Definitely not a place to build a career - Anonymous employee Optum Employee Review

3.0
20 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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Pros

Difficult to say many positives, as most of the current field staff has either resigned or currently interviewing for other positions.

Cons

Office management, upper management within the company leave staff with unfulfilled promises, ineffective communication, lack of response to questions and concerns that staff members ask on a weekly basis. This office has such high turnover with obvious lack of concern by any of the higher ups within LHC group, Optum, Amedisys. These 3 companies are merging or UHC is purchasing- upper management is unable or unwilling to share exact plans which has been adding to overall anxiety, uncertainty within this office. As staff we continue to be told ‘just hang tight, things will get better’.

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