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      Optum

      Engaged Employer

      Optum reviews

      3.4

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (15,550 total reviews)

      Patrick Conway

      45% 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 15,550 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 Cuidados de saúde industry (3.4 stars).

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      16K reviews
      5.0
      Mar 21, 2026

      5 years at Optum

      Senior project manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This organization does everything health care related! There's something for everyone trying to make an impact in health care

      Cons

      Sometimes because of the scale of the organization things may get lost

      3.0
      Mar 20, 2026

      Definitely not a place to build a career

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The culture is generally ok and there are remote positions available if you are in a non-clinic role. Work is not particularly demanding, though not stimulating either. Compensation is not bad if you were hired in the past 3 years.

      Cons

      Oof. I was from a company that integrated with UHG/Optum. Since then it's been non-stop rolling layoffs since day 1. Constant re-orgs and leadership changes to adapt to, along with chronic figuring out who got laid off and who is your next POC. It's a culture of efficiency and cost cutting. Right now they are streamlining executive leadership and strategy comes from a high Optum Health level, meaning that you're just executing your day to day work and reporting into the mothership if you are an executive level. It's hard to consider a career when you could be called into a layoff meeting at any time.

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