WellMed has been hit hard, it seems. It’s difficult to keep track, and we are all on edge, so please share.
candyman should be out, we need American leader who cares for the AMERICAN Healthcare!
No offshoring / put profits over patient care.
Pilot nursing
They laid off a bunch of directors from the pilot nursing program
Legal stuff
Hope for the best prepare for the worst. Start keeping track of everything. Bi--h supervisors. Condescending co workers. All pay stubs, all career education and training, update your resume and log everything just in case. This should be done... — read more
Severity 1 War Room from ESRO Cloud Flare
Yet another ESRO disaster. Tool they mandated everyone to use wasnt ready for peak season volume. Impacting customers for over 12 hours now with 20% error rate from the CloudFlare firewall. Who coulda seen this coming?
Phil McCoy teams hit today.
Not sure of any advance notice posted on this site but it is definitely happening now. Just heard from 3 employees directly impacted in his org. There already aren’t enough people to do the work as it is.
New business address listed on contact card
I saw that a new “business address” was added to my outlook contact card. I will not share what it says but I will say it is an office about 100 miles away from me. My location code still ends in “950” which designated telecommuter but I don’t like... — read more
It has started
I wish the rest of you luck.
I hate the wait
It'd be great to know what's going on. With some people saying it's started and others claiming nothing is happening, I'm starting to get a headache - and I'm not even going to mention my productivity for today. Some clarity from leadership so we... — read more
9/18 Updates
If you or someone you know was affected today, please share the area impacted so we can stay updated. Our thoughts are with you, and we’re sending strength, care, and positive energy your way
Are we certain it's just OI?
I don't want to be blindsided tomorrow.
Are all deployments and coding efforts still frozen?
Lmao ESRO is so incompetent
Good luck to OI people tomorrow
Anyone know if other areas might be impacted?
SD out of Optum Tech and moves into Optum Insight
Oddly enough, I didn't get an email about the role transition.
Another breach in Optum ?
leaders are asking to suspend all products until further notice.
How much has been farmed out to private equity?
There seems to be no rhyme or reason in policy and procedure changes in this company. Does anyone have an idea of what departments/how much of Optum's work has been farmed out to private equity firms? Because I feel like that would explain a lot.
Anyone Tried To Work Outside of The US?
I know there's a policy where you are not allowed to work outside of the US. Has anyone tried to do this with like a VPN router + travel router?
Sep 18th is the day
Optum insight layoffs will be on Sep 18th.
Layoffs Wellmed 9/18
Layoffs happening at Wellmed Thursday 9/18. VPs and Directors in layoff trainings today.
Change to RRP?
On Sparq, it looks like the Incentive Program page was updated mid/late August & now there's no mention of merit, only RRP. The downloadable PDF is also new, talks about base salary, incentive opportunities & benefits--and having to exceed... — read more
Volunteering for layoffs
Does anyone know if it’s actually possible/a thing to volunteer to be on a layoff list for the next round? If it’s inevitable to hit all departments, would rather it be me than others on the team who need this job more than I do -and at least with... — read more
Wonder about fallout when it’s discovered AI is not what it’s hyped to be
We’re already seeing data showing AI is far from what was promised. Everyone rushed to adopt the latest corporate fad, but it simply can’t do what they claim. I’m not naive, AI has mostly been an excuse for layoffs. But with how deeply it’s being... — read more
Optum is making people sick
Stress is everywhere, causing good people to leave in droves. The management is offering zero support through it all, and only makes things worse in the majority of cases. Some days it feels like just surviving the day is all you can do - and that's... — read more
Performance metrics are ridiculous
Look out everyone, orgs are now monitoring everyone's AI usage to fit with our glorious leadership's new decrees that we are now an AI-first company. If you aren't shoehorning AI into every part of your daily workflow, you are considered a bad... — read more
A Day in the Life of a New Hire at Optum Philippines
A weird article promoting offshoring our jobs https://www.wheninmanila.com/optum-philippines-experience/
ESPP
I heard that this is being cut in terms of the discounted rate. Is going to be 5% with some other shenanigans… also heard that PTO can’t be carried over going into 2026… anyone heard the same?
Optum Utilization Review RNS getting Forced to work weekends
A new initiative being rolled out to meet 24hr deadline for Medicaid and DSNP TATs is for RNs in the state of issue to work weekends but our nurses that are out of states are not being forced to do so. You can not make 1/2 your team work weekends... — read more
This week
How is it looking on layoffs?
Starlink Internet?
Anyone know if we are able to use Starlink Internet for WFH? I am rural and my current Internet is terrible with minimal other options.
What’s going to happen with OI?
What do you all think? I’m a bit worried, but then again, we’ve learned that nothing good ever seems to come out of these situations anyway.
09/25/2025
Be prepared!
OI new CEO is private equity guy?
Checked him out. Left UHG long long ago to go PE and consulting. Will OI be nonexistent by the time he finishes layoffs? That is my fear. A lot of finance and health projects got moved to OI and I feel it’s like being picked for the glue factory.
OI Hiring Question
I'm trying to find a contract position for a friend of mine looking to get into project or product management. Onshore citizen, former military, distinguished, fundraises for veterans every year, tech Agile background, great guy, runs a number of... — read more
NAVI/OPTUM
Soooo was everyone weirded out that ADC and PSC had combined meeting? Merge happening in future?
Another one bites the dust... Optum Insight CEO out!
Girls night! Did ya get the email? Divvy's out! Pretty sudden, too. This on top of all the shuffling of other top brass. Lisa had the right idea. Vivian may have gone willingly, but was likely a witty casualty. Can't say I blame them, I wish all the... — read more
Today
Any lay offs today?
Dev days
They really cut the budget huh? Ive learned more from a high school substitute teacher than these "presentations" on grainy zoom video from offshore.