It's funny how you don't recognize the toxicity until you're free of it. At Cigna, just logging on each morning felt like wading through emotional quicksand, having to face the constant dread, the collective misery in every meeting. Now that I'm somewhere healthy, I can finally see how much that environment was chipping away at me. To anyone still putting up with that: better workplaces exist, and you shouldn't settle.
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@453 I agree. I was JE'd after 15 years with the company. I was never mad or upset, I always kept my head down and did my job, but I got moved into an area (medicare) where I was completely unaware that they were planning on selling it off. My work would be start now and then the work would be cancelled a few days later. After many months of this I started to feel like I was on the end of a fishing line and I was the bait. After getting laid off I enjoyed a good solid 8 month time off and was really well prepared and ready to re-enter the work force but with all the saltiness and negativity that come with a job loss gone. This year I enrolled into the AI program at MIT and now I'm studying to be a top level expert in the field. All thanks to a layoff that came as a complete shock to me.
Worked here for over 20 years! Loved it until the last 6-7 years. I was JE'd with a great severance package and vacation pay. Luckily job elimination was just after bonus and raises too! I honestly didn't realize how miserable I was until I was JE'd ! Contemplating whether I can even get myself to go back into corporate america... I had a decent position at Cigna and developed a great skillset. I stayed so long because the salary and bonus' were actually good, but salary is now at the bottom of my list for my new job requirements. My next job will be about job role, environment, flexibility and the company culture. I'm encouraged hearing others say there are so many better places to work than Cigna ... Being JE'd can be a blessing in disguise! I now realize I was more unhappy than I even knew working there! Always felt like a 'clone' at Cigna. Just a number. That long walk into the building where everyone just looks like zombies, soooo unhappy, not talking, not smiling, and not acknowledging anyone around them was really having a toll on me!
I worked at Cigna for 20 years. Was layed off in 2020. I got the 4 weeks per year of severance. I didn’t know it then but beat thing that happened to me. I love my job now. And look back about the way I was treated. Horrible
There are jobs. If you are not getting interviews, either your skillset is outdated or your resume is not good. Research how people are job hunting. Utilize AI. Treat your job hunt like a second job and do not give up.
But how are you finding jobs ? It’s a bloodbath out there .
I feel bad for the people still there and hating every day. I agree with OP that there's better out there. You know it but you won't truly know it until you leave Cigna behind.
I completely agree! There is like a huge weight that's lifted off of me and I will be honest all of the anxiety was stressing me out and affecting my mental health.
I'm only being gone for a short time i can truly see how toxic this place is and it's only going to get worse.
Yeah but I do wish we weren't going into a period of such economic uncertainty. Shifts negotiation power much more in favor of employers unless you have a pretty niche skillset.