Layoffs every two weeks? Bring it on. Don’t get me wrong—I don’t wish anyone who needs their job to lose it. I just wish I’d be one of those laid off. I’ve been trying to find something else for months with no luck. If I stay here, my mental and physical health will likely suffer, but I’ve been too scared to quit on my own. Being laid off will be the push I need.
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@hh+1jq4zw88h Sounds like excuses. Get another job.
My mental and physical health are suffering each day in Carelon. The amount of stress placed on associates and middle management leaders is astronomical. It’s impossible to deliver good quality service to members, create power points after power points to show case savings then to just RIF people and outsource. ELV/Carelon should be embarrassed at the work environment.
Where are leaders who promote quality work, quality balance, and advocate?
I couldn’t do it anymore so I quit without a backup. I had been planning my exit for many months and quit spending money except the essentials and I saved up a few months worth of pay. The stress at Elv was spilling over into my life, I wasn’t sleeping and I wasn’t able to disconnect after my 10-12 hour days. I found a job quickly. I wish I would have taken more time between jobs to decompress but in this market I couldn’t pass up an offer.
I am happy and healthy in a normal work environment. It has been difficult getting over the ingrained insecurity from working in the culture of fear that Elevance has cultivated for so long.
It is better on the outside and don’t forget how valuable you and your skills are. I was told by my employer that they love to hire former Elevance employees because they work harder than most everyone else.
Wife here. Because I'm stubborn. And we hit the deductible already this year.
@dx+1jq4zw88h Maybe you should let your wife quit and support her if she hates her job that much?
I got tired of waiting so I quit three months ago. No regrets. Still don’t have a job, but I haven’t been looking that hard. I needed the time to decompress.
Good luck, wife had a random meeting with her manager the day of the last round, no layoff, so dejected, so sad, we were giddy about it.
Can anyone define Felicia's job duties?
Talk about stealing, she provides nothing useful to this organization as I see her fairly regularly.
I got RIF and happy that happened to me. I was able to find my next job with much of a peace of mind. Now I just give my 100% and keep my personal wellbeing first.
I agree with the OP and everyone else, after many years with the company, I found the toxic environment and stress to be unbearable and affecting my mental health. I was not able to perform my job the best way I could, because the constraints and workload has been unmanageable. I was hoping for a layoff, after having spent months looking unsuccessfully for other work. It was just what I needed to get me out with a little cushion so I could spend more time finding meaningful and healthy employment. For everyone who is worried about layoffs or is unhappy, I encourage you to look for other opportunities, so that if you get the call, you will have started the preparations.
And the max is six months, not seven. Some states allow for other PTO payout so it may depend where you live.
The key in these threads is that people are have under tremendous stress and for a company who focuses on mental heath for members it certainty does not fot its employees.
This place was never the most pleasant part of my day. With that being said, it's turned into a bigger nightmare every single day since the start of the year for me. I've started having panic attacks and my physical health has been taking a hit too.
Agreed. I don’t want to be without a job and want to work, but having 7 months off would allow me to commit myself full-time to a job search. This place is a toxic hellhole.
Agree I would never have left either. But was rifd last week, and thinking about the next chapter now.
Im right there with you. I often think of when I'll get the call and can see myself smiling and actting relieved or, maybe i should be coy and pretend to be shocked and disappointed. I'd definitely be skipping to my car in joy on my way out!
Anon, you will be better off. I was laid off, and I probably never would've left this toxic company otherwise. I feel like only brighter days are ahead.