Thread regarding Cigna layoffs

4/3 - Cigna’s Liberation Day

Just like the day before where we all got slapped with the Trump Tariff Tax and a bunch of unnecessary pain, Cigna went through with a large layoff designed to avoid WARN laws (as usual), and done in a scope and manner that will cripple productivity in many areas.

They are all in and betting hard on HIH saving the bottom line. Except the job market in Hyderabad is hot, and Cigna’s salary ranges there are not. ELT didn’t learn enough about job culture there and now have to offer free lunch and signing bonuses to get people to show up on their first day, if they even accept the job. Even the mid talent in Hyderabad is going elsewhere, leaving Cigna with mostly (but not all) knuckleheads who will drive things to the ground eventually. Kind of like tariffs.

And yes. There are going to be more layoffs so roles can be migrated to HIH.

So, when your boss tells you to do the work of someone laid off, politely stand your ground and advise you are one person and don’t have the capacity to do the work of two and kindly ask them to prioritize so you can get the most important stuff done. Don’t work extra. Do the minimum needed.

When you are told to write an SOP, it is for HIH. Don’t write incorrect info, but certainly leave out tips and tricks and shorter versions of the process. And feel free to write in complex English that is not easily followed. The kind of language that causes errors with AI translation.

Good luck. Both with dealing with your HIH replacements, and your 401k. It’s gonna be brutal for the foreseeable future.

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Post ID: @OP+1jr0a8x24

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It was really a policy comment. I don’t believe everyone of one party is great and the other party is awful etc.

The campaign policies of Trump and Project 2025 will result in job losses in health insurance. That was very clear. The real bloodletting will happen when they move on PBMs.

Ignoring this is being like Trump voter in WV who was fired from her federal job and couldn’t believe it. She wanted to “drain the swamp”; she of course meant everyone else and didn’t click the swamp was HER, and her job that fed her family.

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Post ID: @dg+1jr0a8x24

If you are an employee of a healthcare company on a normal salary and you voted for the guy who said he’d gut Medicare and Medicaid, gut PBMs, and gut the mechanisms that drive clinical trials and healthcare innovations, I’m very sorry but you are a turkey who voted for Thanksgiving. Elon relies on poorly paid foreign workers; he’s not going to support axing visas or punishing companies that offshore.

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Post ID: @ba+1jr0a8x24

Thought it was bad taste to announce Golden Circle winners on the say day as a massive layoff

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Post ID: @am+1jr0a8x24

GFY - Everything is politics because politics affects everything. Policies like tariffs are affecting my and your 401k. If we go into a recession or depression it will really affect us.

Sure, Cigna is just laying off because it’s business. But OP is right about not helping them replace us with inferior overseas employees or allowing them to make us do Extra work because of poor leadership decisions.

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Post ID: @ak+1jr0a8x24

You just sound like a Trump hater at this point. Imagine making everything political. Sounds like you deserved to lose your job, but I do feel for everyone else affected.

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Post ID: @aj+1jr0a8x24

Cigna is one of the few big companies that hire so many contractors. Reason is they are expendable, and can be axed anytime w no severance

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Post ID: @ah+1jr0a8x24

I’ve been around long enough to see layoffs at multiple companies. They are always hard. Harder on those who lose their jobs.

I will say Cigna handled the layoffs better than most companies I’ve been involved with. The looked at non-employee cost reduction first and acted in those areas first. Fact is, all healthcare companies like Cigna are feeling the squeeze.

Cigna also has a fair severance policy for employees caught in a rift. Generous, in fact, compared to most other companies I’ve worked for. My heart goes out to coworkers lost as they start looking for their next job. But the hate of this post seems more venting of pain than reflection of reality.

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Post ID: @ag+1jr0a8x24

It’s strange that this company did layoffs the same day as trump tarrifs. Wasn’t layoff day supposed to be April 10th.

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Post ID: @af+1jr0a8x24

Can confirm. We are losing people even in HIH. What a joke!

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Post ID: @ae+1jr0a8x24

"Oh the irony coming off of the last 4 years.😂"

Oh the irony, coming off of yesterday. And the damage continues today.

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Post ID: @ac+1jr0a8x24

“ The MASSIVE problem in this country is simple minded people blindly believing the lies”

Oh the irony coming off of the last 4 years.😂

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Post ID: @ab+1jr0a8x24

"You do realize these are reciprocal tariffs and are set at about 1/2 of what these countries are charging tariffs on US products, right?"

You do realize that the supposed sophisticated formula they used was all a lie, and what you stated is completely wrong?

Have a read:
https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-04-03/trumps-big-lie-this-is-the-simple-formula-he-used-to-calculate-the-reciprocal-tariffs.html

You do realize that this business "genius" put tariffs on several uninhabited islands?

You do realize that he's running the economy into the ground intentionally (sc--w your 401k!!) so he will have leverage over big business?

The MASSIVE problem in this country is simple minded people blindly believing the lies, utterly and completely to their own detriment. (Before it was ok because he was only gonna hurt other people, but now, the true believers still buy every damaged good he tries to sell you, even as your retirement funds disappear.)

Wake up, and stop defending this monster! Defend our democracy instead.

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Post ID: @a9+1jr0a8x24

You do realize these are reciprocal tariffs and are set at about 1/2 of what these countries are charging tariffs on US products, right?

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Post ID: @a6+1jr0a8x24

This. 100%. And to the person who said no isnt always an option, I don’t say no. I just say I won’t have time to get everything done right away and ask for deadlines, and ask for a priority level…and I do it in email so they can’t play switcheroo on me. And if expectations are impossible or unreasonable I’ve got it documented for a labor lawyer. Hasn’t failed me yet

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Post ID: @a5+1jr0a8x24

I didn't get a raise. And now have to do additional work for someone they let go? Hard no. Agree with this post - I can say yes and later go back to ask boss to prioritize. I refuse to do more

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Post ID: @a3+1jr0a8x24

Well written post . The only thing is people don’t much say when they are asked to do something . One may say no once or twice, but it will get reported at some point and there is a always a risk of getting replaced. My point is saying No is not always an option in this day and age.

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