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      Optum

      Engaged Employer

      Optum reviews

      3.4

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (15,512 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 15,512 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 Cuidados de saúde industry (3.4 stars).

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      16K reviews
      2.0
      Aug 30, 2023

      executive greed is destroying the company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Some interesting projects some very clever colleagues

      Cons

      micro managing "people leaders" who go against the tone set by the CEO. They don't assume good intent or follow the corporate values. They gossip, and play favorites and people who don't "fit in" are excluded from promotions and pay rises. Silos are very much in place across the org making it extremely difficult to get info needed to do job. silent and immediate layoffs are widespread, they trump up ways to fire people to avoid paying severance. 100% of business decisions are made to keep the stock price, and also their bonuses, high....the executives don't care at all about the members, the clients, the workers...

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      Optum Response
      2y
      Thank you for your feedback. Your comments will help us to assess our processes and make any necessary adjustments for improvement.
      1.0
      Aug 28, 2023

      Horrible Organization

      Financial analyst
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible work hours, ability to WFH and health benefits.

      Cons

      Low pay, little to no training, constantly changing organization. They are the perfect definition of what “corporate America” is and all they care about is money. They will eliminate thousands of employees who’ve worked hard for them and then have people who are still there do more with less. Management likes to talk like they care for people but they don’t. Everyone is there to save themselves. Probably one of the worst organizations I’ve worked for. Stay away!!!

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      Optum Response
      2y
      Thank you for your feedback. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Your comments will help us to assess our processes and make any necessary adjustments for improvement.
      1.0
      Jul 26, 2023

      Don't care about their employees

      Contract manager
      Recommend
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are none. Only cares about their bottom line

      Cons

      Won't pay out PTO when fired even though PTO is considered to be a part of someones compensation. Will create a witchhunt to get rid of you in order to hire someone else at a lower salary.

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      Optum Response
      2y
      Thank you for sharing your experience. We regret that your employment ended in this manner and understand that losing your job can be distressing, and we empathize with your situation. We are committed to learning from these situations and continuously improving our process.
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