Dr. Elisabeth Potter shares the letter United Healthcare sent her after she made a video outing them for asking her to justify a patient’s surgery to treat her br---t cancer - and later denying coverage of the stay. United Healthcare is the worst... — read more 

You’re just trading one corrupt and greedy set of leaders for another.

Are more layoffs coming in February? What areas?

Crazy they offshore all the IT jobs and they just send a mass email cooperate wide talking about employees getting calls or texts from IT people pretending to be with the company

Hello, I encourage everyone to review their W-2 information and reach out to Corporate Payroll to make any changes. In my case, Optum/UHG had my taxable wages and tax withholdings completely wrong!!!!

"The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is terminating the Medicare Advantage (MA) Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of 2025 due to the model’s substantial and unmitigable costs to the Medicare Trust Funds." SOURCE: ... — read more 

Has anyone secured a job with the redeployment group? I have applied to several internal jobs. No one has contacted me back. My last day will be February 6th.

This company doesn’t have a union that u know of and it should does it vary state by state? Does anyone know of one ? How di remote workers who are not physicians join one?

Of course I wanted to check to see if they were hiring internally for the jobs they laid off and of course they did. For a lower pay grade and severely reduced training time frame. I applied to about 20 jobs, some I am grossly under qualified for but... — read more 

There are plans that are confirmed to do an org wide reduction for onshore employees only in the US. All departments are being forced to do cuts. The plan is to do a small RIF, but then also do restructuring of individual teams, shift their leaders... — read more 

So, I understand what devastation, stress and turmoil that a layoff can potentially cause for a person, family, etc. It's terrible and scary. Thank goodness or those who are able to apply and utilize unemployment benefits to help bridge the gap until... — read more 

I heard a rumor a week ago that Optum was going to be doing a mass layoff in the revenue cycle dept. that supports Northern Light Health in Maine. Does anyone know if this is true? I find it oddly coincidental that exactly 30 minutes after our dept... — read more 

They hang over us all the time as a looming threat. Layoffs can and do happen at all times, not just during the big rounds. We’re all anxious about losing our jobs in this economy. Most of us are empathetic, well-adjusted people, and it’s been deeply... — read more 

“ Had a last min 30+ leader meeting scheduled for tomorrow(now today) and it includes a ton of HR and operations teams. Assuming more layoffs are coming this week.” What time is this meeting today?

On 1/23/25, they laid off several PSCs, CTMs, and RIFd a director. When and who will be the next? Have you heard of any restructuring? How huge will be the reorg? Will they replace Home and Community/Navi with UHC reviewers? Will there be Home and... — read more 

Someone posted that when they gave their 2 weeks they were not going to get their PTO. I have been thinking or leaving but after doing some digging I realize what that poster wrote was legit. So for all you thinking of leaving, don’t give a... — read more 

An important update was shared during today’s workforce globalization meeting in Optum Insight Provider. Leadership is moving forward with Project Optum, which is short for (O)nshore (P)ositions (T)o (U)rban (M)umbai. This initiative involves... — read more 

So I made a post a while ago about a class action lawsuit for them layoff Americans and offshoring jobs, turns out there can be a class action lawsuit for exactly that as it can have the basis of anti- American discrimination, and a breach of data:... — read more 

This is honestly the worst time for anyone to lose their job, especially with everything so unstable right now. I can’t believe the company would put so many families at risk like this. It’s beyond cruel. Their greed is tearing lives apart, and it’s... — read more 

The most recent WARN notice from Optum Care, Inc. in Maryland was filed on January 23, 2025, affecting 18 employees in Hagerstown, with layoffs scheduled for March 24, 2025.  It’s important to note that not all layoffs meet the criteria for a WARN... — read more 

While I wasn’t directly affected in this instance, I’d like to better understand how RSU vesting schedules apply to employees with multi-year grants (e.g., 25% annual vesting over four years). Specifically, if a vesting date falls in late February... — read more 

When the VP’s and director’s kids are carried on in the background during meetings, kind of undermines them trying to enforce UHC/Optum “rules”.

With some of the managers and supervisors getting laid off and their teams having to shift around to new ones is it worth it to switch to a different team or even apply internally? I don’t meant to sound tone deaf but if I get laid off I want as much... — read more 

I’ve heard that people in California, specifically those whose colleagues which were not located in California & were laid off Thursday, were temporarily spared because of the fires? From my perspective I can see a handful of California located... — read more 

We are down to half a team, and now I am concerned about what will happen to the rest of us. My best guess is that we will be reassigned, as there is no way to maintain our previous workload with half the staff. Has anyone been in a similar situation... — read more 

I woke up this morning to a nice email from USCIS after reporting Optum on Thursday to USCIS for H1B fraud. I filled out this form. https://www.uscis.gov/report-fraud/uscis-tip-form Three people were on the email chain from USCIS. They were very... — read more 

Grades 20 - 26; SBA; SBI; 84-86 Years Worked | Paid Base Pay # Weeks 0 - 3 3 weeks 4 or 5 4 weeks 6 or 7 6 weeks 8 or 9 8 weeks 10 or 11 10 weeks 12 or 13 12 weeks 14 ог 15 14 weeks 16 or 17 16 weeks 18 or 19 18 weeks 20 ог 21 20 weeks 22 ог 23 22... — read more 

Look--it's happened to THOUSANDS of us. It's not fun. It's not "a new adventure." It just straight up and down stinks. When I was first laid off, I spent 2 days just spinning out. There were so many unknowns and so many things I had to account for... — read more 

Has anyone hear about the behavioral health clinican side layoffs?

For those of you who were laid off ( and not rehired) from early 2024 or prior, why are you on this form?

Any info about CSOC positions in appeals and denials?

What’re the thoughts on the future of these positions? Are these positions at risk for being cut?

What is the future for Optum ISNP program?

Just FYI, you will need to request access to a new system through secure. I just got hired on a couple of months ago and my manager directed me to secure stating I need to request access to an additional system. If anyone needs helping navigating or... — read more 

I'm genuinely shocked at how fine I am with being laid off. There's no fear, no bitterness, no worry. Nothing. It's as if the weight of it all just didn't land. Is there such a thing as layoff-related numbness? How long does it usually last? This is... — read more 

This doesn't bode well for the rest of the year. At all. I'm worried we might be seeing quarterly layoffs from now on, if not even more often than that.

For those who don’t have access to sparq I’m Going to try to list this as neatly as possible If you are a grade level 20-26, SBA, SBI 84-86 Benefits depend on the number of years so, 0-3 years you get 3 weeks of pay 4/5 yrs- 4 weeks 6/7 yrs- 6... — read more 

Maybe once tomorrow is behind us, I’ll feel differently, but as of now, I don’t trust anyone when it comes to layoffs, no matter what they say.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems like most people who were laid off were given two weeks before their final day. This means we won’t feel the full brunt of these cuts for another few weeks. And by “full brunt,” I’m referring to increased... — read more 

I can’t send email with w2, pays stamp, and other stuff to my personal email , i’m blocked??? never happens before? Any help? I can’t print them , no access to printer. Thanks