UnitedHealth Group reviews

The database software they use is an Oracle software= they call it IRIS . It truly sucks for taking prescription orders and all that it involves. Absolutely designed by an idiot. Too cumbersome and tedious to work with. Everyone there hates, it causes 30 percent or more of the agent's frustration and aggravation. The rest of the frustration is a poorly designed and overly redundant process. You have to work feverishly to do 10,000 things for taking one order for prescription and to give the order status it's like playing hide n go seek for the final and correct status. The poor customer has to stay on the phone for 30 - 60 min when there is a moderate problem to resolve. One customer - a young person -said the Optumrx web site is a pain to just set up your username and password. Every username he put in the system rejected it. He got tired or trying. This is over security - you can't even sign up. They need to pay $16.00 per hour for the sheer aggravation of the job mechanics. Customers call in upset and agents and pharmacist poorly notate the account - so it is a challenge to give a logical progression of what happened to the order. You have to look high and low and around the block for answers and then if you can't find the info - they want you to read training modules and bulletins- all the while the customer is on the phone waiting for a status on their order. If you still can't find it you can call someone to assist you. It's like the agent have to ride a broken bike to do the job. Ridiculous - but it's a job. Even our trainer and trainer assistant said they were in part motivated to become trainers because they wanted to GET OFF THE PHONES. For a insurance company they need to invest money in not fixing the broken system but redesign it with professional and non experience testers to have a better system. Optumrx does not have a state of the art system nor a 6 sigma work process. Most days can be very overwhelming trying to dodge the bullets.

Culture (Wage slavery, abuse of employees, dishonesty) Medical Benefits (Insurance through the exchange is cheaper and often better) LEADERSHIP! Communications Work Hours Instability Continuous Restructuring No internal advancement (externally hired individuals preferred unless lateral move) Little or no raises Little or no bonuses Gossiping No work-life balance Office Politics