I know several people who were cut here and who told me that they had no idea at all that they would be on the cut list, that is, they thought they were safe since they were good performers. It was always hard for me to believe that there were no... — read more
ECS being driven the wrong direction
RM and her closest allies in senior ECS leadership are running ECS into the ground. She only cares about her metrics. Her survey results and budget. Telling employees unrealistic expectations on a town hall meeting that wasn't communicated to middle... — read more
Anyone want to help the Justice Department?
https://www.propublica.org/article/united-healthcare-change-acquisition-claims-records
It’ll happen when you least expect it
Laid off from the Quality department after working with the company for 35 years just for my position to be available to the offshore team at a lower salary grade. Worked my bu-t off to audit claims through endless meetings in order to meet... — read more
Scrooged Again
With the holiday season quickly approaching, I’m sure cutbacks will be made to the staff that have generated the company revenue in order to secure hefty bonuses for the ones that sat on their hands and did nothing. Any talk of which department’s... — read more
Meeting with a consultant?
Is anyone else out there having to interview with a consultant about your job with Optum? It's been my experience that this is almost never a good thing.
Medicare Advantag
If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, please read this article Once the results of these audits are available, please request the audit for your Medicare Advantage company... — read more
Layoffs coming soon
Per internal emails, layoffs expected to resume after Thanksgiving. Some departments will see a decrease in US based employees, but an increase in offshore employees. VPs are concerned they are losing money due to multiple lawsuits going around and... — read more
Sir Andrew Witty and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
According to this article, this happened when Sir Andrew Witty was the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Corruption, bribery, illegal marketing, contaminated dr-gs and collusion are some of the “highlights” of Glaxo’s business practices revealed during... — read more
Not my lifes best work
Praying to be laid off lol
Today is Veteran's day
Today is Veteran's day Please stand with us as we recite America the Beautiful On this and every other day, we thank veterans who have given so much to this great nation for so many years God Bless our veterans O beautiful for spacious skies For... — read more
Pay Grade and Salary Info for Optum
Please share your pay grade and salary info. I am 28 at $120K, West Coast.
These states filed lawsuits against UnitedHealth Group or OptumRx
According to this article, Ohio’s attorney general filed suit against Optum, aiming to reclaim nearly $16 million in what he says are dr-g overpayments. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payer/ohio-ag-sues-optum-to-recover-16m-dr-g-overcharges Ohio... — read more
Grade level salaries?
Please state yours.
Huge lay off coming
It’s too secret so many already know. Biggest layoff ever with new ways to sc--w people out of any compensation. The best thing to do is stop working and lay low. You will probably not be compensated for any of your work this month so why bother? — read more
401K
If you'd like to learn more about how your 401K is being managed, please read this article https://www.zuckerman.com/news/press-release/zuckerman-spaeder-and-berger-montague-file-suit-against-unitedhealth-claiming-hundreds-millions
Did your employer put you on a corrective action plan (CAP)
If you have you been placed on a corrective action plan (CAP) and you have never had performance problems in the past, the company is trying to fire you to avoid paying you a severance and the 60 days notice the employer is required to pay under... — read more
WARN ACT - please read this.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act is a Federal law that says that your employer must give you 60 days written notice before you are laid off, and they must pay you for these 60 days. The WARN money is in addition to any... — read more
It's a waste of time
I totally understand why people decide on quiet quitting. However, it is bad that some spend a long time like that, instead of looking for better opportunities for themselves. Isn't that a waste of time? Don't let your skills atrophy here. It is... — read more
Any more information?
Any information is helpful at this point-what areas are safe or not, timelines, etc. will managers have a say in who stays or who goes on teams? Thx
An Entire Area was Laid Off
With change health AI system they no longer need quality here so the ENTIRE Quality team was given two weeks notice. Wake up people! This place doesn't care about any loyalty.... Aetna, Cigna, BCBS look better then this he!! h0le! Heck it's time... — read more
Productivity
Has anyone else lost interest in caring anymore? There is ZERO incentive to go above and beyond. Sure, I'm silently quitting like many others. We have lost faith in upper management a long time ago. The only option at this point is to jump ship or... — read more
From now on I will do only the bare minimum
It's a shame that some of the best people were laid off. My colleague is laid off, even though I don't know anyone who loved his job more and did it more professionally than him. What is the company trying to tell us? That it is better for... — read more
Why are all People officers in meetings for 2 days?
Anyone know why there is a 48 hour pow wow on site and remotely for people team? Planning the next round?
Why hire somebody just to lay them off within months?
We lost a guy who started six months ago. I can't understand why they would hire somebody just to get rid of him a few months later. I feel so bad for the guy, he's one of the good ones. He left another job to come here and now they kicked him to the... — read more
Layoffs are still happening
Small and isolated layoffs, but still layoffs. Just go through other threads here and ask around in person and you'll see there were cuts here yesterday and some on Monday. Unfortunately, we're now at the stage where we can never say with certainty... — read more
Time to Unionize
https://cwa-union.org/ #unionize
What about Monday?
I didn't expect to see any layoffs before at least next month and I was wrong. This came as a major shock to me. Now I'm nervous and I'm having trouble accepting that is over. Is there anybody kind enough who might be in the know who can confirm that... — read more
More Optum layoffs today: ITS supporting John Muir Health
It's been almost 3 years since John Muir Health badge flipped us to Optum. We were assured that our jobs were not in jeopardy by us being sold to Optum. We were told this was a 10-year contract, and our jobs were safe for at least 10 years. All I... — read more
Change Healthcare is now a part of UHG's OptumInsight!
Here's a fine selection of what we bring to the table. https://www.thelayoff.com/change-healthcare
Layoffs During October
Be wary of meetings with Compliance Officers and HR. They’re basically going to tell you that you have been messing with your time and not working and all. Happened to a group of people today. They were immediately fired. No severance given. They’ll... — read more
Way to Large - You get lost
This company has grown way too large and way too global. There are too many different "companies" and departments. Everyone has to have their own team that appears to be independent of every other team. How many different CIO, CFO, CEO, COO does a... — read more
Stopped doing my job
I have quite literally stopped doing my job and my boss has not even noticed. Yes, I check in and respond to emails, but I stopped doing tasks. I wonder when she will notice? Then I can get laid off and collect severance.
Layoffs October 22
Anyone aware of layoffs today (Oct 3) if anytime this Octiber?
Hiring Freeze
We're in a hiring freeze and moving people around.
Forced to work after a hurricane
There is no power on the island. Cell phone towers are down. Yet during the hurricane managers were texting us that we needed to work and go back into the office. There are flash flood warnings still in place. We are risking our lives for the... — read more
CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE
This company is notorious for layoffs under the 20%, and gaslighting people after a CAP to get them to quit! Make them fire you! Then you can expose their TRUE culture.... TOXIC, and Discriminating.
Finally got promoted
Finally got promoted to Claims Adjuster, something I had already been doing for more than 2 years without the pay and title. Optum Puerto Rico is a joke. Can't believe I'm only getting paid .40 more cents than what I was making. Love these type of... — read more
You know Optum/UHG sucks when...
You work for them in Puerto Rico. You're SEVERELY underpaid for the type of job you're doing vs what your stateside colleagues (GL 24 $16/hr vs GL 24 $22/hr) We have almost all of our clients on CAPs but our SMEs and Managers like to refer... — read more