Thread regarding Optum layoffs

FYI: AI usage is being tracked and reported to managers

Be sure to use your Co-Pilot (or other AI tools) at least a few times a day. This is being monitored, measured, and reported directly to your manager. This could be another way to decide who stays and who goes. Source: one of my friends who works on UHC side… their manager actually showed them this report.


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Post ID: @OP+1kptrxstm

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@19t The report that was shared shows that you're using it, what form (Copilot, Claude, AzureAI, etc.), the days in the last week you used it, and then utilization/adoption roll-up over the course of 4, 8, and 12 weeks.

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Post ID: @19y+1kptrxstm

@jm what exactly can they see? Just how much you used it or can they see what you are using it for?

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Post ID: @19t+1kptrxstm

F☆ck AI ....track my non usage please

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Post ID: @n5+1kptrxstm

Our manager sends a weekly report of our AI usage and expects us to be at 100%. This isn't new and she's been sending it for a few months now.

Gotta justify the bad decisions somehow.

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Post ID: @jm+1kptrxstm

Who cares! If this is a way to finally be laid off then so be it.

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Post ID: @fa+1kptrxstm

Well now it makes sense why Management seems to be pushing it so much

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Post ID: @f1+1kptrxstm

@ah You're kidding yourself if you think that. Paul Weymouth gets the rollup every week

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Post ID: @ez+1kptrxstm

@OP https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/unitedhealth-is-spending-1-5b-on-ai-this-year-heres-where-the-money-is-going/

This is why the teams are being asked to use AI. If AI can do your job, they will let the people go. So awful!
I hope the AI back fires on them.

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Post ID: @e7+1kptrxstm

@bx I don't think it's necessarily a company-wide goal though, but rather departmental goals. For instance OT is mandating 4x per week, however not all of OI is.

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Post ID: @cx+1kptrxstm

Not a secret. It's also one of the 2026 goals.

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Post ID: @bx+1kptrxstm

It's true for my org and I've seen the reports.

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Post ID: @bn+1kptrxstm

100% this is accurate. They monitor it and us 2 times a week, with reports on who is using it, and who is not. We MUST use it a MINIMUM of 4 days a week, or you will ge ta 2 on your review. 100% accurate and from our VP's mouth.

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Post ID: @bc+1kptrxstm

This is not a secret in my group under Optum Tech. We were sent a communication from our VP that this was being done and that we all needed to be using AI / copilot 4 out of 5 days every week.

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Post ID: @bb+1kptrxstm

@a7 Wow! Thank you for sharing. This is fascinating and a little surreal.

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Post ID: @ba+1kptrxstm

This is some Black Mirror sh-t.

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Post ID: @at+1kptrxstm

@ah it seemed like they were just tracking when users had paid licenses but I have seen this reporting on Optum side as well. Just an fyi

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Post ID: @am+1kptrxstm

This is why i max out Opus requests on a loop just to make sure the company feels the full financial pain of their bad decisions

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Post ID: @aj+1kptrxstm

This is definitely not true for my dept but I am on the Optum side.

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Post ID: @ah+1kptrxstm

@ae Easy to accomplish. Every morning... first thing, as Copilot to look for messages asking you a question

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Post ID: @ag+1kptrxstm

You need I think 85% or more of target to get a 3. Target being at least 4 times a week

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Post ID: @ae+1kptrxstm

@OP This is a very good post. It's completely true, I was asked to pull reports for my VP (I'm a Sr Dir) and provide metrics all the way down the org.
Well done, so may posts on this site are trolls or nonsense, this one is helpful

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Post ID: @a8+1kptrxstm

@a6 https://insights.hcp.uhg.com/report/uhg-ai-tool-usage

You need to play with the filters so you can get down to your own department. Or just download the whole csv and do it through excel.

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Post ID: @a7+1kptrxstm

@a5 where is this site to see everyone’s usage?

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Post ID: @a6+1kptrxstm

They've been tracking AI usage for over a year now. There is even a tracking website you can visit to see everyone's usage. How accurate it is is another story however.

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Post ID: @a5+1kptrxstm

Yea my boss made an odd comment alluding to this during last 1:1. Didn’t outright say it, but I gathered that was in between the lines. SMH

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Post ID: @a4+1kptrxstm

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