The most productive, most liked because she's always helping others, the most knowledgeable person on our team, the person who made our manager look good was laid off. So tell me, if all of that didn't save her, then what's there to do to be safe? The answer is simple, nothing.
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@cj Truest statement ever!
Stop
Working
Hard
For
Optum
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@aj now go put on a dress and get back to work. And don’t forget your knee pads
@OP I worked with a lady that had been here for decades. She was hands down the most knowledgeable manager I had worked with. Due to a reorg she got a new boss. That boss didn’t like that she asked questions about stupid initiatives the new boss was asking people to do. Within 3 months that rock star manager was “laid off”.
Anyone who thinks their safe because your boss likes you or the project you work on is so easy, just remember you are 1 reorg away from being fired. One bad manager can ruin your entire career and there is no shortage of bad managers and leaders here. The odds aren’t in your favor.
What dept was this?
@ab why don’t you go somewhere else. You are probably the hated employee honestly.
@ad this is the answer.
High salary drives layoffs also. If she was higher than the rest.
I don't know the specific context, but you don't know what other teams thought of this individual. I personally know of someone that would fit this category that was considered completely useless and only created more work for other teams that made no value.
A lot of SLT have little fun teams like this to do their bidding. You might be tight amongst yourselves but trust me, everyone else hates when you call for those last minute fire drill favors or wild goose chases.
I lost the best manager I ever had at the end of last year. They kept his peers, who in no way outperformed him. Now we got moved to a new manager and it is all downhill. The new manager doesn't even have 1:1s with us.
Facts!!! She was an incredible and dedicated employee. Very sad. No one is safe. We are just a number.
No one is safe. No matter your GL number.
Optum runs on a culture of te---r. It’s not even “we cut the bottom performers” but “we will cut top sales people and producers for a laugh.” Someone was laid off during a major complicated renewal I was working on. The person spearheading a hundred million deal across five years just laid off. The other company was sincerely disturbed.
I haven’t been here a year and will say moving here from US Bank was the biggest mistake of my career. In fact the only thing I have learned in my time here is how to look for bad companies in future interviews. This professionals onboarding I did with a few lawyers and other MBAs? I am one of two that haven’t quit. Most went back to the jobs they left hat in hand.
These are L30+ roles. I cannot imagine the horror and pain the lower levels are experiencing and I truly feel horrible for all of you.
There really isn’t. It’s all so random. Seniority doesn’t help. Metrics don’t help.