To all of us who will be unfortunate to still work here: Don’t pick up work after those who will be laid off; Don’t try to clean up the mess night offshore teams make; Don’t ever do anything outside the scope of your workplace; Don’t ever, ever, be a good worker - you’ll get nothing in exchange but probably be booted at the first next opportunity. Just take your paycheck, do bare minimum to keep the job until you find a better one. And always look for the better one.
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I was cleaning up my manager’s messes, she’s not qualified for the job, but I didn’t want our TEAM to look bad or fail in our deliverables. I finally had it, started interviewing and now that I’m a finalist for two different positions, HER new manager secretly asked me if I didn’t get one of the new jobs if I’d “ever be interested in the manager position” to which I said - no thank you, I’ve been doing her job for 18 months and no one offered to save me until they realized the knowledge they’re about to lose. So I fully support - don’t save anyone, it only hurts your sanity.
Most companies won’t contact references because it can make the vulnerable to lawsuits. They will use tech to scrub the internet for info on you. Recruiters will just contact your manager directly within Cigna for internal jobs they don’t care and you shouldn’t either. I found that most managers and departments leadership strategy is to gaslight folks because the best way to control somebody is if they just keep themselves in jail. Moral of the story, do the least you can to get as much as you can out of Cigna and jump ship if they don’t give you want you want. They can kick rocks and you don’t owe them sh$t.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_fallacy
Reminder that all of this is manager dependent. If you are fortunate enough to have a manager and skip that give merit raises, bonuses and promotions off of hard work, go for it!
It's also been said in other posts before. Don't document in detail everything you do when asked to for Policy and Procedures / Job Aids. Just give enough so it provides a general idea of what you do, but don't ever give up the details of what makes you good at your job.
I’ve seen lazy a-s incompetent MFs get promotions and the hardest and best workers get laid off or passed over time and time again.work and talent had nothing to do with it. Don’t break your back folks. If you want a good career the best way to do it is by switching companies for a promotion. Make sure your references are friends and not anyone at your current company.
“What if I told all that hard work and no play isn’t how you get a “good reference”
I would immediately know you’re full of sh!t.
What if I told all that hard work and no play isn’t how you get promoted or get a “good reference” because 95% or more of it has to do with whether your manager likes you as a person not your work?
What if I told you going “above and beyond” will only lead to more work for you, eventual burnout, and encourages Cigna to make unsustainable staffing cuts because they think they can exploit us into doing more than 40 hours of work?
What if I told you that if you’re not with us then you are against us?
What if I told you some people want to advance in their career and will need good references?