The worst job I have ever had! - Operations Manager Maximus Employee Review

1.0
23 Mar 2012
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Pros

About the only thing right about this company is they have decent benefits. Group medical, and paid time off are reasonable.

Cons

The managers I has occasion to work with at the project level and from the corporate office are for the most part incompetent and garner no respect from project staff. They rule by fear of loss of your job and constant intimidation. It is a terrible place to work and once this economy picks up they will be hard pressed to maintain any kind of a staff. The incompetent management has turned every manager / supervisor / specialist job over at least once in the past two years. The turnover of the entire staff is so high that most caseworks stay "new". I'm just glad I'm out of there!

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5.0
2 Jun 2026
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Pros

Remote, adequate training and guidance and usually everything /software works - minus regular hiccups.

Cons

Not too many - a few misunderstanding s about training classes and roles but overall, not bad.

1.0
18 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Had a few really exceptional coworkers

Cons

One reason I was hired was to bring in new ideas and work approaches; however, when I tried implementing anything new, some of the “old school higher-ups” would balk and were never open to anything new or better. My management just looked the other way and didn’t support me. As for training, I wasn’t offered much in the way of onboarding other than being told to read a lengthy “standard operating procedures” document. No real opportunities were offered to shadow anyone so I could learn in real-time. A typical work week was 60+ hours and often stretched to 70+. It was exhausting and demoralizing. The job was not sustainable and I’ve never been more relieved to be done with a place. I cannot recommend Maximus as a place to grow your skills or to give your time. Turnover seems to be relatively high at Maximus and there are far better places to work.

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