For those that have left Cigna, how long did it take them to notify the Empower or whatever retirement benefits company of your termination?

I think it's time to make a move and do something different. Thanks in advance for any good quality answers.

Anyone else having trouble getting a prior authorization approved even though they meet all the requirements?

Just received notice of departmental changes targeted for 4th quarter. When the news was given it was stated that the years of service on my current team was “impressive”. This makes me wonder if when determining what areas to cut, they take that... — read more 

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/WdNuGJH95XU3wPAQ/?mibextid=oKfgLb

We are blackmailed by livelihood into submission. We all know the state we all are in. We are fully aware and experience on a daily basis the toxicity in a workplace. Majority of us have no respect for management. We know that performance, hard work... — read more 

How many Medicare employees are there? Will they relocate few of them inside the company before HCSC take over?

We've been burned so many times that I no longer believe a single word they're saying (unless they're threatening us with layoffs, then I know they're serious).

So ahen the first question was asked regarding the FoW policy adherence, the HR manager seemed to say that if everyone starts adhering to the policy , they will go easy (just my interpretation) , but then David corrected her and said he wants to be... — read more 

To all those who attended and asked questions AND spoke up, thank you. To hear that pathological liar David Cordani finally get caught out for what he is and for someone to raise their concerns is so beyond brave. Collective action over time will... — read more 

It’s so uncomfortable when people completely incapable of relating to others try to act and talk casually, friendly, approachable, charming, funny. So out of place. I haven’t been angry watching it, just felt like I’m observing visitors from another... — read more 

Maybe not layoff related directly but how do you diversify your 401k? Say you are risk tolerant, have one or two more decades in this grind, you take advantage of the matching, avoid the Cigna stock (someone mentioned to avoid putting money into it... — read more 

To get a sense of what your interpretation of townhall.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone here who is customer facing and told a caller to go fu-k themselves? I had a call this morning where I had to restrain every urge to do so. Big Brother aka QA is always watching so I know any call can be pulled - I... — read more 

Can we make a list of the people or teams we all should actually want to try and work with if we don’t like where we are? I know it’s an odd concept here but a list of positive teams or orgs with good leadership?!? Any?!? Looking for leaders with... — read more 

I stopped paying attention to these town halls when I realized they were all just fake fluff and a bunch of high band a--hats patting themselves on the back. No real news ever gets revealed, just lies and propaganda. I'll find any real news... — read more 

Honest question! What is DRIVE TO 2025? I understand it is as a philosophy the company is working towards and blah blah but umm… what is supposed to happen? What shift? I got hired last year and cannot get a clear sense of what it actually means lol... — read more 

Will include an update on Drive to 2025 progress. I sure hope they devote adequate time to "be the employer of choice". It would be interesting to find out how return-to-office and offshoring make people who have other options, choose Cigna.

It looks like Noelle Eder sold a bunch back in May, but still has over $5M in remaining shares. I thought the buybacks would help out, but I’m no longer counting on that.

Quote from AI search: Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can lead to job losses, especially for employees of the target company. This is often due to redundant operations and efforts to increase efficiency. According to Harvard Business Review, around... — read more 

The offshore team we’ve been working with can’t put together an app even though we constantly give them detailed requirements and they keep missing items that are in the requirements. The folks on that team could probably do well on help desk, but... — read more 

I just started training as a “personal advocate” for evernorth behavioral health. I’m getting toxic positivity corporate vibes and just not feeling good about this at all. I’ve been looking at call center subreddits and I’m honestly scared sh*tless... — read more 

Hey all, My Workspace was really acting up yesterday, enough that there was no way to make or take calls without having them be significantly delayed so my leader asked me to reach out to help desk. I reached out first via phone and got a Konda... — read more 

What's going on with the care delivery side of the business? Are we trying to sell more of these companies? Has anyone heard anything?

Does anybody here know what’s the exact timeline for non compliance ? Assuming all of the below is considered non compliance Not complying to anchor days Not complying min 8 hours on anchor day and the 3rd day of your choice. Not showing... — read more 

This place is so beyond parody that it is hard to believe they aren't trying to actively spread the rot.

So they now let us have a bowl of ice cream, as opposed to the classic slice it tie of pizza, to make us think that we are valued and are “getting a perk” and that we will forget that we have better treats in our fridge at home. If we were valued... — read more 

One of, if not the most important system we use is currently down, creating widespread issues across medical and behavioral departments. Figured this should be noted given all the talk of increasing tech issues lately on here.

So I have heard they have a goal to recruit for 1000 roles in HIH. (Cigna’s India office ). That means all of the contracting positions will be offshored. But they are not stopping at just contractors but looking to replace full time roles also... — read more 

Looks like Aetna also made 3 days return to office mandatory. Hearing a similar theme for other companies as well. How do companies all of a sudden make this shift one after the other ? Does some agency or govt folks ask all companies to comply at... — read more 

Maybe traditional severance based layoffs may have paused, but I think mass micro-management based write-ups and corrective action is the next "Phase". I think Cigna is going to leverage the unpopular FOW rules to fire people and save more money by... — read more 

https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/cigna-to-lay-off-261-in-arizona.html

Are they actually seeing those badge swipes? I dont see people on achor days ij assigned cubes come inalmost ever. Maybe this is all a hoax theyre monitoring when theyre not actually seeing whos coming in or not

Haven’t heard of any team impacted by layoffs yesterday. Are the mass layoffs done? Are they done handing out severance and now rely solely on attrition from FOW and toxicity to reduce headcount?

I am in high band 4 and I was poking around on the internal job listings and noticed that the range for many of the jobs similar to mine have a range that starts about 20% higher than what I'm currently at. I'm assuming this is just compression... — read more 

I’m burnt out. Completely. I’ve worked hard for so long, and now I have a feeling that it’s all been for nothing. I can lose my job in this grinding machine at any moment. Have no savings to write home about, but what I have are years lost to work... — read more 

Has anyone submitted a request to stay at home using an ADA accommodation? I currently do not have a seat assigned and am concerned I will be assigned one soon since my office seems to have space according to iris. I have mentioned it to my boss and... — read more