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Exploitative practices - Recent College Graduates steer clear - Healthcare IT Consultant Optimum Healthcare IT Employee Review

1.0
21 Oct 2022
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Pros

-Increasing your LinkedIn network with leaders in healthcare organizations

Cons

-Poor pay -Exploitative practices targeting fresh college graduates, can't imagine anyone else agreeing to move ANYWHERE in the US for 45k and being locked in a contract for 2 years. As well as you will get no information on the moving timeline for at least 6 months into the job then they want you to get up and go while covering very little of the moving expenses, the max they will give is 4000-5000. -CHiME training is honestly useless, extremely general, not useful at all when going into your "career paths" they made everyone in my cohort a "junior project manager" but they advertise many "tracks" -Trainers and cohort leaders constantly are stressing how much they are doing for us and our careers when really they are turning a huge profit from contracting out our labor and paying us very little but saying "hey but actually we are doing this for your benefit".

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Optimum Healthcare IT Response
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Thank you, we rely on feedback to continually improve program to include offering competitive pay for the market. Ultimately Optimum's goal is to provide an intensive paid training opportunity to allow recent college grads to quickly build skills and experience over 12 weeks that will allow them to be marketable in the Healthcare IT industry and in positions that typically require prior experience. We make every effort to identify a client that will build on those skills and experience and ultimately offer full time/permanent employment. We continuously review our compensation model for the role and the curriculum and make adjustments as necessary to provide a competitive offering and positive experience for both the employee and the client. Again, thank you for sharing and allowing us to improve the employee experience.

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5.0
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Pros

Good pay. Good on site team leadership and project management. Even tho it was a contract with a definite end date, The Optimum leadership made you feel like a valued employee not just a temporary hired hand.

Cons

None I can really think of, there was some overnight work that was needed which was not my choice, but it was made clear to us in the offer that after hours work may be needed during the project.

3.0
17 Mar 2026
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Pros

Good way to gain entry into the world of Healthcare IT, and depending on the client, a good way to get your foot in the door with a high quality organization where you may otherwise not have had the opportunity.

Cons

You are nothing more than the product optimum is delivering to the client. They try and make you believe they are on your side in regards certain disparities that may take place while doing your job, but all that matters at the end of the day is if they are meeting the clients needs. So just keep that in mind. The contract you commit to is ridiculous. My contract was only 1 year but most are 2 years. If you quit or get terminated prior to that contract ending, you must pay back $10,000 to optimum to cover the cost of training. It's probably the craziest contract I've ever seen for employment, so just be aware of that before signing.

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