Thread regarding Optum layoffs

Psycho babble.......no one is safe....they are just preparing the mind for when you are let go....permanently. ALL of IT will be going overseas. We were warned. IT staff is not the money maker......it will cease to exist here in the USA.......OPTUM is just mimicking the other big companies.....taking the work to other parts of the world. Live under your means and don't expect companies to dish out the high salaries in IT like in the past. Expect a lifestyle change after you are let go.....most companies are not paying the big bucks in IT as they once were. Learn to enjoy the things that are free....nature, spending time with family, friends and such.............no sense in looking back to a company that has decided that their American company is no longer American......they wish to call themselves an American perhaps global company yet ninety plus people working for them in the future will not be in the USA. They can use our country (USA) name for tax purposes yet not employ the American worker. They are not alone.......no sense in spending our precious energy and resources on a company/companies who have no USA interest. This is no different than the many companies that moved over seas in the production industry years ago. We are consumers, so therefore we can chose to buy from companies who care and support the USA.....beyond that it is a waste to look back and fret.....its not worth the energy. -Let go after 20 plus years of working for a company that I believed and loved ..............do not take this personal people....as I had stellar reviews, worked great with my peers.....let go as a 29......got to stay on about a month to help transition my over seas staff...........I was given no warning that my direct staff under me were going to be let go as well. If you are here in the states and you are in IT, you can expect to be let go within the next few years......that is the way the company has chosen to go......if out of necessity or greed.......it is what it is......move forward and don't look back.............be thankful for the things that you learned while working for OPTUM, and don't expect them or their placement company to staff you. That placement company is for them not you........it is to appease you......don't wait for someone to find you a job and/or make empty promises.......look for yourself elsewhere. Take that negative energy that you have towards the company and use if for a positive. Be willing to take a pay cut.......... OPTUM's employees are absolutely fabulous and there are many companies who would be grateful for you to go on board with them.......keep searching....you WILL find them!