Is Optum a good company to work for as a Software Engineerer?

Software Engineerer professionals working at Optum have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 1,084 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Optum employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineerer Jobs at Optum now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineerer interview questions at Optum .

Does Optum pay Software Engineerer employees well?

Software Engineerer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Optum with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 1,084 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineerer salaries at Optum.

How happy are Software Engineerer professionals working at Optum?

68% of Software Engineerer employees at Optum would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 4% in the past 12 months. Software Engineerer professionals have also rated Optum with a 4.2 rating for work-life-balance, 4.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.8 rating for culture and values and 3.4 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Optum?

Software Engineer (1142) , Senior Software Engineer (721) , Customer Service Representative (341) , Associate Software Engineer (339) , Nurse Practitioner (188) , Director (184) , Business Analyst (182) , Registered Nurse (143) , Manager (140) , Data Engineer (131) , Associate Director (128) , Medical Coder (128) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (123) , Project Manager (119) , Data Scientist (115)

What are the pros of working at Optum according to real employee reviews?

"Good work life balance and have to go only 10 days in a month as per our choice" ((in 1934 reviews)); "Benefits are good and they are large" ((in 885 reviews)); "For ppl who just want good pay and basic work this is the best you can get" ((in 708 reviews)); "Good work life balance and we can work from home" ((in 595 reviews)); "Good culture and policies" ((in 582 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Optum according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and lack of cooperation." ((in 631 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs and no warn notices." ((in 306 reviews)); "No bonuses and cost of living raise is not sufficient" ((in 158 reviews)); "No team sprit No onboarding process on joining No training Only interested in monitoring staff output" ((in 131 reviews)); "Poor communication both internally and externally" ((in 90 reviews))

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Optum Software Engineerer reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,084 total reviews)

Patrick Conway

68% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Software Engineerer employees have rated Optum with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,084 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineerer professionals have a good working experience there. Optum is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineerer professionals compared to other employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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3.0

Apr 21, 2019

Great work life balance

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home multiple days a week.

Cons

Lack of leadership and technical culture.

4.0

Apr 9, 2019

average

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

job security and good culture

Cons

pff is variable on performance

3.0

Apr 4, 2019

Good stepping stone for new grads.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you get hired as a new grad fresh out of college the pay is pretty good. You also start with 5 weeks paid vacation. When you "graduate" out of TDP, you will most likely be given another substantial raise. So now you're a year out of college making good money. The pay raises start to dwindle after this however. Don't be surprised to hear "our org doesn't have enough money in the budget this year to give you a real raise, but don't worry, next year we'll have your back". Overall, this company is a great company to work at as a new grad. But after two years most people move on to something else.

Cons

Politics A lot of talk, no action Your experience here is very dependent on what team you're placed on, and you have very little control over that (even if they make it seem like you do). There are also a lot of pretenders here. "Tech leads", who think they're geniuses, but really everyone hates them and they don't contribute anything but added confusion and aggravation.

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