Thread regarding Elevance Health (Anthem) layoffs

Wrong! A regional commercial business email announcement just came out 10 minutes ago that a number of medical staff directors and RVP’s will be “exploring other opportunities”. It looks like unless you’ve got a “C” before your 3 letter job title, no one is safe.

yes my director got rifed in July

A number of directors I knew were in the August RIF, not sure about 10/18 yet as I got RIF’d and I’ve been more self focused the last few days.

Yes, they have RIF'd their fair share of directors and above. This is why I've said you shouldn't bother going into the office if you are remote. They are going to kick you to the curb like they did to the people in my department. And all of you folks reading this that are currently being asked to put names on a RIF list, just remember that your name will be going on the list next and your manager won't care that you came into an empty office 3 days per week to foster company culture and collaboration with the random guy in the office that never seems to do any work.

And they keep hiring more leadership...smh

It definitely is balanced. I've met directors and VPs that I loved an others who wouldn't give you the time of day or who to be honest look down on the people that they work with. I also think the overall disorganized system at elevance breeds distrust between leadership.

They laid off a FL director for PR yesterday and I got laid off today PR associate. Different areas of the state and completely different positions. They told me they made the decision based on who had the least seniority within the company but that can’t be true because they kept other directors that came after and other employees in my team that started after me.

Higher levels are rifed. I've noticed a pattern of it occurring over the weekend rather than on a regular weekday.

My director hardly ever comes to work and yet she is still with the company.

i just cant believe this company! I found out my director essentially told my associate after he was rifed to not contact her unless he had technical questions about the rif- even then wait for the rif meeting later. So essentially dont contact her, and if he absolutely needs to, do it couple weeks later. He reached out to her first asking if he can call her when she was free because he was still processing being rif and was wondering what he did wrong. Then she responded like that.

For her to be that dismissive, what kind of a director am I working for?

a friend of mine who was just rifed said his director was multitasking while he was being fired. smh

I think the point to be made is how many $50k associates could we keep on the ground if we reduced the $250k staff vps.

There is zero incentive to manage anyone. As an E, why would I take on a team for the same pay band like it's lateral, when your path beyond that isn't clear or guaranteed.

And then you can still need rifed at anytime - you and your team.

chill man. i made around 50k...so say that to my face about the salary Post ID: @xle+1v3OExsH your missing th point of @OP entirely. "Oh it's not '3-5x,' it's only double!" The OP was questioning the value and disrespect they witness from directors and above. Can you honestly say that all directors/VP like you (im guessing) are above criticism? Youre kinda feeding into the point the OP had that you "have too much power and act accordingly"

@OP
You are making assumptions that are 100% incorrect.
First, I know of at least one VP who was RIFed today.
Second, why would you think directors make 3-5x more than e11-e14 level? Double, yes. Plenty directors work their tails off. And did you know that M-level directors don't make a penny more than E directors, even though they have to manage entire teams?

Your exaggerations and assumptions show your ignorance.

Yes, they do, but not at Elevance Health! Look at what CVS CEO did after the stock plunged 16%.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cvs-health-ceo-karen-lynch-steps-down-after-19-stock-plunge/ar-AA1svlMM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=f30ad8cf4d3b4a29a8a824315ca0bd0d&ei=12

There are directors and Vps who have been RIF though I dont know how many. I agree that it seems like there are directors who should have more accountability...i know some directors who are way too young or inexperienced to be at that level or those directors who dont care

Yes, I seen Staff VP etc be let go at the start of the RIFs

Elevance PA call center director was riffed late last year or early this year. More director rifs expected in Dec or 2025 but prolly just a handful

There have actually been multiple VP+ roles affected by the RIFs.

Way too many Directors at this company who don’t appear to be doing anything. I reported to a Director of Data Planning and Analysis who showed away always on Teams and would ghost almost all my 1 on 1’s who no explanation or apology. I think they could riff have if these people and be fine. Somebody had to do the actual “work” and it’s certainly not the Directors.

Directors have been given the boot. That's the highest I know of. Some execs retired, my guess is they were forced to retire. Of course it's a very small number compared to us common folks.