Unfortunate to hear about the layoffs. I know it can be a stressful time for most with families, bills, and feeling like you’ve dedicated years into your work. Layoffs happen. I’ve also experienced it before with other companies outside of UHC/Optum. I had lost someone very dear to me to su----e and went through layoffs at the same time years ago. But I managed to pull through even stronger. For those that have been impacted you will be fine . And Just know that everything will be ok. There’s more to life than just UHC. More things to live for. Though this is a struggle. It is just a little bump on the road. Everything will be ok. There will be more doors open. You’ve done it before. You can do it again. If anything, I see this as a push for those worthy or meant for something else. There are way better career/opportunities down the line. Best of luck. Don’t feel discouraged if you’ve been affected. And if you have faith. It will come. 🙏
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nobody needs to hear this. you are full of sh-t. a few will be fine, even thrive. Be much better off. Most will not. The average American does not have enough money in retirement plans right now. The closer to retirement age without sufficient resources and imminent reliance on Social Security does not sound like being ok. It sounds like poverty and depression and a rather sh---y quality of life
“Gen Z, it’s too late for Gen X and Millennials. Take your world back”
Gen Z headed toward them at a clip. LOL. Single payer now.
Despite the layoffs over the years, the most toxic employees I’ve ever worked with at UHG have always kept their jobs.. and make no mistake, leadership is well aware of these individuals and their behavior. He-l, some of them even have direct reports now.
I’m not sure if they have dirt on someone, or multiple people for that matter, but, I’ve even made formal complaints to my manager and their recommendation was to work it out directly with the toxic individual(s).
Was even one such coworker that se-----y harassed another employee and when layoffs hit our team, they still kept their job. This is prime opportunity to get rid of garbage like that. But, nope. So, no clue how they choose who stays and who goes.
It’s hard and stressful finding a job and many of us, despite those toxic POSs like our jobs. Would just be nice if they developed some kind of system to retain employees rather than let them go. Seems silly when they have 500 open positions to let 300 people go on layoff because they can’t even bother to try.
Man from my understanding people got laid off in July (me included) and now another round? Ever since they hired these new twats there's been layoff after layoff happening. In a minute UHG as a whole won't have employees to keep the company functioning. There was layoffs in June, layoffs in July and now August? What the he-l is REALLY going on???
Agree with the OP. And there sure are a lot of entitled whiners on this board. Toxic environment? It seems Optum might be a little less toxic after this RIF.
“I know my road will be hard if axes fall on me because I am in a field also competing for jobs with h1 workers, offshoring, and I am not young enough comparing to h1 workers. But I am too far away from retirement. I don't know what to do.”
FYI, this is all by design. Remember back during the dark days of the (ongoing) pandemic, certain politicians (looking at you, Dan Patrick) were all good about mee-maw taking one for the team so we can keep Applebees open for happy hour? I remember. Remember how they want to sh----n Social Security? I do. Give this some thought…how does a game of Monopoly always end? There’s some food for thought. Gen Z, it’s too late for Gen X and Millennials. Take your world back.
“Maybe your seat at the table is being removed because the person who is feeding you, has been feeding you poison. Trust the universe to give you what you need."
The universe is actually pretty indifferent. I’m with STFU-person on this one. We had our quarterly all-hands meeting just the day before to discuss results of the EXI survey…oh look how great we are doing on our “sense of commitment “ and “psychological safety” scores, what valued team members you all are! Yippity yap and such happy horse apples. The two people in our group who got axed the very next morning had to sit through that BS psychobabble and then get their as--s handed to them bright and early. Hope AW enjoys his third holiday home with the $5-6 million of stock he’s cashed in over just the last few months. While this company experiences double-digit revenue and earnings this year. It’s the insult to our intelligence that’s worse than anything. The true answer here is…psychopaths gonna psychopath. That’s what you’re dealing with here.
@1qkz+1nWphGPo make no mistake. They aren't pretending. This is by design. Their Super PAC and their lawyers need to keep it out of the media. Their stock price depends on it.
STFU!!! You know nothing about people and the lives ruined by executives inability to run an organization. Go to your cabin on the lake while a coworker a single parent has to figure out how they will afford treatments for their sick child. Many of us are desperate. You are gutless and entitled.
I understand there are some layoff that got delayed due to not counting PTO days correctly. That shows INCOMPETENCE.
Thank you.
I know my road will be hard if axes fall on me because I am in a field also competing for jobs with h1 workers, offshoring, and I am not young enough comparing to h1 workers. But I am too far away from retirement. I don't know what to do.
I saw this quote: "Maybe your seat at the table is being removed because the person who is feeding you, has been feeding you poison. Trust the universe to give you what you need."
What bothers me is that Optum will not confirm the layoffs in the media. All other Twin Cities companies, 3M, HealthParters and so on are transparent when they reduce their work force. United Health Care pretends it isn't happening. This is totally wrong!
Thank you for posting this. I think some of us needed to hear this