UnitedHealth Group Reviews

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good work life balance, and great work culture

Cons – limited growth opportunities in IT

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – lots of opportunities to move about the company in various departments, capacities, and locations around the country

Cons – bureaucracy, promotions are based on the las vegas culture of who you know not what you know

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Clear direction, leadership is enagaged. If you wish to grow, they will help give direction on areas for development, extra projects etc to perpare you for the next steps.

Cons – A large company that can seem overwhelming at first. Stick with it - ask a lot of questions and always stay positive will be the key to overcoming what may seem overwhelming,.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group full-time for less than a year

Pros – I feel like the company actually cares about me. Everyone you work with is very nice and fun to be around. They also offer lots of opportunity for advancement.

Cons – For this position there is mandatory overtime October through the end of the year. Also only get a 30 minute lunch break and two 15 minute breaks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good, steady work. Great learning opportunities. Very little favoritism, you get ahead based on your own work. Work at home opportunities help on commuting costs.
Great work-life balance, ample vacation time.

Cons – Pay is not competitive to other companies in the area. Health benefits (considering it is an insurance company) also not competitive.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to increase pay to get more qualified employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than a year

Pros – Actively sought to provide excelling employees opportunity for growth. I felt supported when learning new tasks and taking on new responsibilities. The colleagues I worked with were professional and friendly and managment was engaging and open to give and take of ideas.

Cons – There was little downside. The one criticism I can make from my experience is that the review period was a set time of year for all and new employees who were hired later in the year may have to wait nearly 2 years for their first salary review.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexible and work life balance.

Cons – Senior management has no idea what they are doing. Dysfunctional work environment.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more attention to how your decisions affect the employees and ultimatley your clients.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Great environment for employees; great people over there

Cons – Cafeteria is too expensive. Nothing else, since didn't stay there too long

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group full-time for less than a year

Pros – I worked with a lot of great people and I found my work to be challenging and fulfilling. The benefits were ok, the pay was average.

Cons – United Healthcare will do everything they can to legally screw you over when you leave the company. There are several states that have recently made it legal for a company NOT to pay you vacation pay once you give your notice, United Healthcare will definitely take advantage of that. I worked with my manager to give them three weeks of notice (at his request) in order to finish up work I had assigned to me. My reward for this loyalty and dedication? UHG screwed me out of several thousand dollars I had earned in unused vacation time. In calls to their benefits office I was told, 'we are well within our legal rights to not payout PTO when you resign.'

I am baffled as to why a multi-billion dollar company would be so petty but, they are so be very careful when taking a job with UHG. Absolutely shady.

Advice to Senior Management – Demand that senior management make changes to policies that are unethical or at the very least, be open about the fact that you have no ethics and you will screw people over because you can.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at UnitedHealth Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great flexibility and time off!

Cons – Quality and production or you're out the door. This company cannot keep supervisors and we watch them come and go. I've watched at least 30 people get fired or quit in the last 5 years and I've been left to regret wasting my time with this company. The whole system is a mess. The new people coming in are not trained to do much at all and it has caused much discontent. Training is horrible. Quality gives "errors" for the most ridiculous situations that have no impact on the payment of a claim. A lot of times Quality makes mistakes when giving "errors" and this could cost someone their job. I would not want a family member or good friend to take this job. Run as fast as you can in the other direction!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend