Does Optum pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Optum employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Optum. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Optum?

56% of Optum employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Optum 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Optum?

Software Engineer (1135) , Senior Software Engineer (717) , Associate Software Engineer (339) , Customer Service Representative (339) , Nurse Practitioner (186) , Director (184) , Business Analyst (181) , Registered Nurse (143) , Manager (140) , Data Engineer (130) , Associate Director (127) , Medical Coder (126) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (123) , Project Manager (119) , Data Scientist (112)

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 1906 reviews)); "Remote and Dynamic work environment good benefits" ((in 846 reviews)); "For ppl who just want good pay and basic work this is the best you can get" ((in 694 reviews)); "Work from home options are good" ((in 604 reviews)); "Good culture and policies" ((in 577 reviews))

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

"Poor management and lack of cooperation." ((in 621 reviews)); "Frequent Restructuring and layoffs" ((in 302 reviews)); "Bad managers are rewarded for their behaviors." ((in 239 reviews)); "bad pay and no bonuses" ((in 154 reviews)); "No team sprit No onboarding process on joining No training Only interested in monitoring staff output" ((in 139 reviews))

What are employees saying about Optum layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Optum layoffs and their outlook for job security at Optum in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Optum locations?

Curitiba , São Paulo , Rio de Janeiro , Belo Horizonte , São José dos Pinhais , Salvador , Contagem , Vitória , Santos , São Bernardo do Campo , Recife , Mariana , Paraná

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3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(15,537 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 15,537 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

3.0

Mar 22, 2019

Director driven projects

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Work from home. you can touch base trending technologies, but you will not get chance to work on it. Work life balance, very low workload but no career improvement.

Cons

- Common Review process involves so many politics, no value to critical resources, managers assign rating to resource on rotational basis, means once you got 4 rating next year you are not eligible for the same or higher. - No parking facility. - No enough work stations to work, there will be 5 desks for team of 10. - Every quarter or year organisation structure changes.

3.0

Mar 20, 2019

Okayish type company, lately lot of focus on emerging technologies

Senior software engineer

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is okay as per industry. Work from home option is there

Cons

Only 80% of variable pay is considered as 100%. Other 20% is part of points or on spot award activities that you may or may not get. So if they say you are getting 100% of variable pay they only give 80%. Just playing with words. And their variable pay is too high 15% of fixed salary that more than any company. Worst facility. No parking 2wheelee or 4w for first 3yr. cutting down on basic facility everymonth

5.0

Mar 18, 2019

Good

Anonymous employee

Recommend

Business Outlook

Pros

Good technology , work from home,life balance,good environment

Cons

Good company work life balance

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