Great people, nice office in a good location, benefits aren't so great - Senior Software Developer CorVel Employee Review

4.0
19 Mar 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The people are great. My immediate manager is one of the best I've ever had. There are a lot of people who have been here 10, 15, or even 20 years, which speaks to how good it is. We're given the time to do a good job and very rarely are we in emergency mode where we need to work 50 hour weeks, on weekends, etc. Good work-life balance. Just moved to a brand new office in downtown Portland that is pretty nice and is in a great location near transit, etc.

Cons

There is a lot of technical debt to deal with, but that's slowly being worked through. It's to be expected at a 30 year old company. The benefits are terrible although the pay is inline with the market. Health insurance is incredibly expensive, 401K match is stingy. There is some resistance to using newer technologies although that is getting better. The release process is kind of a mess with an adversarial feeling between IT and development.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Excellent pay structure to offset poor benefits and high healthcare costs. There is no Short Term Disability offered.

Cons

Management frequently lies to clients and employees about adjust case loads. Adjusted frequently experience case loads of 150 to 200 cases per desk. Management lies to clients regarding adjuster turnover and account managers are expected to lie as well. Alcohol is a big part of Corvel culture. During my first week of employment I was expected to drink with my regional VP and a client. During the conversation the client became extremely intoxicated and began mocking me. The VP looked on and said, none of this matters. This is just some hazing. Managers do not take the time to develop their cohorts. They bully people into working harder and taking on more than they can physically manage. When you make a mistake the response is not, let’s learn from this. The response is, do it again and you’re fired. This is common Corvel culture. This is very much a classic corporate greed structure that pushes people to their breaking points, fires them, and funds someone else to plug the hole.

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