Thread regarding Elevance Health (Anthem) layoffs

@ @b6+1jt12nyp8

Yo, Boomer—you do you. If going to the office every day makes you feel like you’re winning at life, power to you. But just because other corporate giants are doing it doesn’t mean Elevance has to follow them like a lost intern on day one. We’re allowed to think for ourselves.

And hey—love that you’re not complaining and are just “grateful to have a job.” That’s cute. Really. Most of us are doing the exact same thing… while also quietly refreshing LinkedIn.

But let people vent, my dude. Sharing opinions isn’t rebellion—it’s called having a spine.

Also, I guarantee that if Elevance flipped the switch back to remote, you’d be first in line setting up your dual monitors at home again. But you better not. Nope. You stay exactly where you are—badge-swiping, microwaving fish in the break room, and pretending the fluorescent lights are good for your soul. You’re the office rat now. Own it.

And let’s be real—you’re not confronting your manager about any of this. You’ll su-k it up, stay quiet, and then coast on the benefits if things change—like a true passive-aggressive corporate ninja. Enjoy it, su---r!

Stop calling it “return to work” or “return to office “. My boss was remote for 12 years here before this change. This is a soft layoff in a bad job market to undo higher rates of salary increase over the post covid period. You’re getting a pay cut having to commute now and the company is (was) making profit no matter the arrangement. Stop bootlicking. Have fun on teams calls in a pulse point

What reality do you live in? All major companies have employees returning to the office even those who always had remote work here in California. Many did this a lot sooner than this notice and told employees to move or quit. Everyone who is complaining I’m sure you can find something else but most likely not at a large company where the norm is now back to the office. The job market is tough right now but go ahead and take your chances. I have enjoyed the flexibility but I’m keeping my job and going back in. For those complaining on this board I bet you are quiet as a mouse to your boss.

Start a data leak and expose these leaders for what they are!!!

Can we please just get the boomers out of the leadership seats at Elevance and bring in some forward-thinking, actually-awesome humans who know what decade we’re in?

Like, congrats boomers—great job boosting the stock price and padding your 401(k)s. Golf clap for you. But now can we:

1. Retire this dusty old idea of going back to the office like it’s 1997 and someone just installed a Keurig.
2. Stop tracking badge swipes like we’re in a dystopian teen drama? No one was clocking hours with a ruler before COVID, and now suddenly it’s 8-hours-or-bust? What are we—lab rats with ID cards?
3. Politely tell the boomer VPs and Staff VPs to take a seat and maybe let some fresh, non-Facebook-generation thinkers run with the ball for once?
4. Stop micromanaging every soul in the company like managers haven’t already known who works and who’s been playing Wordle since 2022.

Imagine if we actually did something bold—not just blindly mimicking the big, slow-moving dinosaurs of corporate America. We might just become… innovative. Or fun. Or even a company people actually want to work for.

Wild concept, I know.

Welp, we see what our bonuses went towards 😉 they had to make this move! F the impact to man and our environment 🙃. I wonder how many lives were saved with so many NOT having to be in that crazy commuting traffic? I know my years of commuting were very precarious!

They’re spending the money that they did not have for AIP bonuses for the worker and spending it to upgrade technology to make employees badge out.

I wonder if this helps “Improve the Health of Humanity?”

You know, having tens of thousands of people spend hundred of hours per year commuting. The carbon emissions from the needless cars in the road. The waste mentality energy?

Is there a requirement to swipe out?

Goes into effect 7/14/25.

The email came from Pete.

When does this go into effect?

Gail is a f ucking ku-t.

What department do you all work in? Wonder if this is specifically ops or IT

I need all NON boomers to go into management and stop this craziness.

Does this impact CarelonRx too? No one on my team has received an email.

Can someone copy/paste an email?

I am not surprised by this given so many companies are doing the same and do not know what makes us different. That being said, I am impacted and do not know if I can make it to the office three days a week. I have been giving this some thought and started looking for fully remote roles but most companies in Atlanta are moving to three to five days a week.

