Avoid Completely Unless You're Desperate - Leave Specialist Unum Employee Review

2.0
7 Dec 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The lobby is nice, the cafeteria is cheap, some coworkers are nice.

Cons

They will flat out lie in the interview about expectations and requirements. The recruiters say overtime is rarely if ever required when you start you're told when training is over 4 hours of overtime a week are mandatory. They say you have plenty of pto to start off with but, the managers rarely actually approve it and when they do it is only a day at a time. You never actually have time to use the amenities in the lobby, training is useless compared to what you actually do on the floor, the pay is inadequate for the type & amount of work you are required to do, leadership does not care about you as an individual, the actual office spaces are old and depressing, advancement is slow and rare. This is honestly a soul-crushing job and when you are finally brought to the floor after a month and a half of training you will see endless cubicles of depressed and unhealthy people that stand in stark contrast to the cult-like happiness of the "mentors" and "learning consultants" you first encounter.

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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
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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