"UHG / Optum have become almost sweat shops since the British invasion, the RIFs lead to more work with no added compensation. Your complaint echos my and many others experience with HR, seems Optum has off shored enough jobs to the point of incompetence!
However, it’s your fault you took a job that had you living check to check, if you can’t save any money and create a rainy day fund, well that’s really your mistake. Learn to manage your finances better and choose your employers better, I don’t wish this company on anyone who is skilled and desires to specialize and grow within their profession. Tell your story, UHG may be hot sh-t company in Minniesoda, but there are many fine corporate positions available with much more growth potential for you elsewhere, hope it all works out for you!"
I absolutely agree with you...unfortunately, we got decimated by Covid, lost a business, and had a $400k loss...we have been attempting to build back our cash reserves, but have seen a decline in income since the company I originally worked for was acquired by Optum (I did not choose to work for Optum). I had more take-home pay before the acquisition because our benefits cost less and we received MUCH better annual bonuses and merit increases at the pre-acquisition company. I also work 3 jobs already, but yeah, had Covid not happened we would have been fine. My bonus with Optum wasn't even half of our monthly living expenses and the merit increase equated to approximately an additional $50 per month....so add inflation on to that and we were quickly living paycheck-to-paycheck versus having a $500-600 surplus each month. And yes, unemployment is nothing and I already picked up a side hustle that pays more per week than unemployment, but still not enough to sustain us since our cash reserves were depleted during Covid and after as my spouse had to make a career change and wasn't making the same amount of money. We were in the process of building back, timing just really put us between a rock and a hard spot.