Optum Technology Development Program reviews

Don't be fooled by the cool "work at optum" imagery on their website Expensive health insurance They count your badge swipes to see if you are "coming into the office" Rampant intra-company politics At end of year they steal your accrued vacation that is over 40 hours HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE Cheap - Employees get up at 3am for Program increment planning sessions because they are too cheap to fly anyone

You could put your preference of what kind of role you were assigned (software, QA automation, project manager, etc) but they kind of just picked whatever. I didn't enjoy my first rotation because it was something I was not interested in or had any experience with. The team was also extremely overworked and I didn't feel like I got a reasonable onboarding experience. I think the rotation experience sounds cool, but the actual teams have a lot of work and don't prioritize training someone who will only be there for a few months.