WellPoint Reviews

Pros

The company has been in business for a very long time and many people have retired from WellPoint. There are medical and 401k benefits so there is the opportunity to retire with a source of income other than Social Security.

Cons

We have been on years of mandatory overtime with no relief in sight. It would be nice if our hourly pay scale was comparable to other competitive insurance companies. There are thousands of working moms that could benefit from Day Care. A company of this size should offer such a service.

Advice to Senior Management

If the people in authority would forego some of there million plus bonuses, the money could be use to offer more competitve salaries and it would attract higher quality associates.

Pros

Good and Stable company with ok benefits. Try to complete higher education. Dedicated line to help with your health insurance needs.

Cons

Depends on your supervisor and department - it si sometimes quite good but at the same time some departments are horrible.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect Employees and understand that they are important. Hire right people in the right place and some supervisors need HR training.

Pros

Good pto, not a face time kind of company

Cons

No ethnic diversity in senior leadership

Advice to Senior Management

Stop getting rid of diverse leaders, help develop them

Pros

competitive pay, good benefits, nice coworkers

Cons

clueless team leaders, poor training, no job security

Advice to Senior Management

value your employees who work hard, stop promoting those who don't know what they are doing, stop sending work overseas

Pros

I have learned a great deal. I enjoy the freedom to develop solutions from end to end, rather than depending on others to be involved.

Cons

I work approximately 60 hours per week and never seem to be caught up. Working from home is also a disadvantage... as I am always working.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire a stronger team. This will allow your strong developers to work 8-10 hour days, 5 days per week. Unfortunately the good developers are currently working 60+ hours per week.

Pros

work/life balance, work at home, flexibility

Cons

lack of trust among associates and departments, lack of cooperation too. even small changes take an act of congress and 3 different committees holding week long workshop discussion groups

Advice to Senior Management

work toward breaking down the barriers and walls that keep intersecting departments siloed from each other.

Pros

Virtual workforce
Flexible working condidtions
Promotions are not limited by geographic locations
Opportunities with the company due to constant change

Cons

Constant Change
Management seems to be focused more on who they know can do a good job rather than giving others a chance to do a good job
HR policies and procedures have slipped
Management as a discpline has lost focus in favor of results

Advice to Senior Management

Focus on management

Pros

A good company to have a good healthcare industry experience
At par health benefits
A good number of work from home positions

Cons

Frequent reorganizations; outsourcing especially customer service and IT to other countries
Non-competitive salary and benefits; non-competitive tuition reimbursement
Business model will be impacted possibly negatively by the healthcare reform
In need of enterprise standardization

Advice to Senior Management

Reward loyalty to company
Strengthen competiveness of benefits
Think twice about buying more companies;

Pros

Opportunity for advancement, good benefits

Cons

Culture clash between the merged companies

Pros

flexible time, wide range of opportunities

Cons

Big company with functional approach: too many parties involved in a single project

Advice to Senior Management

Continue treating associates as people and not tools.