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Aetna reviews

3.4

60% would recommend to a friend

(4,147 total reviews)

David Joyner

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56% positive business outlook

Aetna has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aetna employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Insurance industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
2.0
Sep 28, 2017

It's ok...

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I work from home full-time, which is really nice. I have a great manager and great teammates.

Cons

-Low pay. People get especially hosed if their initial salary was on the low end. There's an internal cap (like 10%) on raises for promotions, so we have a lot of people (myself included) making thousands of dollars a year less than the minimum recommended salary for their job codes. -This year we all got hosed with 1-2% raises, budget cuts, and job eliminations. Meanwhile, our CEO (according to the press, because we are a publicly traded company and executive salaries are public record) made $41 million last year and got 115% of his bonus target. -Insurance: We have some of the worst insurance I have ever had of anywhere I have ever worked. Deductibles are too high, and if you actually meet the deductible and get to use your benefits, they are pathetic at best. Not to mention the socialist pricing structure where employees who make more money pay more in monthly premiums for the exact same coverage.

2.0
Aug 4, 2017

RN

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work at home. Yearly bonus.

Cons

Pay increases are getting lower for those of us not in management. Cannot advance into management positions unless you are buddies with management. Lateral transfers are on hold for most nursing positions, however some nurses are able get a lateral transfer 'under the radar' for positions that are not posted. Need to follow workflows that were developed by a management team that obviously has not performed this role - expectations are demanding and we are told that we are salaried so you need to stay and finish your work. We are told this by our supervisors that clock in their 8 hours and go home. Policies and procedures are not consistent throughout the company. Employees are forced to drive 60 minutes each direction to do in home visits. Management mistakenly admitted during a meeting that the application that is used to determine drive times is inaccurate, so a 60 minute drive time actually takes over 70 minutes. Workload has not been decreased to reflect the extra time out of the office. I'm just being honest and have examples for a lot of these comments, so please don't think I am a disgruntled employee. Just being truthful.

2.0
Apr 17, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work at home; PTO; 401K; competitive salary. Co-workers are amazing and care about our members. Too bad management does not.

Cons

The things senior management talks about are not put into practice. All the current managers care about is how much work you can do and how much money they can make. Have not heard a word about customer satisfaction mentioned in a staff meeting in over a year. Just because our clients are Medicare/ Medicaid members doesn't mean that they don't matter, especially since Gov't services is one of the only consistently profitable segments of the business. Health insurance benefits are terrible, no opportunity for growth. The only recognition you will ever get is from your co-workers.

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