Lots of rumors around today. Can we use this thread for updates?
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@10m I'd say anonymously report this to local press. They probably are better suited to get answers. Optum isn't going to say anything. Workers properly only know the numbers for the small part of the organization they are in. And they are such a segmented corporation, with so many layers, that you'd have no idea that the entire floor above you was let go.
Honestly being RIFed last week is as depressing as a death in the family. There is zero percent chance of finding a job before the severance funds run out. The market is terrible and the whole country is falling apart. I know people who have died by su----e after losing thier jobs in mass layoffs. I wish the best for everyone. Be kind and support your fellow humans!
I am currently an endocrinology patient on an insulin pump scrambling to find a new doctor that is as good as the Manahawkin office this is awful with no notice
All behavioral health providers at Optum in NJ are being let go. They were notified on 10/30 that their last day of work will be 11/30. They did the same to Allergy department few years ago. Additionally, their billing department is highly incompetent and worst. I miss the good old ”Riverside Medical Group” days.
Does anybody have actual numbers on how many people were affected by the layoffs?
@ck all Specialty practices in New Jersey are being closed effective 11/30/25. Our poor patients are all scrambling to find new providers. This is beyond disgraceful.
AI and offshoring took my job. Don't get comfortable, they will take yer job next.
@ck yes all Endocrine in NJ, last operational day is 11/30. Sad to think they care so little for our patients when there is a massive shortage of Endocrinologists. All 5 office in NJ closed along with other specialty practices. All closing. Hope their “reputation” that is always alluded to remains…I feel for my coworkers and the patients.
@d8 what team???
A company has to operate at seriously cruel level of dgaf to lay off employees and, the next day, send them a notification that it's Open Enrollment and time to set up our employee benefits.
Wellmed in El paso - entire clinic closed with no notice (email at 4:45pm 10/29 for mandatory meeting at 7am 10/30). 12 providers let go, several with more than 15 years with the company. All staff terminated. Other clinics were affected but remain open. Seems all xray techs from this market were terminated + a few people from each clinic.
Life Strategies Counseling Arkansas —Optum Behavioral Health acquisition last year—gone. All of us—clinical, admin, everyone. Last daybof work Dec 8 2025. Got a teams invite at 3:45 central standard time. Firing manager works in eastern time that probably meant to send it at 4:45. Meeting set for 15 minutes at 8:30 AM cameras and microphones disabled. Scripted five minute call. I saw 44 people on the call, but obviously everybody couldn’t be there with no notice.
Wellmed - Optum
North texas team. 60 people let go at once
@d6 definitely agree with the AI sentiment. When they are letting go talented people who have had a long track records of keeping the lights on, in addition to finding ways to improve processes and add value... I'm guessing they are betting big on AI to solve for that, even if they don't yet know how.
Granted some companies will integrate well, and more power to them. But with Optum... Man, I feel it's only going to go one of two (bad) directions:
Either they are going to wildly under-deliver, and shareholders are going to get spooked.
Or they are just going to implement AI way to quickly to things they haven't properly thought through, with little to no guardrails, and then they'll have to deal with whatever massive fallout there inevitably will be from that.
@d2 for awhile Medicare was the cash cow. It’s now almost all offshore and falling apart at least on the tech side. This AI bullsh-t is making my blood boil. These “leaders” have know clue what it’s actually capable of (not as much as they think) and make planning decisions based on vibes and not reality.
@cf Ducklow and her whole structure? Seems doubtful
@ce yes Heavy layoffs here in OI
@OP southeast region. Wellmed. Several providers are gone.
People Team here. Just had a large team huddle and limited information including volume of people impacted regarding the layoffs was not provided. Have been informed that People Team and other enterprise businesses were impacted. Mainly highlighted that AI business will continue to grow while our businesses supporting Medicare Advantage will likely continously see additional cuts. The remainder of year will likely still have governance overseeing req approvals with not much news on 2026 outlook yet.
@ch which clinics in san antonio?
Hearing about multiple behavioral health clinics shut down in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
@cy its a whole a-s team
@OP Isn't it crazy to think that someone spends their day planning who to layoff, when and to avoid it needing to be flagged by government requirements? Someone's job has to be continually planning for these. They can't just come together so easily.
@cc Oof, I was hoping more central teams like this wouldn't be impacted. I'm on a central team too. No one is safe.
@cf Ducklow got let go or ‘just’ everyone in her division?
@cq You're are 100% right. They only promote their own.
@bm lost a few from my team and they said this was the last for the year or a while. I don't bother asking because promises like that are rarely kept.
@bq sounds like they're here until Nov 13 and then 45 days until severance kicks in (if they haven't changed the severance policy yet)
I think top 4 to 5 layers are non productive and they need to be flatten which means many of 30 to 34 needs to go .
There are thousand of folks like " Mukesh" who needs to go as they spoiled whole culture of the organization. Deserve to go out!!!!
@c2 ah Mukesh, the guy that sounds like a vampire when he speaks and constantly pauses with ahh, ahh, haha, cant stand him
@ce @ least 4 gone in Pharmacy Network Solutions
Affected areas in my part of the company that were impacted: Clinical/Pharmacy, Enterprise Reporting and Analytics, Enterprise Readiness and Delivery, OI Training, Optum Enterprise Issues Management, RX Training, Strategy and Technology.
This impacted at least 14 people that I know of. One of them, a director, already resigned a few weeks ago instead. It sort of makes sense, now that I recall the whole situation when he left where we worked at the Eden Prairie HQ. So based on how that went down, I’m guessing people higher up new this was going to happen weeks, if not months, ago.
I heard medical offices are shutting down in NJ.
@bj Yuppp I was with another well known competitor and October-December was firing season. Then again Jan thru March.
@cd they’ve closed and let go of a couple clinics in San Antonio.
@cd I’ve heard of some people (mainly managers and directors) getting let go from San Antonio
Shelly Ducklow laid off by laying off all teams from her division today
Does anyone who if Optum Insight has been impacted and how many ?
Anyone from San Antonio, TX?