Anyone with experience successfully filing Internal Dispute Review (IDR) ?

That means you are over hiring. Outsourcing is not okay. If a company does these things they should be responsible and pay their employees they mislead a severance. How can management live with themselves. Shame on the people management who say quit!... — read more 

Does anyone else think the company is going away from acute therapy? Are further branch closures for infusion likely?

Yes, I’m grateful to still have a job, but that’s about the only thing I’m grateful for. The reality is, I’m overworked, underpaid, and surrounded by toxic people every single day. It’s exhausting. The more I think about it, the more it feels like... — read more 

I’m confused how leaders who are being told to use stack ranking (meaning some people will be assigned a 2 that aren’t actually a 2) for their year end review. I just feel like if that’s the case, everyone who has had that happen should go to HR and... — read more 

Does anyone know if they can negotiate their severance package? Has anyone tried and what were their results?

My spouse got a surprise bad evaluation on her annual feedback. They have an upcoming meeting with director and manager this week. Is she being let go? How long usually she can stay on the team before fully let go? Or is it a CAP and she can stay... — read more 

Can't remember where things landed last year, but wondering if it's "better" this time around.. I know it's still not great tho

By the time you’ve finished paying a bunch of severance, settling a bunch of lawsuits and fines, draining the swamps in India and wherever else to build some ramshackle infrastructure…Will you have actually saved any money? 🤔

Lots of org changes lately, does anyone know if Optum Guide will be the next team on the chopping block?

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This is my first experience being RIF'd, is there anyone out there that can say how long it took to receive your sev payment after you signed and returned? I know it says can take 2-3 pay cycles, hoping for some real life examples if possible. Thanks — read more 

Any leaders want to share what they are able to give this year?

Today’s questions are about layoffs. 1- why are you iguanas so bad at business planning that you have to lay people off every month? Can’t you figure out what your headcount should be and stay there? Do you engage in pi-s poor planning because you... — read more 

https://youtu.be/vjE8pq7-Vz8?si=BYqRVcV3zkG2ve0P

I keep seeing that if you earn a 2 on your next performance appraisal, you are scheduled for a layoff. Does this imply that you will be given a severance payout, or does Optum ever remove employees without providing one? I am hoping they terminate... — read more 

Still triple sow cowing on the grave of your career, slag!! In case you didn’t see it, found out the land whale who ruined my career was let go. It is fabulous. It will remain fabulous. She deserves it and so very, very much more. Live by the sword... — read more 

Anyone know how long it takes to get the boxes to send back equipment after being RIFd?

As most people know, review Scores are rated 1-5 on annual review. Nobody gets a 5, so most get 3s or 4s. However, in order to RIF people I would assume there will be a lot of people getting 2s this review cycle in order to have an excuse to let them... — read more 

Since social work metrics are still being evaluated and will be aligned to clinical model changes. Does anyone feel like social workers will be eliminated?

But I have an interview scheduled for today. Will they likely try to push it through to make me an offer today to avoid having to pay out severance? Assuming they want to make an offer anyway. Can anyone confirm if hiring managers are pushed to do... — read more 

Does anyone know if there will be an annual raise or bonus this year? I thought February was the month we’re there is talk of annual raises?

Most frequently mentioned have been Clinical and IT. If you know more, please post. We are all stressed to the bone about what the next few months may bring.

Does anyone have any information on voluntary separation or early retirement being offered at Optum? If yes, any idea on when?

Has anyone heard of Optum offering voluntary separation or early retirement? If true, any ideas on when it will be offered?

Has anyone heard if any more layoffs will be happening specifically in the New England area? I work in Release of Information assisting Northern Light Health in Maine. I just want to prepare myself for what is to come. Everyone is tight lipped where... — read more 

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1886807048005795912

Now I just keep praying that anyone who asks where I work doesn’t recognize the parent company. That is, if I even answer at all instead of steering the conversation somewhere else.

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