In a meeting conducted yesterday, the following Optum 2026 Downsizing Notification Calendar was shared:
Notification Dates:
1/22/26
2/19/26
3/19/26
4/30/26
Term Dates:
2/5/26
3/5/26
4/2/26
5/14/16
It was not specified what areas of Optum would be impacted.
I was informed 4/30 and my last day is 5/14. I need to come to these sites before I get laid off lol. Best of luck to everyone in the same boat!
Any news on the 4/30 layoffs in Optum?
As there been any new news on these potential layoffs? Especially the approaching 4/30 date?
Thanks for sharing
Wellmed Quality team, main office in San Antonio, was impacted for the 3/19 layoffs. It was announced in a team meeting. The majority of the work was sent offshore.
@OP Hi. Any new news this morning? Any layoffs today you’re aware of happening? I know 3/19 was one of the dates listed.
@9b7 Hi. Any new news if there’s been any layoffs today? I know 3/19 was one of the dates listed.
my directory was let go in the last layoff! I was told I was on the list but I guess I was not chosen! So far Jan and Feb dates were correct. March date is next week, lets see what happens
@870 severance is based on grade level and years of service. It’s on sparq if you are wondering.
how many weeks of severance did you get?
@7tv yes.
Does it include Optumserve ?
Does this include OptumRx as well?
@5s5 OP stands for Original Poster...so the person who started this thread or conversation.
@402 Could be some administrative assistant or someone who is a nobody. There are allot of people in meeting that never speak , they just listen.
@h3
This is not someone getting off on scaring people. I was laid off on 1/23. Grade level 30 - 14 years of service. Steady promotions throughout my time with the company. All 4 or 5 merit scores. Others laid off in my dept also had a solid performance history. So not just trimming under-performers.
I had two former coworkers reach out to me over the weekend to inform they had been laid off on 2/19.
With two of four dates accurate I wouldn’t discount the other dates as “scare tactics”. Wake up. This is life in corporate america today.
Any idea what departments will be affected in the March round? My department got hit hard with this one, I'm nervous I might not last a lot longer.
@6mt HouseCalls NP layoffs.
@6m5 yep they can be, all depends on the needs of the business
Well the 2/19 date was correct. Had layoffs at OptumRx. So far a few GL 29s and 30s. Does the same department ever get hit twice?
@5s5 Original poster
@5s5
Original post
@5rh
What does OP stand for?
@402 OP likely sat in the planning calls. I was notified on 1/26. My separation date was 2/6. GL28 11 years
@402 What makes you think that the OP is a worker bee? They never said their role. So far they had 1/4 dates correct.
Fake news. Worker bees are never given a heads up by direct manager. Only way anyone finds out about layoffs is on the day they are cut. Otherwise if a survivor never hear a thing is nothing touched your business unit. Been that way for 17 years
@3e5 if you get laid off change your dependents so that your severance is not taxed so much
@g6 severance is taxed at over 40%.
@2pn So they’re assigning behavioral Health TOCs to PHM TOC/CCM dept?
@2ka layoffs are happening in Optum CM today. I don’t know about other departments but we did toc for bh.
Does anyone know if PHM TOC/CCM will be impacted by layoffs tomorrow?
@2a2 there is a chance you could be notified this week with an end date in February
“The company plans to lay off 572 employees and shut down clinics in the state, according to four WARN notices filed in October. Some layoffs could begin as early as Feb. 2, 2026”
For the NJ lay offs. How does this play into the dates listed above? Is there another layoff round on 02/02?
This is ALL true and any director impacted was told on Friday. It will be the 23rd instead of the 22nd for the first area, only because we all have tomorrow off.
https://markets.chroniclejournal.com/chroniclejournal/article/marketminute-2026-1-13-healthcare-bellwether-braces-for-impact-unitedhealth-groups-high-stakes-q4-outlook-signals-a-sector-wide-reset
@1fw when?
Grade level 29, 21 years and RIFd
@g6 I was 12 years and 20 weeks. I was a GL 30, if that matters
@qt You don't need a WARN notice if it is less than 50 people per address. WARN notices almost never apply to Optum RIFs.
@jk Actually that's not true if they need to file a WARN act notice...