Anyone staying in place is going to be getting more work, and higher expectations, for the same pay.
3 options really:
- Stay in place and take it.
- Watch the internal job reqs for 1-2 gradesabove where you are and app spam anything you can tolerate. Moving up 1 grade is a minimum ~24% salary bump, beats the sh-t out of staying put for 1-4% on your annual if you are lucky.
- Leverage the "prestige" of having Optum/UHG on your CV and apply to other orgs. If you aren't totally worthless, your experience here is frequently worth a 40-50% bump moving to BCBS/similar or a regional outfit or provider network. We all know this place is a clown show, but Optum/UHG is frequently treated as a prestigious and desirable background by a TON of external hiring managers. Play that up and get paid.
Good luck, and don't stay where you aren't appreciated!
Perfectly put, @bqw+1v220rvn.