A little birdie told me there would be no lay-offs coming, but additional cuts to any perks and bonuses outside of the annual bonus.
So I'll be overworked with zero incentive and surprise lay-off to come. Nice.
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It seems there were some layoffs today. Anyone know how many people were affected. There were 11 in one department that I am aware of.
I had never worked remotely prior so I'm not sure how it works so someone correct me if I'm wrong. I was under the assumption that if you applied for a remote position (pre-covid) anywhere, that you would be providing your own internet and phone and that (some/all?) companies would supply equipment needed to do the job (or maybe dependent on type of job).
If that is the case, I was not hired on as a remote employee. The job offer I accepted was for an in house position and when we were sent home I was never provided with a new offer or whatever stating I was accepting a remote job now and therefore I would be expected to provide my own internet and phone service to get the job done so why am I responsible for these costs?
And yes, the benefits of being home outweigh the costs of going back but I took an onsite job knowing full well the costs of just getting to said job. I could have just tried for some remote job then if that had been an issue but I would know what's expected of me in terms of cost.
I just want to know when the requirements of my job changed that I wasn't informed and was just expected. Again, maybe I'm wrong on my mindset but all I know is I didn't initially accept a remote position.
I think the people complaining about the people complaining about losing the internet stipend are missing the point. It's not about losing the stipend. I pay 105 for my high speed internet (cause sure as he-l can't afford cable with that price) because when I was on a cheaper plan I kept having disconnect issues and that was the only way to resolve it. Not to mention the use of my personal phone for work purposes. By the way, I heard some people who had company cell phones had to give those up. At any rate, in all the years I've been home I have NEVER once asked for any reimbursement!
However, hearing that it's going away still pi---s me off because the POINT IS, with everything the company is no longer paying out (lower light and water bills on empty company buildings, office supplies no longer being purchased, copy paper, toner, toilet paper, soap, INTERNET and phone service at said buildings, food they gave in appreciation, list goes on and on), they still go and cut the few incentives people were getting. Continuous layoffs and they can't afford to pay the measly 50$ to the people who requested it? Because it wasn't 100% employees requesting it so even then it was a much lower cost then had 100% been requesting it. My supervisor earns more than me and they were still requesting it! I didn't want to deal with the hassle (which is what they were counting on. They knew not everyone would bother which is why it changed from automatically to you need to request it).
And yes, no one is owed a bonus but then how did you determine who was deserving of still getting one and who wasn't because the common denominator seems to be salaried vs hourly. Is it because hourly can get OT so it's only fair salaried get some sort of compensation for working outside of their 8-5? I don't get to work OT!!! As a matter of fact, when I started, we were allowed to clock in 2 mins early. Now we can't even do that. 2 mins!!! 2 mins OT!!! Doesn't even get me a dollar!
Any little thing they can take away they will at the cost of the hourly employees. THAT is the point.
lol. The people whining about losing their $50 internet stipend…what’s up with that?
The value of working from home far, far exceeds a $50/month stipend.
At any moment the company can force any particular team or region back into an office. What then? You’re commuting daily and spending way more than $50 in fuel and guess what…? You’re still doing the same job,
but now making less.
Benefits increase, internet prices are rising and not sure what the percentage of raises, but I can see how it’s affecting people financially. I noticed the people that don’t get a bonus and have low pay bring up the cost of internet which I understand. Those bonuses should have been used to increase pay.
mrbd+1qpir5Na just exit the chat!
First, you're giving bad information because I know of THREE additonal companies who pay for internet that were not on your list. Second, if the company is remote then yes, they should either offset the cost of internet via your pay or an additional benefit. You are "passionate" because people want to earn a decent wage and receive fair and honest benefits. Ha! Figures!!
You’re paid and promoted based on if you’re “liked” not what you’re worth. I don’t think this website would exist if the pay and promotions were done based on actual contribution and work. Some departments are run on emotions and not quality, hence the cause of so many unhappy employee experiences. It happens everywhere so no way to fix it. Don’t base your personal experiences with leadership and judge others lack of positive experience. We actually want to fix the issues but some people are here defending their experiences and not understanding what others are experiencing.
RE: Claims Analyst making 46k
You're paid what you're able to negotiate in this life, not what you're worth. You're disturbingly underpaid. You NEED to be applying externally. Even in a low COL area, that's low.
Your a prime example of what is wrong with this company. What claims analyst makes $60K a year? Unless they have been here many many years I call busllshit. $60K is nothing btw - not even comparable to COLA these days. I have been an analyst for 7 years and trained on every single thing in claims operations except HD. I also perform tasks that my leads and SSA are supposed to be doing with no compensation. I make just under $46K a year. I have to work consistent 16hrs a week OT to make 60K a year. Shut up. And internet reimbursement? I don't give a sh-t about most companies and what they do. I work for Centene until I don't. I didn't tell them to shut down their offices and send me home to work remote because they were scared of losing funding from the government unless they forced people to get the shot or fire them.
