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Jay M. Gellert
Former Employee – worked at Health Net full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Lots of training, great people, opportunities for advancement
Cons – company is outsourcing due to Obama care
Advice to Senior Management – none
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-10 09:17 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Health Net full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Good work conditions, clinical integrity, team approach, great benefits and very good salary. High quality of fellow associates.
Cons – Excessive workloads and work stress due to constantly changing policies and procedures. Computer system unable to accommodate all the constant changes and demands for documentation.
Advice to Senior Management – Increase FTE's.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-05-17 13:44 PDT
Current Employee – been working at Health Net full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Most of the people are nice and really do care about doing a good job. The work life balance is great, as they let folks telecommute.
Cons – Advancement opportunities are pretty thin, especially with the economy these days. Often, raises are only had with promotions, and most people have to jump between departments to do so.
Advice to Senior Management – Offer more opportunities for advancement.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-04-17 12:26 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Health Net full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – Great benefits! Nice people working there.
Cons – Instability/ changed CEO 3 times while employed..Constantly laying off employees.
Advice to Senior Management – none
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
2013-03-21 10:12 PDT
Former Employee – worked at Health Net full-time for more than 7 years
Pros – Flexibility to work at home, on the road a lot with my sales team, great salary and very generous benefits
Cons – Desk work bored me and I had to commute1-1.5 hours each way, but overall, that has nothing to do with the company.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2013-02-21 09:14 PST
Former Employee – worked at Health Net full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Family oriented, involvement in community and young workplace with great opportunities to grow with.
Cons – None I can think off!
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-01-16 08:07 PST
Current Employee – been working at Health Net full-time
Pros – Some good honest folk work there, victims of fallout from major IT outsourcing (executive decision).
Cons – Nearly all the cons of working at Health Net (IT) are related to one thing: the company they choose to outsource with and the partners of that company.
Advice to Senior Management – Switch to another outsource company or switch back to insourcing.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
2013-02-13 14:57 PST
Current Employee – been working at Health Net
Pros – Education and or Training = $7,000.00
Cons – Management has no backbone... Less people with higher education
2013-01-21 14:58 PST
Current Employee – been working at Health Net full-time for more than 8 years
Pros – Generous benefits and paid holidays. Mid-sized company offers opportunity to build relationships and explore different roles in health insurance. Rounded experience offers opportunities to advance by switching departments.
Cons – Poor IT network and support. The systems are constantly going down or being patched. Pay is not in line with industry, challenge to find advancement within departments. Usually need to seek advancement in other departments.
Advice to Senior Management – Spend more time mentoring associates who seek out opportunities to advance.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2012-12-04 13:24 PST
Former Employee – worked at Health Net full-time for more than 3 years
Pros – Great people, great benefits and pay, great corporate culture. The managers really care about their employees, and company did fun stuff, for example, barbeques, employee film festivals, and other get-togethers.
Cons – I really don't have any worthy of mention.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
2012-11-25 09:26 PST
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