Thread regarding Nationwide (Insurance and Financial Services) layoffs

Put your health first

I will say that by not taking and by not making the time to cope and deal with anxiety or other issues it snow-balled for me. I am now medicated because of it. I am taking it one day at a time. I thought that I was fine but I knew different. I will say that colleagues that worked in claims were absolutely gobsmacked and decimated by what has happened. I hope that those who work in the servicing centers do not face any layoffs or cuts. Sadly, the company did not hire a soul until the end of 2020 in my department. At that point, for me, the damage was already done. I enjoyed speaking with most members but grew disheartened by the know-it-all members/agents who overtook the good. It grew to be just one bad call after another. Not really sure how a person deals with it or copes. A good therapist was a fine start. Am I cynical in thinking that this was planned in part to stick to the front line associates in claims/servicing? Slim it all down by not laying people off but by creating a pressurized environment in which people seek out other opportunities through attrition.

Originally posted by @2mly+19nNBPnA.

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I’m glad you are getting help. I personally went on meds about 8 months ago and it’s been life changing but I’m still burnt out. I do think part of their goal was to slim down the workforce until more people quit due to stress or just finding a new job so they don’t have to pay out severance. You then have to work more with less and we should ‘all be thankful we have a job’. Don’t get me wrong I’m glad I have a job during covid but that doesn’t mean I should be taken advantage of as an employee. All we hear is automation will make our jobs so much easier so we can do more in claims but it just makes more work for everyone.

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