Pay, benefits, treatment...none of that is even close to the quality of employees Cigna has. That's at least true when it comes to my team, but I think that's the situation overall. When you add layoffs into the mix, it's no wonder so many people are choosing to leave on their own.
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That doesn’t work anymore - I have worked here over a decade and seen this change myself. This was effective maybe 6 years ago, but not now. I sit on a team with a group of people who do complete their work with precision, that take on stretch assignments (we don’t really have a choice anymore, we are volun-told) and essentially do the right thing. Never miss work, only taking PTO and never sick days. But the fat cats above us won’t ever move out of their positions. Team leaders and middle management don’t want to take on additional responsibilities because they know they have it pretty good. They don’t want to be grunts but they also don’t want to move-up. Which leaves the rest of the grunts no where to go. It’s rare for someone to elevate themselves from grunt, two levels up. Real rare. If you still worked here, you could look on IRIS and look at the jobs. Most of them are obscure Band 4 jobs that require a very niche skill set, a ton of experience in management, a certification that you can’t obtain unless you actually work in that space, OR more grunt jobs. Why would most of us take a lateral move? We won’t get paid additional money and we already know our role. Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.
I worked at Cigna for 44 years, and during that time, I was able to flourish in an ever competitive and changing IT environment. At Cigna, the best way to survive and grow your career (1) is to solve problems and take on challenging assignments, (2) manage your job assignments with precision, (3) never tolerate incompetent managers or place trust in HR. May “the force” be with you…
I’m overpaid. Now, that doesn’t mean that I don’t deserve it but I know they could easily have someone else willing to take my job for significantly less. I can’t really find a job making what I make now, so I’m stuck. PTO is actually pretty great, too. But the culture, the heavy monitoring, the lack of support and professional boundaries, the expectations have had me look to roles that pay less. I can afford to take a pay cut but I know maybe others can’t. My point is it’s not the pay or benefits for me. It’s the organization, lack of professional treatment, the not valuing me as an individual. These things are in place with my direct manager but beyond that, forget it. My managers hands are often tied because they pressure my manager, too. The people above me haven’t done my job in so long and it shows with how teams are treated.