Milliman reviews

1) Unequal compensation structures and unclear terms of employment. 2) Reduction in promised benefits without proper renegotiation. 3) Instances of directing employees to engage in unpaid training. 4) Training program that does exist leaves a lot to be desired.

• My PTO is well below industry standard for software engineers. At Microsoft right out of college, I had a total of 5 weeks + 2 floating holidays combined vacation and sick leave. At Milliman with 13 years of experience, I have a combined 3 weeks + 2 floating holidays. As someone with depression and chronic illnesses, I take ALL of my PTO as sick leave. PTO is not based on level but on how long you've been at the company. I won't get an increase until I've been there 5 years. And honestly, I doubt I'll be here quite that long, for reasons not related to the company. • As an odd person who is content with my salary and doesn't feel the need to get promoted to improve it (though increased PTO would be nice)--someone not at all career-driven--I tend to believe people should be paid according to the quality of their work (as opposed to achieving the goals they are forced to set every 6 months--or is it 3? It's never been quite clear to me) and how essential their job is to the company. In my opinion, a QA person with no coding skills is just as important as a software developer--after all, both are required to ship a product, and *I* certainly wouldn't want to do their job--but someone I know with roughly equal quality of work is paid 60% what I am. • Some systemic sexism; I can't speak to racism, as I am white. However, I'm in the unique position of having grown up with 30 years of male privilege. I can tell firsthand when someone treats me with less respect than they would have if they saw me as male. For instance, a couple days ago, I felt a man either wasn't listening to me or wasn't trusting that I knew what I was talking about as much as if I had been male. I don't know if this is a company problem, a problem with that specific employee, or just a societal problem. That said, most of the people, especially the management, are very open to feedback about such things, whether constructive or critical.