We’ve been losing competent and skilled employees for a long time now. Not just those in critical roles, but experienced, reliable people across the board. What’s the plan here?
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When will AI replace the Cs? AI will some day be able to make logical, well-informed decisions void of self-interest which is a major flaw with human decision-making, the self-interest. Anyone who thinks the decisions by the Cs aren't primarily based on improving or protecting their financial position has enjoyed too much of the Kool-aid. Additionally, eliminating the cost of the compensation packages for the Cs is a major "PROJECT GROWTH" opportunity! 🤣
To answer your question- No, the c suite and board of directors don’t give two swizzles about the worker bees. They only care about lining their pockets. Most of the people that have done great things are gone or on their way out
@OP no, they do not care. The writing has been on the wall since 2017 layoffs started and it's been a revolving door of laying people off and hiring people younger, with no experience and no clue, so they can bamboozel them later on in life. Also AI is taking over so much. I never thought I'd live long enough to see the day AI takes over jobs, but, here we are. CEO's are thrilled I'm sure. They will probably get huge bonuses, while us "nobody's" get laid off and struggle in a market that doesn't offer anything close to what we get now. Before Covid, I had so much in savings, but we went through that because my husband was not able to work because he was not "essential. Oh well, such is life. I hope I can maintain my job here. I actually love my job and my leaders and my roll. But I see people and departments disappearing and overseas reps taking over. This company scares me. It's sure not what it was 8 years ago even. Sad.
@sh 💯! PREACH
@jn you are absolutely right. The System is designed to create its citizens misery.
We don’t call it that, of course. We use softer, bureaucratic language: “health disparities,” “food deserts,” “the affordable housing crisis.” But let’s call it what it is: a slow-mortality crisis, legislated into existence by choices that prioritize profit over people and ideology over life.
The evidence is no longer hidden in academic journals; it’s in plain sight. A recent study from Brown University confirmed what many feel in their bones: the number of Americans dying from preventable causes is increasing. While our peers in countries like France and Germany see these deaths decline, ours are on the rise. If a foreign power were inflicting this kind of damage, we would call it an act of war. Instead, we accept it as a fact of life.
This isn’t just about a broken healthcare system, though that’s a central pillar of the failure. It’s about an interlocking set of crises that form a trap from which few escape.
This is the cycle we have sanctioned: The rent eats first, forcing families to skimp on food and skip doctor’s visits. Sickness from poor nutrition and neglected care leads to medical debt. Debt leads to eviction. Eviction leads to the street, where health deteriorates further. We have bureaucratized this descent, creating forms and waiting lists for our own failure.
We are told this is the price of freedom. Freedom from what? Freedom from the “burden” of caring for one another? Freedom to watch a neighbor die of a treatable disease because they couldn’t afford the co-pay?
This is not an act of God. It is a series of deliberate policy choices. It is a choice to not raise the minimum wage. It is a choice to not expand Medicaid in every state and cut $800 million dollars.
The current government shutdown is not about freedom, it is about ACA healthcare subsidies.
I personally do not think they care much, if at all.
Between globalization and artificial intelligence, I believe the american workforce is in a very precarious spot.
And especially with 50 being the new age that corporations have decided on as no longer being viable to the company’s overall strategic success, which forces them to “pre-retire” with not enough built up in 401k AND with what we know today about health issues arising, I think maybe our government really needs to do a rethink and consider lowering the age for when a person can get on Medicare and what age they can begin collecting social security.
Otherwise, you are going to be having a lot of folks dying of preventable health issues or starving or running out of money and becoming homeless.
Once again, I don’t really think they care much, if at all.
Not funny
@bm what company are you at now and do they need any more employees?
@db 1000% could honestly not have said it better myself. Confused people are easier to manipulate and control. Those are the tactics they bet on. Yes they love the dirty trickster and these guys are actually proud of themselves. It's gross to have to watch.
What I learnt from working in Humana is that good people do the right things. Humana does not want people do the right things. Humana profits from these loopholes and confusions. What are you? CMS audit?! Then you can figure out what people get to stay and who move up the ladder.
When the leadership is incompetent, competent people leave.
No, they don’t care. I worked many years for over 100 hours per week. No help, or even ideas for success, from the regional leadership or VP level. We had many meetings where the leaders were clueless there was even an issue with their processes. Leadership doesn’t even really care about performance. They only care about their goals of climbing the corporate ladder and the optics of how their individual leadership looks to those above them. If I was a CEO, or on the Board, I would fire all of middle management and streamline the process so my company could actually make money.
As for me, it was a relief to leave. I work for a smaller company where the patient and employee satisfaction are priority!
@OP There is no plan. And no, they don't care. sad....
Rejoice, shareholders! The day has come when machines will finally free corporations from their greatest burden — workers.
Why pay humans when AI never sleeps, never complains, and doesn’t need health insurance? Executives are giddy, dreaming of a glorious 75% drop in “overhead,” also known as people.
HR calls it “AI empowerment.” Employees call it “Tuesday.” And while the bots quietly learn everyone’s job — including the CEO’s — the boardroom celebrates its new age of compassion-free capitalism.