We’re all meant for more than this. We stress, worry, and let a job su-k our soul from us. Meanwhile, executives don’t even bat and eye. We’re not there for the members. We’re there for the shareholders. I suggest everyone start focusing and pivoting. No job and income is worth the stress and worry. There are things folks can do to take back control. I don’t care if you’ve been with the company 20, 30 years. Don’t believe the lies they tell you that it’s safer here. Focus, regroup, pivot. Good luck!
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Don't say pivot ...
@h1 You obviously are lemming.
I agree!
I’ve recently adopted a new mindset and I feel the calmest I ever had in my life. None of this matters, work doesn’t need to matter. It’s a lie we’ve all been sold so that people can get more out of us. The other day my boss was stressing about something and in the back of my mind all I could think was “will any of this matter in week, month, year?” The only thing that matters to me is my family. I was riffed once and was hired back do I know what that feels like to be riffed. It’s freeing to not care anymore. I log off everyday and don’t think about work until I log in again. I’m gonna use this company for paycheck and benefits until it runs its course. I don’t work with members, so I don’t have to deal with that.
If we were meant for more, we would be doing more.
I LOVE this thread. I've really been considering this recently.
Does the company, at-large, or its executives live up to its own mission and values? Absolutely not. Does that mean i should/have to take the same attitude? Nope!
To the extent this company allows me, I will do nothing, but work for the good of members, providers and associates. I will strive to live up to the mission and values, in spite of the company itself. Plenty of times I've had to step away so I dont rage quit over its nonsensical decisions and the inability of leaders to focus on anything other than profit. Oddly, I'm pretty sure I'm viewed as a pain in the a-s, but that's okay. I'm still going to fight the good fight and give more to the company than it deserves because members, providers and other associates do deserve it.
Take a look at your peers or basically anyone below staff vps. They're in the fight with you. They're doing the right things. And quite frankly, there's more of us than them.
Support and change what you can and never let a soulless, shareholder driven company take that from you. Your work may feel meaningless or expendable to the company itself, but it's not to members, providers and other associates.
I think most of us truly want to do what’s right for our members. Let’s be honest, health insurance companies have put members through a lot over the years.
As an industry, we’ve failed ethically and morally, and it’s hard to see that changing anytime soon. Real change would take a complete shake-up, not just surface-level fixes.
We also know that what leadership says to Wall Street and the public doesn’t match what’s really happening. Leadership knows it too.
At the end of the day, we all need a paycheck, and that’s why we keep doing the work. But I still encourage everyone to keep looking outside.
It might take a while to land something new, and that’s completely okay. What matters is looking for healthcare companies that actually care about members and society in a real way.
Elevance and other big insurers aren’t going to change. They are too deep in the system for that.
But we as employees are not stuck, there are still paths forward for each of us.
If we’re there for the shareholders, we’re not doing so well at that. I, for one, try to put “how does this help our members?” at front of mind when doing my job. Helps a bit to chase the blues away and gives me a reason to login every morning.
But, yeah, it’s not even a shadow of the company I happily joined years ago.
Add three days in the office on top of the stress and people will start dropping like flies, which unfortunately is what the Executives want. I just hope people do not lose family members from all of this. I have already seen too many Anthem/EH employees die before they collect their first retirement check.
You're right. Couldn't agree more. The number one asset of this company is the shareholders. The members are almost an afterthought and the internal associates are definitely an afterthought.
This used to be a pretty good place to work, but it continues to go the wrong direction under this terrible leadership group.