Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 11, 2007
lauralassie
224 Posts
Looking for new job prospects. Any one out there ever worked for insurance co.'s. How did you like it.
kimmie518
98 Posts
I worked in a call center prior to nursing school. Other than a call center rep. being a horrible job, the company I worked for wasn't that bad. They were more strict about management than the medical field- call in's, late's, holidays, and really noone else would help out/switch with you if you needed it. If you did something even small wrong, they would write you up or have a corrective action meeting (pretty much the same thing).
The nurses worked in medical management. They would authorize certain procedures, go through cases to see if hospital stay-lengths were acceptable, etc. They didn't get paid all that much. I believe they started at $35k and they wouldn't count hospital experience to boost up your salary.
Of course you don't get as much time off compared to a hospital setting, but working for a health insurance company usually gives FANTASTIC benefits. Free health and life insurance- dental was only $9.80 a paycheck.
It's not that bad if you're sick of hands on patient care.