I'm confused by all the contradictory information flying around.
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Laid off 1/17. Not IT, grade 30. Not the only one in my dept. In retrospect, happy I was scanning this site, because I was ready when I was asked to “jump on a call”. Take your Witty floater if you haven’t already!
Low position, tin foil hat trolls posting hysteria. These are the same people that shouted 30% of Optum would be gone by this point. They know nothing. Do yourself a favor and stop letting these "people" gaslight you by reading their posts.
Can anyone explain why they would have hiring events if they are letting people go? Lower salary? Poor performers they think they can weed out in interviews? I don't get it.
Read the other threads... layoffs yesterday, possibly more today.
Additionally - watch out for mass hiring events to be conducted afterwards, just like they did in late Q3/early Q4. 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.
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.)