Good - a few flaws - Quality Auditor Optum Employee Review

4.0
5 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Work life balance is pretty good, no overtime in my area allowed so my hours are strict and I don’t have to worry about working on weekends. Schedule was flexible and permanent work from home is great! I’ve been here 12+ years so PTO accrual is nice.

Cons

Pay- 12+ years and only at $20ish an hour and so many newbies get hired on at more than me, which is frustrating. It’s really hard to figure out getting more money because raises are horrible at UHG. Micro management- some of the micromanagement is over the top, especially with the some of the systems used to watch your production. Layoffs seem to happen yearly, multiple times a year, as they constantly try to offshore positions so lately having to worry about that seems to be more of a worry than normal,

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5.0
5 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very employee focused company and good PTO.

Cons

Performance is mainly based on billable hours.

3.0
4 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some very talented people give so much of themselves to the company, the clients and their co-workers. I work with (and have worked with) some excellent, smart, supportive people.

Cons

Too many layoffs. Upper management is clueless about how the day to day work gets done, what it takes to make certain changes to processes, and how to treat employees. Some are great. Mostly, they just look at numbers. So many of us have been doing our jobs long enough to know what is needed for certain requests. But we don't get a voice. We just have to do it and suck it up. They are firing ('reduction in force') all of the seasoned staff and let the rest deal with the fall-out. So many teams are losing good people but those people are training their off-shore replacements before they are told about being cut. So how is that a reduction in force? It's just a reduction in payroll numbers. Everyone is on edge just waiting for the next axe to fall. And we have to try and learn or teach another role with less experienced people and more work. It's crazy. On milestone anniversaries, they send an email recognition but once the milestone gets to over 15 years, you are a target. Pay and benefits are fine by me. Raises are practically non-existent, even after layoffs and asking employees to take on more responsibility. that's messed up. They talk about work/life balance but that doesn't trickle down to the actual workers who are so stressed they fear for their jobs if they don't do the extra mile. Many of us are just hanging on instead of quitting so we can at least get some severance. Others are actively looking.

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