I’m green. It is hard to concentrate on work when I hear of another lay off daily. What should I expect —- an HR invite or a mass email? Only on Thursdays? thx

Are we being punked with the “anonymous” survey request to share examples of low value work? If you have to send a survey you already know the answer. For starters stop with multiple layers of status reporting from everyone and their dog. Pull data... — read more 

Prompt: “Synthesize a one paragraph description of dysfunctional corporate culture” ChatGPT: “Dysfunctional corporate culture is a toxic environment within a company that undermines employee morale, productivity, and overall success. It often... — read more 

What was up with that guy's goodbye video drinking a beer while driving? Anyone know if he is okay? It was sent to all of us and then crickets from the company....very disturbing.

So far what are the number of employee been laid offs? Rough percentage of layoffs? Anyone knows specifics to the department / area of skills please feel free to mention.

Be prepared! At this point I don't think anyone other than senior executives/leadership is safe.

Any emails or notifications about open enrollment? Isn't usually this time we see something about open enrollment is forthcoming. Did I miss anything on it

Does anyone know, if hey are having layoffs this week?

I've seen some people mention it but from what I can see either 500 employees from a single site have to be laid off, or 50 employees AND over 33% of that single site. So for a small state or a hub office that is small the layoff could possibly not... — read more 

How is Elevance/Anthem able to hide their layoff from the news? And Centene's layoff got a headline within 48 hours? https://www.modernhealthcare.com/insurance/centene-layoffs-sec

Please, do whatever you can to be prepared. There will be more rounds in the coming months and the months after that. This leadership has shown again and again that their main resource when the going gets tough is cuts. That won't change until we... — read more 

Do you think the current leadership team is doing a good job managing the company?

Did any frontline nurses get RIFd this past week? Or were only team leads/managers targeted this round? Everyone amongst the teams are asking each other and no one has a clue…

I avoided the RIF this time - but anyone let go in CSBD in creative? No one is talking but attitudes are weird.

I got laidoff notification on 9/21, last day is 10/20. I still get adhoc request here and there. And i have some monthly reports need to send out soon. But i really lose interest doing any of that. What about u?

For those attending the RIF meetings this week, has anyone heard about the options for those who are 60ish and been at Anthem for a while (10+ years)? For example, is it possible to collect severance without doing the weekly check-in, etc.? Older... — read more 

Assuming someone is out on or about to be out on FLMA for something that means they cannot work. Physically unable. Legally they cannot take unemployment. Any insight on whether its true they are requiring unemployment to get severance and if... — read more 

I really wouldn't have an issue with layoffs if for once, the management decided to show the door to people who deserve it. There are plenty of those who don't do their jobs properly and who only get ahead by kissing the right behind. It's a sad... — read more 

Not sure if you read the news, but Elevance lost their deal with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Deal was to purchase for 1.5 billion. Now not pursued u til 2024 per article

Why does ELV get away with a 30 day notice when the rest of the company's in the country have to give a 60 day notice?

There will be severe cuts every 3-6 months going forward. I can sense it. Basically they think economy is going to sh*t.

I am on the 1st Sub Plan Review meeting. People are mad that they have to apply for unemployment. They are upset that they believe they were getting Severance Pay only to realize that it’s only supplement pay.

You can estimate the number of layiffs in Workday using the active workers with work locations report. You need old numbers for compare, but you can pull numbers on different locations and org levels like GBD. Then see how much they drop

So let’s discuss how and why the RIFs now impacts AIM and never has before, is it because of the consolidation of companies under new brand of Carelon? Who has been impacted? Talk about your experience.

I’ve been here 14 years and believe it or not, when I first started it was a pretty good place to work. Slowly, year over year, this place has gotten to be a toxic sh-t hole of a company. They are motivated by profits only. They do not care about the... — read more 

Looks like a great idea, but then the gotcha, if you get an offer and don't accept you loose severance? What if you don't think you will be able to do the job (succeed) this program is awesome, until it isn't. Am I looking at this wrong?

I found this and it would appear that they cannot do that: https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/board-rules-that-employers-may-not-offer-severance-agreements-requiring

Is there a point in hiring a resume writer? Did that help anybody?

If your freind told you they had an upcoming job interview with this company, what would you tell them?

I know there are so many job roles and departments that are within the company but any nurses here …what are your thoughts on how long we’ve got? Specifically the UM dept? Do you think the majority of us will be RIFd by the new year? A lot of our... — read more 

I've been here for a year. It's unreal what I've seen. I have not met anyone who wants to be here. It's really twisted.

I got Riffed on 9/21. I have a few days of vacation and some sick/short term leave days. I will be taking 3 days off per week until my final day. Will not be giving away my time.

Comments on here make it seem like an open secret that our computer use is track. How does that happen? Who checks it, when, how often? Are there flags raised at a certain threshold? Is it different for associates with Macs vs. Windows?

Anthem brought in $6.1 billion in profit for full-year 2021, up from $4.6 billion in 2020. Gail’s salary has gone from 2 million to 30 million since she’s been here. Look up the executive team’s salaries, THEY ALL have similar astronomical increases... — read more 

Will there be more cuts?

Does IT track your activity, or watch your productivity? How do they make the selection of who to RIF or keep? Is it possible this is an opportunity for leadership to get rid of seasoned employees that they are not happy with?

What exactly is 7x7? I get the 7 layers part. What's the other 7? What does it mean to schedule 7x7s? I'm so confused. Thanks.

Just curious if some employees were fired instead of RIF’ed? Isn’t that a good way to save the company $ by not paying severance? Aetna did this to some employees years ago during a lay off. Saved them all kinds of expenses because they did not... — read more