The amount of people crying over the internet pay is nonsense. There are not many companies that pay their employees for home internet usage. Have been in this industry in this field for a VERY long time and have only come across 2, UHG and Centene. The fact Centene wrapped it up is nothing when you consider the LONG list of companies that are remote that DON't pay their employee's internet. And another thing...how can you talk about cr-ppy pay. I don't know anywhere else a claims analyst makes 60k+ a year, which is more than some supervisors make.
- That was the claims org town hall.
- What body language? He answered your questions.
- He's correct, find another job if you don't like this one. No job is perfect and KCA's are not a promised benefit. Most jobs in the industry don't even offer those.
- Do the work or be let go or find another job. Simple
There are more layoffs coming. As per a meeting yesterday under my teams new leadership when asked about rumors of layoffs you could tell by his body language and hesitation in answering that he was advised to pacify questioners & not disclose. Then when asked why only non production salaried are getting bonuses based off hourly workers CPH the answer was "the company doesn't owe you bonuses/tech reimb/incentives - they were doing it to be nice" well us on production DON'T OWE YOU A BONUS FOR WORK YOU DID NOT DO. Then his response for no KCA was we all make choices and pretty much said if you don't like it find another job. Along with changing titles for claims analysts which is news to me. I am training on every single thing a claims analyst can do except for HD and that is a coding analyst and I get sh-t pay as it is and expected to do everything no matter the LOB now with absolutely impossible to meet metrics bcuz they put their purse first as usual - I cannot do the work that it clearly takes 3 people to do. You laid off people - not me - I am not going to break my back trying to make aging go down bcuz you were to shortsighted and let people go - especially if I am getting nothing out of it and your rewarding people with bonuses that sit in fu--ing meetings all day long
It’s hilarious to me that they took every little incentive away, bonuses, internet, etc. and expect us to ki-l ourselves to meet the impossible daily quality and production SLAs. What is my encouragement to do so? To simply keep my job that could literally be a great job (because it was) but is now stressful and impossible to fulfill? You took away any reason I had to work hard. I’m doing the bare minimum till you lay me off because I want that severance. I’ve been here over a decade I’m not leaving with nothing.
There is" DEFINITELY " more layoffs that are coming . This quarter started on Jan 1 and will end onn March 31, which means that the next layoff will occur next week. Company has to give you a 60 day notice of a layoff which means for whomever get the pink slip last check and health benefits will either be March 15 or March 29, depending on when they decide to cut the cord .
Level M and up obtain 8% annual bonus up from 6% let that sink in for us folk that earn zero bonus
Something is happening because a current employee sent me screenshots that almost 90% of her work has been reassigned. She is obviously been squeezed out.
Termination or lay-off...who knows.
This has been happening to me all week. I know full well they made our production completely unreachable now and I fully expect to be laid off /terminated whichever comes first in the near future. Previous to this recent lay off I have always met if not exceeded and now its basically impossible. Combine that with expecting you to do jobs your were not trained for and will offer no training to make up for lost employees makes it even that much harder. No sense in even stressing over trying at this point.
Not even long term employees. I've been here 18 months and feel like my PL and program manager have been targeting me for the next round, whenever that may be. Just stupid sh-t gets blown way out of porportion and I know they have been remoting into my computer (pretty obvious when it goes black for 45 seconds, mouse moves by itself and snippets resize by themselves.)
THey may or may not be doing massive layoffs but they will be targeting long term employees by nitpicking over your work and all of a sudden will find it sub par and once they get you on that PIP theres no going back. Its cheaper to fire someone because they arent meeting performance reviews then lay off with a severance.
There are DEFINITELY more layoffs coming. CMS (the government Medicare company) just terminated the Wellcare Part D Medicare contracts for Arizona and North Carolina and imposed sanctions to suspend enrollment for parts A and B, effective 1/12/24.
Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. This company has expertise in disguising true intentions.
No layoffs? Maybe the person who told you is on the list. Maybe they are 3 months away. Leadership will never, ever, let their true intention be leaked again. Bet on it.
And I am a current employee with the former on this thread.We both heard it from an insider. Do with it what you will!
@hba+1qpir5Na Callm down Einstein.
I'm a former employee trying to help with some intel. No KCA, and that annual. Take what u may from it.
I'm sure this is just The Poet trying to calm fears amongst us low level employees. Gotta crack that whip so she can keep her 15 Million per year salary.
Well I’m salaried but not a high enough grade to get a bonus so I guess that won’t affect me as much. I wonder what perks will get cut next now that the internet reimbursement is gone. Maybe that $35 from the healthy pathways program?
Exactly, only management or those at a high salary grade (M and higher) receive those bonuses. Just wondering how they get a bonus based off of individual contributors work?
What annual bonus? Oh you mean the one that now only salaried employees get based off the work of the hourly employees...got it.