Is anyone hearing the scope of layoffs across enGen today? It sounds like this may be the biggest yet by the number of people who are dropping.
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All enGen VPs are useless and everyone is not truthful with the surveys. Once this company starts holding leadership accountable for poor management then we will see change. Based on this thread the entire ISRM should be reconstructed. I do not know anything about it but based on the interactions I see change needs to occur. So sad for this company.
aren't all the enGen VPs pretty useless?
To bounce off the latest post regarding ISRM and EnGen. I’m a current employee and Caleb Merriman is not the best CISO. He was recommended by Greg Barnes who did not do well for the Company. Caleb Merriman told his department that we have to check our emails and take calls while on PTO. Absolutely not! Jenn Lehman and Matt Quirin should be reported. She is close to Matt Quirin (best friend with his wife). And He tells her senior level leadership information before telling his Managers or team Managers. She brags about it to everyone. Michael Schymanski should not be a manager. Does not know what is going on and lies on his employees.
This company is a joke!!! Matt Q is not the same leader he used to be. The entire EnGen su-ks!!!! Greg B was a piece of st leader who just left the company and… terrible to collab with. Carrie W is the only person I know who loses her entire team and gets a brand new one team. She likes to su-k the dookie out leadership’s ahole. Michael S is a bottom who likes to get pegged by his wife and doesn’t know anything. Alyssa H has a soggy te-----e face who speaks to everyone like they’re id--ts. The entire EnGen is lacks collaboration and bad leadership. Shame on this company.
I'm late to the game on this thread, and I couldn't agree more with this post. Mick is taking orders from the Highmark SLT when it comes to these layoffs. If you want to blame anyone, start pointing fingers at Holmberg, Hanlon, and the rest of the garbage on the 29-31st floors at FAP.
Did Highmark actually make it through a week without layoffs?
Yeah...loads of work. And then get yelled at for actually DOING the work because "there's calls in queue". This is as asinine as watching a person who JUST got in line getting waited on when you have been waiting longer for something simple.
Eventually, the employees get tired and quit caring, and pretty much "quiet quit".
Mick M should go.
Multiple layoffs.
Constant restructuring.
Customer loss.
Bad leadership. Mick is ineffective, Jen is a laughing stock. Michael M serves no purpose.
I was let go in the 1/30/25 RIF - was a leader on my team with excellent reviews. Seems like DEI firing to me
I have a long journey to get a new job in this brutal job market but I am glad I am outta here. I really hated working with few legacy areas, few groups like client group and so on. If at all anyone outside their circle is hired, these so called SME make their life he-l. It's the mgmt and these terrible product teams make it difficult for everyone
me
Did anyone see this recent layoff hit the news in Pittsburgh? It did in Central PA.
It's not much different in Elevance Health, the largest Blue Cross company. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk7mx0f1
There are better companies.
Nearly every pulse survey has highlighted a lack of trust in senior leadership, yet here we are. Frontline staff continue to bear the brunt of the consequences for issues rooted in poor leadership at the top
Unfortunately, if you don't have the right leadership at the top during economic challenges you will have bad decisions made upon bad decisions. It becomes a multiplier! The VP of Talent Acquisition is the worst. No integrity and hired because he was a friend of the CHRO. Which means....no accountability.
Yeah, they removed my comments, as well, about Matt Ray, Gary Di-k, Omar Khawaja and Brad Carvellas. LOL Oh, god forbid that LEADERSHIP be called-out as the common denominator of the toxic environment! LOL
I see they removed the comments about Jen Tullio, Scott Livingston and Mick…
Maybe it's just me.....maybe I'm being TOO vengeful.....but.....if I felt that there was even the slightest potential that I would be laid-off due to outsourcing or some other ridiculous reason that displayed Highmark's or enGen's LACK OF LOYALTY toward its employees, I'd be taking some SERIOUS steps to create some sort of "deadman's switch" so that when I am escorted out of the building, then an "action" would occur that would delete files/folders or cause other chaos. Do it in a way that would execute "over time" (not immediate) so as not to be associated with you directly or indirectly. As long as one is employed, you can go in and do an "extension of execution" so that it does not cause harm while you're still working, but feel comfortable knowing that, "Eh, if I'm let go, let all he-l break loose a month or two from now!" But, hey, that's just me. This is what gives me SOME peace of mind for whenever that time comes!!! I'm not going down ALONE!!!
It's Tuesday. Who's getting cut today?
Asked my manager during Friday AM team meeting if the layoffs would be limited to EnGen and he said "No" with no qualifications for whether our team is okay. Already looking around for new places...
Highmark can't seem to figure out what to do with what it currently has. I think they've already bit off more than they can chew and I doubt any acquisitions are on the horizon.
Is Highmark looking to expand its footprint further in terms of taking over any new companies? May want to get the word out to the masses (employees) of THOSE companies to let them know (proactively) what they'll be in for.
As others have said, this isn't the last round of layoffs.
When specifically asked if these layoffs would suffice for the rest of the year, our Director told us that it's dependent on a few (smaller) contracts they're trying to land within the next few weeks. If they don't land those contracts, there will most likely be further cuts.
But Mick, of course, never pays the price for poor leadership
Sadly it's not the company it used to be. I wouldn't recommend anyone apply there. They always wanted to score highly in the great place to work surveys. What a f*king joke! Employees never know one week to the next if they're next on the chopping block. That really helps company morale.
We knew Thryve was going to take over our jobs back in 2019 and Highmark made us train what I’m sure will be others replacements. When AHN IT was forced to join Engen, they lost multiple analysts. I know a few people that almost doubled their salaries and currently love their jobs. GTFOT NOW and save yourself.
Heard that multiple people on the Endpoint Software and Compliance team were let go with many many years of knowledge. Software tickets, licenses, and corporate releases (like INSINQ / ICIS) ought to prove interesting.
Pennlive article on the layoffs yesterday...
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FHWBMkc9y/?mibextid=wwXIfr
That you Mick? Deadwood at it's finest.
Deadwood removed. Good riddance.
Honestly, they’re doing anyone they’re laying off a favor. They pay among the worst in the industry for tech. Paying software developers under $75k in 2025 is laughable.
Most of the people let go will get big pay raises at their next company.
They got a whiff of Medicaid cuts and that was the final straw.
Just wait until the new mandates come pouring in. You'll be glad you don't work there.
I cant believe the unions haven't caught on that it's all off shore. Constant blatant lieing when trying to get business.
my senior leader didn’t even tell me I had people on my team impacted. found out after it was already done. Terrible management
Could you imagine the reaction people would have if you told them their health data was being worked on or accessed by offshore labor? They would be outraged and rightly so! There is no racism in pointing out that this company is putting people at risk to just to save a buck.
Before I got laid off early last year I would tell myself on a daily basis. I don't know how we have any customers. Old outdated system, horrible service, etc...one of my last projects was for I believe north Dakota and I can't believe they didn't pull everything. Nothing but horrible systems and missed deadlines. We would lie to them daily saying it will be system would be ready to meet the mandate knowing full well it wouldn't happen. Several people lost jobs to try to save face to the client for the failure. Can't even blame India on that one because it was mainly US resources.
The real culprits in upper management that lost the IBC contract and probably 25% of Engen revenue on 1/1 need to start paying the price and that goes all the way to the top of Engen.
Did Brian Lucotch resign - or did he get fired?
Imagine being within an inch of the point & still missing it.
Nobody in India made these calls - it was people in boardrooms in your own back yard. Your anger is justified, but it’s aimed in the wrong direction.