Just wanted to give everyone a bit of information, you can take it or leave it. Please no ugly comments. I am a current Elevance employee and with the recent RIF’s, over half of my team has been laid off. I have been with Elevance for almost ten years and have 15 years of experience in my role. I have gotten passing scores on all annual evals and have even received department awards. For the last year I have been applying to jobs in other departments because I am desperate to get off my team. I apply for jobs I am overly qualified for and within an hour I get a rejection email saying they went with someone who has more experience. I couldn’t understand why I kept getting rejected for jobs that did the same exact thing as my current role.
Last week I got an invitation to interview for another team. Again, same type of role as I currently do. Had the interview today. At first the Elevance HR person was so nice to me. They were friendly and said repeatedly what a great fit my background was. The interview had lasted a while and then they asked me to describe my current role. So I explained that I was with Elevance and what I did. It was like a door slammed shut. Their attitude instantly changed and they were angry. They asked me if I was currently with Elevance and that they wished they had known this before the call. (It was listed on my resume and in my application). They scolded me for not applying on the internal careers page. I explained that I look at the internal page weekly but this position had not been listed on the internal page. They were quiet for a few seconds and then said, “that’s correct it was not posted there”. They then made a comment about how they didn’t know how my application made it through since I am an internal employee and told me to never again apply for positions on the external page. They told me they could not proceed with my application because I am an internal employee and were quite rude. Just five minutes before this they had been so sweet and saying they would be forwarding my information to the hiring manager. However the second they found out I was an Elevance employee, it all changed.
I know in the last town hall they mentioned the layoffs and that they would be searching for “outside talent”. I guess they don’t want their current employees moving to new roles, or at least my department doesn’t want that.