I worked at Cigna for a decade and planned to retire from the company. I didn’t realize how negatively the job was impacting me until I voluntarily left.
I held multiple roles across the company in my tenure. Upon reflection, the place was not healthy for me from almost the start. I didn’t see it until recently. I told myself the company changed after Evernorth but the truth is that it was an unending line of terrible managing directors and co-workers with bad intent from the start. Too many of them to count. There are pockets of good folks but the a--holes run amok and always have. Yes, it got worse over time but it was never ideal. I’m resilient and strong. I looked inward at myself. I gave people the benefit of the doubt. It was a waste of time.
The corporate hacks that come on this site putting down people for expressing distress with the work environment are prime examples of the toxicity running through the bowels of Cigna/Evernorth. The dismissiveness, the gas lighting, and failure to acknowledge the fear all these layoffs has caused reminds me of why I left.
You are not imagining all this. Cigna is a terrible place for mental health. It was never good and has only gotten worse. I know it’s tempting to hang on for a package especially if you are close to retirement. Is your mental health worth all this? The job market su-ks but you can find something else and it is better elsewhere especially if you have soured on the company. Nothing they do can change the toxic environment any time soon. It was always bad. Now it is worse. Self care looks like a hard job hunt sometimes. Do it for yourself. I promise that you won’t regret it.