Optum reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(15,512 total reviews)

Patrick Conway

46% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Optum has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 15,512 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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16K reviews
1.0
Jun 28, 2014

This company was misrepresented

Anonymous employee
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Pros

interesting opportunity because of the project

Cons

very very poor communication and lack of understanding of our Eastern Indian counter parts of American business practices. Lack of English fluency and enunciation makes communication exponentially more difficult

1.0
May 27, 2014

Run don't walk away from any offer from this company

Anonymous employee
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Pros

I would have said they pay is good but since the work is non stop. The pay is far from market value.

Cons

Bad managers from executive to functional. Most are related and not qualified for the jobs they hold. Not only are they not qualified for their jobs but certainly not qualified to manage others. It's incredible the government still does business with this company. Human resources is a joke. Not a real office who just let the individual managers do what they want how they want and provide no protections to the individual workers. This is by far the worst place i've ever worked. They require round the clock work. More than once I've worked more than 24 hours straight. That's no joke, with no thanks from any managers. This is a 85% Indian company, in my project there are only people of Indian decent in management positions out of the 7 only two are qualified. They speak in their native tongue, including managers. And even though they want you to work 24/7 managers are usually not there to support or provide valuable information. If you want work life balance this is not the place for you. If you are not of Indian decent, this is not place for you.

2.0
May 23, 2014

Incompetent Management!

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible working arrangements. Can often work from home several days a week. Interesting work on government contracts. Lots of work to do-never bored.

Cons

Management is clueless. There is no real communication because communication means talking and listening and this management just talks. They are blind to what is really going on and who is actually doing the hard work. They are more supportive of their subcontractors than their own employees. Management treats most team members as easily disposable and replaceable.

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