UHG/OPTUM are predatory companies. Get out if an when you can.
They buy out and destroy competition. They buy out to acquire customers from the business they acquire and then destroy them and layoff people.
Unfortunately, they can't be stopped. They ruined healthcare, They ruin peoples lives. They destroy the healthcare system. They commit corporate espionage of competitors. The US government officials likely all have a financial interest in the company through stocks so it is in their best interest to allow them to continue to inflate their stock price for shareholder value.
The rich get richer via their stock and the rest of us become poorer and sicker because they continue to deny much needed care of their insureds. They engage is fear tactics and mentally deplete and stress employees with their psychological games. Many have been victims of the incident which they caused by not hardening infrastructure to "save" money. It is costing them big time but they won't suffer. They C suite will receive their millions of dollars in compensation despite the debacle. They will laugh all the way to the bank as they artificially inflate the stock price by cutting costs, laying off hundreds if not thousands of employees, discontinuing software and other contracts, and continuing to increase the price of health insurance along with health insurance deductibles. Only the employees and insureds will suffer.
They boast about always having at least 100,000 open positions at any given time. Clearly that is not normal; it's a churn but, well, that's what they do, they lay off, then rehire cheaper AND OFFSHORE US jobs. They acquire companies, attempt to convert their customers to UHG/Optum, and destroy the acquired company to eliminate competition.
Despite the company repeatedly earning record profits year after year, UHG/Optum does NOT compensate/reward their employees. The people who are long term employees just move the sand, they mock the leadership, and just move on and do what they want. Most don't even know what they are doing. They spend millions on consultants and attorneys daily. But it just doesn't matter, it's all the cost of doing business, they will just layoff, close offices/business to reduce expenses.
For the company, it's a win win - they run all the way to the bank.
So for all of you still there, just do what you can, don't make yourself sick, take care of yourself and your families BUT get out and run as fast as you can and never look back. Take it from experience, you will be very glad you did.