What departments were impacted this week?
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Offshore hiring feels like a punishment to employees for wanting WFH
@2ixo+1uATO4hE A few mangers and HR have mentioned it. We know already that they are offshoring positions due to an email that came out a few months ago. The main positions that are affected by offshoring are credentialing/onboarding, payroll, recruiting, and IT. Those have been the most affected positions with the layoffs. The Philippines were mentioned within that email (which would be the offshoring). IT barely has anyone left within that department, credentialing/onboarding is in the same position, and payroll was just hit with a layoff within the past couple weeks as well as another round in IT.
It makes sense that those positions they are outsourcing to are the ones being most affected with the layoffs as they won't be in the states anymore but offshore. The writing has been on the wall with there plan with that since the first email came in regarding the Philippines a few months ago. Some of the managers and HR recently just confirmed that assumption/thought that a lot have already figured out.
It's really sad. But once those new offshore individuals are fully trained those positions are likely to disappear within the states.
@1anz+1uATO4hE were you told by someone that payroll, onboarding and credentialing will be moved offshore?
Curious as someone who was laid off-what was so disastrous about the last town hall?
@1zlq+1uATO4hE Onboarding/credentialing and payroll are departments that are being offshored. That's why hardly anyone is within those departments right now. Eventually there won't be an onboarding/credentialing or payroll here with workers from the states. It's the same for the IT department. All of those positions are being offshored and eventually will no longer exist here.
I've heard IT is now a skeleton crew with barely enough people to keep things going.
There are still a lot of Division and Branch Managers on Aureus side that should be let go. They bring ZERO value to the company, are rarely accessible, have no solutions, and simply collect a paycheck. It is blessing not to be under the microscope of your division is producing, but still a TON of wasted money. Onboarding and payroll have been decimated to the point that it is hurting the company.
@nnz+1uATO4hE While I agree that the smart people have either left for another job or are working two jobs at once and just collecting the money and pocketing it away.
Not everyone that was let go would be classified as "slackers or lazy." Yes, some definitely weren't doing everything they should have been doing. But there were A LOT of innocent people that showed up everyday and did there best. When you let go of thousands of people you're also letting go of really good, talented, hard workers within that mix as there hasn't been any system on how they are determining who will be let go. The bottom line is you cannot cut your way to profitability and that's what they have been trying to do.
The smartest thing anyone can do is go where you're appreciated and valued. This company isn't that anymore. And after the disastrous town hall, that's been the consensus among many. Managers are leaving too as they didn't sign up to be having to let people go continuously since Oct 2023.
This is so much deeper than lazy or slacking individuals.
16 from billing and a few from payroll....There will be another round before Christmas is what I am hearing.
They’ve canned 90% of the slackers, in particular the beyond-lazy managers to directors. People with pseudo-titles who knew nothing and accomplished absolutely zero. It’s been a long time coming but great for the ICs who “worked” for them.
The best just found a better gig and left after the October, 2023 massacre.
The smartest found a second remote job and kept both (doing nothing at MSG just like the management). And let MSG fire them with a severance package after anywhere from 6-18 months. Collecting free extra money for a new Jeep.
Many people are leaving at this point once they obtain another position. Some have left voluntarily which many managers have brought up whereas others are waiting to be let go to secure a severance. But I don't think those leaving voluntarily are being factored into the ones being let go due to RIF. I think the town hall rubbed many people the wrong way and are ready to leave.
Few in credentialing/onboarding as well as IT too that I'm aware of.
19 people today.
Payroll and billing, that I know of.