Why can’t leadership, for once, stand behind their decisions? Anything that negatively impacts our well-being, prospects, compensation, or benefits is always delivered in a stealthy, cowardly fashion, preferably with multiple layers of separation between leadership and employees. How can anyone expect a bunch like that to responsibly and successfully lead a massive business, let alone one dealing with something as critical as healthcare? That requires courage, accountability, and real skill in dealing with both employees and clients. No wonder we are miserable and the entire enterprise is a sad affair.
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@d3 Wrong, the 12/9/2025 email ("Updates to the 401(k) Savings Plan") came from total_rewards@comms.uhg.com. That's not Fidelity.
@cj thank you for your service lmao I love that
The email came from Fidelity, not Optum communications. It is very easy to miss this message or assume it's business as usual, so look through your inbox.
@cz no clue if it is company wide. But everyone at HQ got it. Maybe clinics or hospitals are different.
Is this company wide? There are large segments of the Optum business who have not received any communication on this.
I take home the free oatmeal from the kitchen to make up for its . Sometimes I even let the water from the faucet run.
@av I was let go last month and I would agree.
@av people getting severance are getting more in a few months from that than the extra time we all have to work to make up the match. They can also get another job and have effectively two income simultaneously.
If you really think losing 1 percent match in your 401k is worse than losing your job get your head examined.
Should send Hemsley a bravo award and praise him for his "integrty" in how he announced 401k cut.
Bravo awards used to be worth points that could be used to buy wristwatches, cookwear and other gadgets. I'm guessing that change was also disguised with a similarly benign subject line.
Agreed. "An Update to the 401K Savings Plan" is the same subject that's used for trivial changes such as the "Fidelity Global Growth ABC" investment option being replaced by "Fidelity Global Growth XYZ." Using the same subject for what is effectively a 1% pay cut is deceitful and underhanded.
@OP well said!
It feels on-point for this company.
The last town hall was embarrassing talking about how "hard" we all worked putting in the effort needed and then they reward us with a 401k match cut and probably the worst raise target in the history in 2026. The only reason most people are still here are lack of options.
This is also the first place I've worked in a decades long career where you can get an exceeds expectations on your performance review and still only get a 1% raise. I could see these moves if the company was loosing money but they made $14.4 billion in profit in 2024 and that was a "tough" year for them. YTD in 2025 with 3 quarters we are at 12.2 billion in profit so better than last year by about 20% projected. That's a hard number to even comprehend. Company makes even more but gives us less.
I've worked for non-profits and small companies that might profit a few million and non are as greedy and terrible to their employees with regard to money as this place.