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I applied for a programming job with an insurance company once and then the first screening test involved interpreting flowcharts, looked like they were photoco
by perl4ever 5y ago
I applied for a programming job with an insurance company once and then the first screening test involved interpreting flowcharts, looked like they were photocopied from a 1970s textbook. I decided then and there it wasn't worth it.
>$100k to senior engineers
Could be half that and no technical screening whatsoever.
- pettycashstash2 5y agoMost technical operations are outsourced. They even have a separate company in india for obvious cost savings reasons.
- perl4ever 5y agoAnthem specifically? Maybe, but insurance and other mundane companies in general hire Americans for IT jobs, only in places like Indiana, upstate NY, or the southeastern US. Often working with people who are in, say, New Delhi, but not being replaced by them. Outsourcing frequently means outsourcing to people in the US who are paid enough less to be a logical option.