Leadership is pushing very bad practices, and only yes men will succeed. Those people who know what they're doing are constantly pushed down, because realistic outlooks are shot down in favor of unrealistic "yes we can" attitudes that come from people who aren't even doing the work.
Teams are constantly asked to put quality on the back burner, to favor faster delivery to make impossible commitments.
Constantly firing and loosing people, asking those who remain to pickup the work with no additional incentive.
Promotions within are a fight, but they will hire new people in above you. Or just have you work your job + the unfilled position above you.
I've seen way too many coworkers train new ppl into positions above them, and then end up stuck doing their job and the new person's job.
Optum's goal seems to be to buy all competition and then never integrate it.
Have 10 applications that do the same thing, but none of them well, is the strategy.
This used to be a place that actually valued hard work, integrity, and had compassion. That built teams with really strong employees who had drive and the support from management to do good work.
Now, it's a place where you say "yes sir", and the new employees are a scrape on the bottom of the talent bucket.
Everyone with integrity or skill is leaving.
Health insurance is so bad. $6k deductible before they cover anything on the balanced plan. $12k max out of pocket.
Sooooo many places are out of network.