Thread regarding UnitedHealth Group Inc. layoffs

@c0 untrue. People hired as ft telecommute were transitioned to 4-1 hybrid

@aw most of the people I know have worked from home 20-30 years, pre pandemic, pre any of this. I hope they consider this as part of the RTO policy and don’t share your views!

@c0 that’s not entirely true. In the initial wave, they had employees who were classified as telecommuters go into office, even if they were initially hired as remote

1% company wide pay cut with 401k match reduction and now a good 3-4 hours wages a week cut in fuel and vehicle wear and tear, and 5-10 hours a week in the commute.

All for a 0.1-1% raise and RRP funded at 25% the target being issued only to “nominees”

RTO applies to people who are in a hybrid role. The company now is requiring RTO for 4 days per week.

@ab I think it's a load of bull. If there was anything to it, we would have heard more about it than from one lone dude on this site

@aw kindly shut the he-l up, Patel

Kindly return to the office as prescribed. 9-5 M-F. Has been done for over a century. All have dealt with child care, commuting, and office attire not being pijamas during Covid. No suit and tie now. Just business casual and collaborative efforts for winning. No whining

Managers, Directors, Executives must also show at the office.
For industries like health-insurance, broad “return-to-office” (RTO) mandates are usually not about productivity. They’re about control, sunk costs, and power.
Let’s break it down cleanly.

Health insurance operations are overwhelmingly:
• claims processing
• data analysis
• underwriting
• case management
• compliance review
• call-center operations

There is no operational requirement that justifies forcing most of these roles into daily physical offices.

For large insurers, real-estate is one of the highest fixed costs after labor:

• leases / depreciation
• utilities
• physical security
• parking & transit subsidies
• on-site IT infrastructure

Close the buildings and give employees a good raise.

So what if you're not compliant with RTO? Do I just become ineligible for a bonus?

I don’t doubt there will be a RTO in these places, but wouldn’t we have heard by now if there was going to be a RTO 3 days from now? Or are you saying that’s when the notifications about RTO are going out?

No but I am not surprised I knew they would be pulling us all back eventually.

@OP Nope