Thread regarding UnitedHealth Group Inc. layoffs

UHC it’s trying to leverage, single payer. They are trying to be the single payer, for the government! USA is trying to go towards single pay, or socialized medicine, and United healthcare is trying to set themselves up for this for the past 30 years! That is why they’re buying everything up! I hope they freaking fail.

They are moving highly trained medical jobs, offshore, who do not understand the written English word. They may speak English, but they do not understand the English written word. Therefore, they were making mistakes left or right, including making prior authorization and utilization, healthcare decisions, they were throwing away the bank.

Yes. I was an original travelers employee, then METRA health, then United, my entire career , was with this company ,thru 35 years of buy outs. My health and age made me a target. They are in for an ADA lawsuit. They missed the mark formaccomaditung those with a disability

Yes. Was just told yesterday that our entire department of about about 150 people is getting laid off in 2 weeks.

Just got laid off after 15 years. More Jobs being moved offshore.

Get out now, buy their stock!

Entire Coumadin/Warfarin clinic layed off. Patients reverted to primary care for management and weekly lab testing outsourced.

Supervisor with 15 direct reports laid off with no warning. Told the decision had nothing to do with performance. Really??? Then why me? This company is full of snakes...do not apply here. They don't care how many hours you give to the company or about your performance. They just want to protect their jobs, their bonuses. Unbelievable.

There were a confirmed 13 Optum layoffs on April 18th, 2024. These were all remote positions. My family was hit hard by this as we had ZERO warning.

Optum Frontier Therapies lost 44 to layoffs yesterday.

Thirty layoffs in Colorado today of front line staff, but they keep managers and directors at super high pay grades. What a great business model.

4000 lay off system wide. Cutting front line staff vs. pay cuts for the filthy rich c suite. Just another typical greedy administration

Optum Rx layoffs today, informed today. Supervisors from OIS affected. Staff unclear of next direction until tomorrow.

Large layoffs hitting Optum... employees getting notified today. Some groups losing more than 1/3 of their people.

More layoffs started today in EPV/Fraud investigations, despite them consolidating the line of business for United/Optum a few months ago. Director is saying layoffs are also impacting other departments.

Optum Rx layoffs hit this week (last week of February, 2024). At least 15 in the CARES team had their positions eliminated. This is an area that has been a sore eye for the client/member experience in recent years that has negatively impacted overall NPS scores due to operating thin at key times of year. This will further exasperate service to clients with member escalations, and clients should know about this. Over the past 12 months, client load for key account team members has increased 50%. Optum Rx has been hit hard over the past 15 months with multiple waves of layoffs. Senior leadership seems stale at this point and always playing catch up in key areas.

I am a 31 in National UHN Strategy and was just laid off due to reorg with a last day of 2/8/24. I was told it was going to be small. We shall see. Good luck everyone, I think 2024 will be the year of downsize and 2023 was only the beginning.

Our team was in a meeting this week and informed that nearly 70% will be impacted by reductions due to the work being sent offshore. I have been here for 20 years and never felt like such a dollar rather than a human. The impact for this decision will come to bite the department and I guarantee uproaring from massive loading errors will eventually bring the work back to the US. I am in data operations and also have heard other teams had a similar call from their leaders.

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.

Lay off the top heavy layers of directors on directors on directors. The individual contributors are working their tails off

There needs to be a serious review and consolidation in those roles that are 30+. Every meeting and the smallest of decisions includes layers of Managers, Associate Directors, Directors, and a Vice President. It more often than not causes significant abrasion and inhibits attempts to get anything done promptly and efficiently having so many layers of reporting.

Do we know if the higher ups forced "2" common review ratings again this year to determine that 10-15% in E&I? Or will it be a "random" bag again?

E&I layoffs will be 10-15% of staff. Primary focus is grade levels 25+.

I hope that they get rid of the dead weight that is hidden in areas like remark codes for UNET and not the hard working employees.

Does anyone know what dates? And it is all C&S LOB grade levels?

Yes there will be layoffs coming up in the next month. I am told that it will impact the C&S LOB including individual health plan staff. I am unsure if any other LOBs are impacted as I’m not privy to other LOB information.
In addition, all requisitions are now internal only (no external candidates) in order to give priority to those impacted in the upcoming layoffs.

UnitedHealth is prioritizing maintaining its current market share and profitability rather than aggressively expanding into new areas, due to market saturation and changes in healthcare regulations. UHCG/C Optum will continue reducing expenses, streamlining processes, and downsizing the workforce = job losses, hiring freezes, and reduced benefits for employees.

Any layoff for the company is largest for the employee and their family.

I've heard 2023 layoffs were the appetizer. 2024 will be the main course. Buckle up.