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      Optum

      Engaged Employer

      Optum reviews

      3.4

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (15,516 total reviews)

      Patrick Conway

      46% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Culture & values

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Optum has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 15,516 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Optum employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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      Reviews by job title

      16K reviews
      1.0
      Feb 12, 2024

      Toxic Work Enivironment

      Ar specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work schedule, most positions are remote.

      Cons

      Our work is off-shored. The US employees are stuck trying to fix the ungodly amount of errors off-shore employees make trying to key charges, work AR, posting payments. No matter how many times you "educate" the off-shore team on how not to make mistakes, they still make the same mistakes over and over and over. All that matters to the glass ceiling is MONEY, make more money, more profits. Who cares if off-shore is billing charges incorrectly, who cares if charges don't get paid as long as the CEO is lining his pockets. As for the "on-shore" employees, work keeps getting piled higher and higher on our plates due to the laying off of employees, "redeploying" employees and not filing positions when someone quits. No just give the others left that persons work.

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      2y
      Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Please know that we are committed to supporting our employees. Your comments will help us to assess our processes and make any necessary adjustments for improvement.
      1.0
      Jan 31, 2024

      Run

      Customer service representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      No Pros at all. Run.

      Cons

      Run for your life. Terrible benefits. Crazy micromanaging. You do the job of 10 people for $17 an hour. No room to grow at all. I know several people with 8-9 years in the company with the same title.

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      Optum Response
      2y
      Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Please know that your comments will help us to assess our processes so that we may continue to improve as a company and better support our employees.
      2.0
      Jan 23, 2024

      A lot of turmoil

      Principal ux designer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are a lot of good people there trying to do good work. The vision of the company is solid.

      Cons

      Too much turmoil and the culture is really suffering. They have had 2 major layoffs in the last 18 months, and several other times where budgets are cut and people as well. The company is in survival mode, and it shows in the decisions being made, and it is really hurting the day to day at every level. There are some good people in leadership, but there are a lot of very immature and inexperienced people too, and it shows.

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      Optum Response
      2y
      Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Please know that your comments will help us to assess our processes so that we may continue to improve as a company and better support our employees.
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