It is heartbreaking to see those employees who want to stay, lose their jobs. It makes zero sense when you know you have many that will voluntarily separate.
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@gp hey dum dum, asking to be RIF vs quitting is difference between being eligible for unemployment and getting severance vs cutting off your own nose. Nothing to do with being chicken and everything to do with being strategic. You must be in leadership not to know this.
"I want to leave, please lay me off cause I'm too chicken sh-t to quit on my own"
Congrats, you've been laid off.
"Those a--holes got rid of me. I can't believe they would do that! I have cats to support!"
@b9 how are you a GL 30 and not know that severance is posted on Sparq??
@b9 you can look on Sparq, they have a table based on grade and tenure
Any idea what a GL30 with 10+ years at the company would get in severance pay this year, eg number of weeks paid?
Buy-outs usually lead to a mass exodus of mid-levels. Retirees stay to get to Medicare age but will cause even more of a brain drain later on.
I think they learned their lesson the last time they did it years ago. Certain units in Optum have never recovered and are still run by revolving doors of people who cannot manage the mess.
that always backfires, the good employees leave because they can easily find a job. The poor performers stay because they cannot find a job
@ab So, just like EVERY other company out there.
Just leave, it is simple go to myHR and resign, that is what I did and do not regret it for a second. Of course there is no pay out but I left with my integrity intact. You are working for a company with no ethics and does not care what happens to you or anyone that works here and if you are okay with that perhaps you really are where you belong. Just a thought. Good luck.
agree! I would have taken the buy-out but i'm still here!