Thread regarding Anthem Inc. layoffs

HR posted an update on Pulse that they will not be hiring candidates that are not within 50 miles or 1 hour driving distance of an office moving forward and that hiring preference should be made to candidates who can join others on the team at a local office. They indicated that this could be waived if it received approval from someone high up the ladder, I can't remember who. Anyways, they essentially are now treating remote employees as lesser employees. The same employees that turned down positions at other companies because Elevance guaranteed remote during the hiring process as part of the compensation package.

Some Carelon peeps are now RTO- bosses’ bosses’ bosses are upfront- if you don’t comply you are gone- HR gives badge scan reports.

The issue with all of this is weak HR folks focused on DEI and having no plan. Pretty clear another round is coming up but I would bet they get rid of the folks who DO work and keep the ones who talk a good game and check the right boxes.

Very inconsistent and I feel like some managers are doing it to brown nose. (Company doesn’t care) Why go in the office if you are not collaborating? My team is in VA and I’m in MD. Absolutely no collaboration! Hauling the laptop in for a 40 mile commute just to take teams calls is insane. Also, some folks go in for two hours just to say they went in and completed their requirements. Not everyone is adhering to the exact hybrid models they are making their own rules for their area (going in quarterly). Has anyone else been told that there are other options for completing the hybrid model obligations? When will this stop? This company made folks who were hired as telecommuters return to the office. Folks who have been home for over a decade and more. This is a tactic to get folks to quit (RIF themselves perhaps). Most of us need our jobs so we are adhering to the requirements set forth by our department but I know upper management had a say in this and it’s so unfair that if you are not on a team in your area you have to go in, such a waste of time!

There isn't any consistency across the board. Having working managers makes managers an employee that can only strive to make their boss happy and make false promises to the staff. Most managers are just yes people.

What Elevance Health has is management, there is no leadership. Your manager won’t tell you the truth. They say you are safe and no one is safe. The VPs get perks for cost cutting. The VPs are getting badge swipe reports. Wait until the find a way to stop the coffee badging. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2023/09/29/coffee-badging-new-coping-trend-to-get-around-in-office-mandates/?sh=3b8410cc7230