@an+1jt12nyp8 that is absolute BS. This is not an IT thing.

Applies to all people leaders AND E14++

While this policy affects those who were hired for remote job, this is the only way to eliminate folks who are working two or three jobs, especially in IT. If they all were dedicated to Elevance Health, HR would not have taken this measure.

I am one of the people affected by this, and I have zero teammates in a Pulse Point that is too small to accommodate this many people trying to come in. Up until this point, I was not accepting job offers that came with a pay cut. That changes today, my time is worth money!

Post from TheLayoff.com

For the last month when I get off the elevator our entire floor is under construction. They started painting the walls purple today... not gonna say where but you can't be oblivious if you work there.

They do not have office capacity everywhere to accommodate everyone 3 days a week.

Lol my manager complained about it to us. No fuxxx given by any of us. Enjoy being alone in a dark building. You would have sold us out no doubt and I'm sure you're working on it.

It’s divide and conquer.

Imagine if every. Single. Person.

Just didn’t show up? Basically went on strike.

As long as they deal with us individually they can do whatever they want

So I just heard from HR that It applies to those with "director" in the title and all people managers. It is not based on job level.

Does this apply to E14s? It's not clear from the email. Or should we assume it applies to anyone who got the email?

Thinly veiled attempt to get employees to leave, aimed at saving $$$ in RIF supplemental unemployment.

My mgr confirmed it is being rolled out to ALL associates later this year. Directors are just phase 1. Also, required to be there 8 hrs. They are going to monitor.

When is the mandate for the rest of the associates, aka the unwashed masses?

Remember- this isn't even pulling back. Many, many associates were hired remotely and are being forced into the office. Absolutely horrible.

I am speechless. The email that was sent is nothing less than a perfect example of how out of touch Catherine Gaffigan, Gail, and the entire C-suite are. Catherine’s email is laughable. Shared success, Catherine? You mean the 370:1 salary the CEO is pulling compared to the median $55k salary of her associates? You aren’t driving connection, you are making your employees HATE YOU AND YOUR BS CORPORATE JARGON.
You are driving your employees into the ground by asking and asking and asking for everything and giving nothing. our benefits su-k, our pay su-ks, our merit increase su-ks, and our AIP su-ks.
You have just sunk your ship. You aren’t improving any “health of humanity”, this statement is a complete BS. Your employee retention su-ks and so does your management .

I’m e-14, but individual contributor without “director” in my title and I did not get the email.

Some individual contributors who do have “director” in title, same pay grade, did get the email.

Can I be demoted? E14 salary and benefits are it different enough from E13 to make in office work worthwhile.

Please stop saying that this is going to "improve the health of humanity"- no one is drinking the kool-aid

Where has this been announced? Is it on Pulse? Please point us to where this is posted.

@ RTOSUX, its people who have director at the end of their title. People who have a manager or director title at the start of their title are people leaders. Basically people who do bigger project or finance stuff, but don’t have direct reports, are director equivalent ICs.

You don’t expect them to pass up millions in tax incentives for RTO do you? Were way past thinking the company cares about its associates.

Swipe-out badge readers for “enhanced safety”? So we’ve been working in an unsafe environment all these years and just now it’s a concern? Right.

They’ve already cut staffing to the bone—it’s painfully obvious when someone’s not pulling their weight. But instead of trusting the people still standing, they install electronic babysitters and pull us back into the office five years after moving to remote work.

Thousands laid off, minuscule bonuses, but somehow there’s still budget for surveillance tech and increased facility use costs. And while they talk up net zero carbon goals, they’re increasing commuting for thousands. The contradictions are exhausting.

What is a “director equivalent individual”? Anyone with Director in their title, or only at the beginning of their title?

Only a matter of time before all individual contributions get pulled back. This is just the start.