Optum reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(15,529 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 15,529 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
1.0
Sep 19, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

New grads will get a lot of oversight but no chance to learn to think independently. I guess some people like that.

Cons

Terrible turnover. Frequently you will witness massive exodus of NPs. I have seen a whole team of NPs to resign within 2 month. Micromanagement at its worst. Independent clinical decision making is discouraged. Management makes it clear to NPs how dispensable they are.

2.0
Aug 30, 2021

Just Average.

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

I believe that Optum and United Healthcare are trying in a lot of areas. -There was a quick adaptation to at home work, and safety protocols for travel during COVID. - I believe that their salaries are decently competitive.

Cons

Optum is part of United Health Group which is massive. These companies are both not one big company but a congregation of many smaller companies. Things are really siloed and things from benefits to management directives vary greatly from silo to silo. - Benefits are overhyped, specifically tuition reimbursement, your education not only has to be directly related to your job, the reimbursement amount has to be in your department budget. If you haven't asked about the specific classes and got them approved for payment by your manager and they must be in your department budget. they won't pay it. - There are a lot of people who have been here for many years (10+) and they aren't always in touch with the latest techniques and technologies. - A lot of lip service about equality and diversity in the business. To me it is just lip service.

3.0
Aug 2, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Works on latest technologies Quarterly rewards on time salary can manage work life balance work from home option No micro management In MnR project, work is compared to other projects, need to stretch your timings daily

Cons

Worst Variable pay (Bonus) 15% on Fixed if you get 2 rating 0%, if you get 3 then 50%,4 then 75%, 5 then 90%-100% apx some time work pressure (not so bad as in all companies) Mainly HR Policies are worst, specially in notice period (you can't take any leaves if you ready to extend your last working day) can't do encash more than 30 leaves

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