Based on these message boards, I was able to leave and secure a better position before the last wave. A huge thank you to the people that posted about the November and December waves back in September. My former team all but 2 were laid off on... — read more 

Seriously. It's a wave after wave of layoffs. People cannot deal with this any more, stress is exhausting, people are anxious.

If they continue to eliminate people at this rate who will be doing the work needed to stay afloat? They are eliminating entire departments, massive cuts, ton of knowledge and experience lost. This is outrageous. If Optum wants to control... — read more 

Why do you think there have been layoffs? It’s to cover them losing accounts and attempts to keep stocks appearing fine and appearing that the company is strong but it’s not and hasn’t been all year 2019. People are now finding out we are... — read more 

Sounds like Big meetings this afternoon!

Claims and customer service and IT will all go offshore. This means other countries will have access to your personal health information and will be granted freedom to approve or deny your claim. Way to go Optum to give away power to other countries... — read more 

The big push is for appeals and grievances to train OFFSHORE lay techs who hardly can understand English let alone complex medical terms. They are saying diversity but the India/Philippines staff is in line to replace professional nurses and techs... — read more 

Here we go!!! Follow up to yesterday’s meeting!! They hacked the hell out of Medicare and Retirement management.....now the Coordinators and the Supervisors. Merry Christmas

I heard there was a bloodletting a couple months back from the PEDS team, that was "lead" from the Basking Ridge office. Anyone else from that team impacted with this latest round?

Does anyone know an update on the hiring/firing at the Duluth location

Since the company is moving to Agile RTE model, how many IT pms and program managers got laid off?

Does anyone know when the next round of Optum layoffs will hit?? This site has been completely spot on the last two hits down to the day! Will it affect any managers or directors interfacing and serving Medicaid and meet with the states for mental... — read more 

Creating a thread to specifically track clinical roles that have been eliminated (nurses, pharmacists, dentists, MDs, etc.). Please be as specific and detailed as possible on numbers, dates, roles, and departments. Also please don’t use acronyms... — read more 

What does anyone know about payers that cant be outsourced? Do the people that stay to work these payers eventually lose their job as well?

Any coincidence senior directors and managers with terrible performance who also sell Amway for their VP constantly avoid lay offs? In the Optum feudal system, the best way to keep your job is to become a downline selling Amway for a UBH VP.

I was part of the 11/6/2019 Optum rift. A 5 minute phone call from my manager after 18+ years with the company telling me "thanks, but your position has been eliminated. An email will be sent to your personal email address with the details." No doubt... — read more 

Cuts in progress

We received an email reminding us about the use of PTO. Our supervisor admitted she was not well versed with PTO policy in the past and therefore did not adhere to strict policy. This year she said she will be following it closely and we need to be... — read more 

Anyone have information about December 4th layoffs? Some have posted about mandatory department meetings on this day. It was posted here about the November 6th layoffs prior to the date and this was spot on. Can anyone please confirm the December... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/23/unitedhealth-sues-ex-executive-for-taking-trade-secrets-to-amazon-health-venture.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/what-is-haven-amazon-jpmorgan-berkshire-revamp-health-care.html

CNBC: “Stocks are moving on the heels of an announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan are forming an independent health-care... — read more 

Laid off 11/6/19, last employment date 11/20 also turned in severance agreement on 11/20 and received a deposit today. I dont know if its sev pay, holiday pay or last check and just wondering if anyone else received a deposit today too.......and if... — read more 

Is anybody else across the Optum domain required to move their mouse and keyboard not more than a minute?

Hearing that another round is occurring today. Anyone else hear this?

Anyone noticed the nick picking and harassment coming from supervisors just in time for MAPs. Unrealistic standards and pressure they are now trying to push to justify giving those 1s, 2s, and 3s. Most people now know what this really steams from... — read more 

Correlation?

any info on lay-offs this week or December....

Do we know anymore info if this is going to happen?

Can anyone speak to the few posts awhile back on 11/20 lay off date? Especially if your dept has basically been offshored almost totally. It’s a long wait till Wednesday.

Does anyone know how many people have been laid off so far in the Oct-Nov layoffs? Does anyone know how many more layoffs are planned?

Just saying, some of you sound like company HR moles or something..

Executive compensation for publicly traded corporations is public information. Below are a few examples of what UHG executives are pulling in (from 2018 FY): https://www1.salary.com/UNITEDHEALTH-GROUP-INC-Executive-Salaries.html John F Rex -... — read more 

So sad!!! Arghhh

The survey's were always a joke. Nothing substantial was ever done when I was there (14 years). Fluffy parts might get some attention, but anything serious was ignored and tossed. Seriously, anyone still at Optum and reading this needs to start... — read more 

I’m sure there’s more to come, but I didn't see anyone mention layoffs happening in the last couple of days. Is it possible that they slowed down with this process. If so when can we expect the layoffs to start again. Are we at least safe for this... — read more 

The employee surveys are being sent out to be completed despite all these layoffs. Yet I didn’t hear or see any improvements from the last survey. So what is the point? Are the surveys actually kept confidential or do they use them to tag you for... — read more 

To Ya’ll, hawking the board that know in advance that 100’s off people will get cut. Posting how much anguish this is , the stress. All to protect that mighty severance dollar. All that bad energy and wishes that will be cosmically hurled at you for... — read more