How many of you felt like org changes or lay offs were coming to your team ahead of time compared to how many were totally blindsided?
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From Beckers Hospital review:
More layoffs at Optum
Jakob Emerson - yesterday
Former employees with UnitedHealth Group's Optum and its subsidiaries took to social media beginning July 18 regarding another reduction in force they say occurred across parts of the company.
Becker's has not confirmed an exact number or range of employees who may have been terminated or when layoffs would be effective, and has reached out to Optum for additional information.
Social media posts from terminated employees indicate that positions at Landmark Health have been affected, including behavioral health and social workers, along with nurse practitioners.
In 2022, Landmark became a part of Optum's Home & Community division. The Huntington Beach, Calif.-based company specializes in house calls and medical, behavioral, social and palliative care for individuals with multiple chronic conditions across more than 35 states.
"I was among many talented high performing individuals who were given their layoff notice this morning from Landmark Health / Optum at Home," one former Landmark employee wrote on LinkedIn on July 18. A former director-level employee posted about "a nationwide reduction in force."
"We have lost so many great medical providers and staff since our Optum take-over," a Landmark social worker posted to LinkedIn.
Optum and its subsidiaries have conducted workforce reductions multiple times over the past year, including at the Everett (Wash.) Clinic and the Polyclinic in Seattle; Morgantown, W.Va.-based MedExpress Urgent Care; and San Antonio-based WellMed. In August, MedExpress clinics eliminated all registered nursing positions at nearly 150 facilities.
In April, Optum shuttered its telehealth division. In May, the company said it would close a Change Healthcare facility in Toledo, Ohio, resulting in the termination of 129 employees.
UnitedHealth Group posted $4.2 billion in net income and $98.9 billion in revenues during the second quarter of 2024. Total second quarter revenues at Optum were $62.9 billion, up 11.7% year over year. Optum Health's Q2 revenues were $27.1
billion.
They knew weeks ago, senior managers on teams we had to create rating of employees which is a joke as managers can be subjective to get rid of people.
I am aware of one team it affected and had been getting a sense of something coming for months now. The organization doesn’t do that great of a job of hiding it if you’re paying attention.
I was off on the day it happened but I was shocked on Friday.
I was not affected but several of my co-workers were.
I am so sad for them 😞
I knew when they started threatening immediate CAP's, then low evals and raises, and then national upper managers stopping monthly meetings
My garden gnome warned me.
You have to not be paying attention if you did not see this coming....
For years... they have laid off people. And now the government is investigating them for a monopoly (Good!) that will cost them money. Not to mention the monies (rumor has it) they paid to the hackers, along with the Change HealthCare payments (in advance) to the providers. Regardless of how strong UHG says they are...hence, the layoffs! The money has to come from somewhere... and they chose to cut staff to make that happen. They won't dare take a cut to their pay or the share holders pay.
For those who have been laid off, my heart goes out to you all. Stay strong. At least you don't have to deal with the worry if you will/or will not be laid off in the future. You can move forward to something better, with better integrity.