Maximus reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(5,269 total reviews)

Bruce Caswell

63% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Maximus has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 5,269 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Maximus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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5K reviews
1.0
Aug 22, 2014

Run!!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There really are no good reasons to accept work at Maximus. If you have ANY other options, you should take them and run from this company as fast as you can!

Cons

Leadership really knows nothing about the business they are running. Leaders possess little or extremely poor communication skills and treat their people poorly.

2.0
Aug 17, 2014

Worst Position Held

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive salary, opportunities for advancement, Follows Federal holiday schedule

Cons

Training is horrible. The training philosophy as well as their culture is a very "do or die" "take it or leave it" mentality. It is the worst environment I've ever worked in. Managers and supervisors play the blame game with their employees and each other, and their is zero accountability. The company is only interested in quality on paper, but there is no serious management commitment to quality. Management is purely interested in numbers and trying to keep contracts using any means necessary, including practices that push the ethical boundary. Also MAXIMUS is great at placing the wrong people in the wrong positions. The managers there are some of the most highly educated people I've ever met but the have zero business/ managerial skills. Most of the people in management positions have management positions because they are lawyers, doctors or both. That sounds great in theory but you seriously have to wonder what would attract a doctor or lawyer from practicing their profession to come and work for MAXIMUS. I can tell you personally, it isn't the company atmosphere or the fringe benefits attracting people to these jobs. Which leads me to my last point. This company is a haven for attracting the worst of the worst professionals. Makes sense though-- if you could hack it as a trial attorney or get a position at a firm you wouldn't take a job making well below the industry average. This place is really a lint trap for the undesirables.

1.0
Jun 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Colleagues were the only silver lining.

Cons

Told everyone during interviews that contract was for 36 months, and then after 8, laid off 90% of workforce. Reclassified training department in a retaliatory fashion by cutting wages and worsening benefits package. Horribly hostile work environment, even Human Capital couldn't be trusted with day to day issues. I would not wish for my worst enemy to be employed here, and if they were, at least it wouldn't be for long.

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