Gearing up for yet another round of layoffs in Q1 2024. Sr Mgt confirmed 1/17/24; a Manager I was to be offered a role with had to pull a requisition back due to layoff advisement at senior levels of their area. This is to be company wide. Layoffs every quarter consistently it feels like. UHC / Optum has been able to skirt the WARN act law, because it's state based not company based. So the mass layoffs of 22-25% of the company have to be by state to be out of compliance. Because they're not by state, UHC gets away with it. (That is directly from Department of Labor.) Additionally - watch out for mass hiring events to be conducted afterwards, just like they did in late Q3/early Q4 2023. 3 Remote hiring events and Job Fairs were published on job search platforms, and sent out to many job seekers via email. Literally a punch in the face.
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Just heard another layoff is tomorrow! People have received the ole Teams invite for the 15minute call in the morning!
RIF is Febraury 15, with last day of Februray 22.
They can get rid of that dirtbag Kim Wente. Useless. She just takes credit for other peoples work, doesn’t do anything independent or of any value. I’ll never understand the role she plays or that Laura Mueller. Talk about people who love to hear themselves talk while never saying anything valuable…
Yep rippled to my team yesterday. Took out 3 of the oldest and tenured in the team. They have become very sneaky on this stuff the last few years. Was a great long run but they really don't practice what they preach.