Good Place to Start - Long Term Disability Benefits Specialist Unum Employee Review

2.0
6 Aug 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary, generous PTO/holidays/sick leave, flexible schedule, free snacks on Fridays. You become versatile because you will be handling different kinds of cases (mental, acute injuries, critical illnesses) that require you to utilize a variety of skills. As a young person looking to get experience in corporate america, this is a great opportunity to get your foot in the door. If you leave this job on good terms with your director and management; they will always welcome you back if you need a job. It is a great work environment because everyone will go out of their way to help you if you really need it.

Cons

Amount of work can be overwhelming, a lot of inbound/outbound phone calls, claimants can be very aggressive at times, management claims everything to be a priority, you'll usually end up working 10+ hours per day to actually finish your work. Unum offers a lot of PTO, but good luck taking it because they will decline your request, if you ask for days off management will look at you like it's the end of the world even though you worked for your PTO. You begin as a trainee then get promoted to a specialist, senior then lead; but at the end of the day you are all doing the same job; therefore it can be very monotonous. I had coworkers that had been there for 15+ years and advised me to look for other career opportunities if I was looking to advance my career.

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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
Recommend
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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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