Wellmark reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(215 total reviews)

Cory Harris, John D. Forsyth

65% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Wellmark has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 215 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wellmark 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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215 reviews
3.0
Nov 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Works hard to treat their customers right. Good benefits.

Cons

Sr. Leadership does not walk the talk. Long term employees are not valued. Very fearful culture. People just disappear over night and no one knows why.

2.0
Sep 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and easily accessible gym.

Cons

The right hand doesn't talk to the left hand. System updates are constantly implemented without testing, leaving several departments (operations mostly) unable to work which puts you further behind. Procedures are done without notifying the department it directly effects. So when new issues occur no one knows why until the issue is escalated to department managers. The department managers then turn around and act like the effected department should have foreseen and notified the department responsible for the change. Unbelievable. The second biggest issue is that every department is understaffed. It's fine if you are an hourly employer, but the minute you go salary - GOODBYE LIFE. Come in at 7 and leave at 530-6. For the first time when I started a new job, I thought of leaving Wellmark within the first week. That has never happened to any job I've ever had in my adult career.

2.0
Jan 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

• Nice facility in the Des Moines office with a beautiful gym. • Strong mission and meaningful work that genuinely motivates many employees • Opportunities to work on complex, large-scale initiatives • Some leaders are supportive and open to collaboration

Cons

• Inconsistent people management and accountability across teams. • Repeated concerns raised by multiple employees are often minimized, which prevents issues from being addressed effectively • Limited follow-through when interpersonal or performance issues are escalated, impacting psychological safety. • SAFe has rollout faced significant challenges, and it created a lot of uncertainty. Many colleagues have expressed concerns about their job security. • Good old boys club on tech side of the house • Rigid RTO mandate has replaced flexibility with monitoring. Despite clear evidence that teams were productive remotely during COVID, time in office is now tracked and reported to execs, reinforcing optics over outcomes

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