I was part of the 11/6/2019 Optum rift. A 5 minute phone call from my manager after 18+ years with the company telling me "thanks, but your position has been eliminated. An email will be sent to your personal email address with the details." No doubt mine was part of eliminating the older higher paid echelon.
The last two years with Optum definitely showed huge changes coming especially with the style of management and expectations from worker bees. Moral has taken a dive. Silo's that had been previously opened up in favor of better communication and collaboration have been rebuilt not based on the technology served but on the product such as claims, eligibility, benefits, etc. A definite move in the wrong direction IMO. It seemed that within the last two years at least once a month an announcement would be made about a new VP or higher level executive coming on board with a re-org to lead a new path.
There was a time when I was proud and excited to work for Optum because of the direction of the company, the support and understanding of workers family, and what appeared to be a definite caring for individual workers.
I didn't write this because of anger towards Optum. This has been written only to state my observations and some regret for not reading the writing on the wall.
Sad, but unfortunately true. @121yDQVe-jjos paints a good picture of how Optum deals with long-time, devoted employees that gave everything to this company?