Good Career Opportunities - Anonymous employee Unum Employee Review

4.0
16 Dec 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Unum does a lot of internal hiring and promoting. If you get in and do your job and work hard it is unlikely you will stay in the same position. They will encourage growth. The pay is also fairly competitive. They have some great benefits as well. After the first year they will give 4.5% toward your 401k and match if you do 5%. They also have an espp program which allows you to allocate up to a certain amount of pay towards buying stock at a 10% discount. I think I would also add their training (at least in my area) was quite robust. I feel my expectations are very reasonable and well rewarded.

Cons

Honestly there are not too many at this point for me. It is certainly a job so there's that. But I know several people who have received salary adjustments because they felt the market had shifted and moved salaries to be more competitive. My former employer did not ever give raises unless you fought for it. One complaint I do have is that it feels at times the company pushes inclusivity to the alienation of anyone not socially or politically liberal. I am fairly new I have already felt a sense that inclusion does not include social or political conservatives. I know of many coworkers that feel uneasy even sharing they are Republican for fear that it would damage their opportunities for mobility in the company (which given our headquarters are in Chattanooga TN that's really odd).

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5.0
7 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great benefits, wonderful coworkers and peers, caring DIRECT leadership, growth opportunities

Cons

Strict in office policy, leadership VP level and higher does not seem as caring, burnout possible, lower end of salary compared to the market

1.0
17 Jun 2026
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Pros

Pto, good company to work for career wise, good discounts on things+discount for food on site.

Cons

Overworked like crazy, I was hired a few months ago but am already looking for something else, due to the stress and constant feeling of “wow finally i think im starting to get this” all to be reminded when submitting your tasks for mentor review you either did it right or have to redo the whole entire thing from scratch that is if your mentor is even available. Depending on your mentor as well that can really damper your experience and overall understanding. Training could have been done a lot better initially with constant exposure to different task types and different material. For example Medical certifications could have been shown over and over again for us to understand if it’s complete, incomplete and what significant health condition it would be for coding. With other team members also leaving as training ended and senior team members leaving once we got assigned the writing was on the wall. I really wanted to give Unum a shot and really try to see myself here, maybe it’s just the position of leave specialist or maybe all the jobs are the same, still can’t help but wonder if another position would’ve suited me better if they allowed role transfers sooner instead of waiting a minimum full year.

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