct manager and her boss were great, but everyone above them were horribly disorganized and incompetent. More on that under cons. Pay was fine, slightly above the average. But raises were inconsistent. The ability to work from home was great. It was rare to be asked to work overtime, so work life balance was good.

Cons

Disorganized upper management who thought they knew better than the folks working in the weeds every day. There were multiple times that they would implement a change that my team would strongly recommend against, but it was shoehorned in anyway. Months later they would come back and say “that was actually a bad idea” and we would have to fix their mistakes, despite warning them against it in the beginning. How well you get trained also depends on your department. My team worked with other teams at Sentara that were often attempting to do things that could have put the company in legal jeopardy, but they were never told not to do it.

avatar
Sentara Health Response
1w
Thank you for sharing your perspective. We’re sorry to hear that your experience with leadership at Sentara Health didn’t meet your expectations. Effective leadership is something we take very seriously, and your feedback is valuable as we continue to evaluate and improve our management practices. We encourage open communication and welcome further insights if you’d like to discuss your concerns in more detail. Please feel free to reach out to hrsolutions@sentara.com.
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All