On Iris, under the October service anniversary milestones, there is a spotlight on an employee celebrating their 45-year anniversary.
They work as a business process lead analyst and highlighted the opportunity for career growth.
WHAT? You have been here 45 years, you are a high band 3 and the career growth is a plus? My brain leaked out of my ear a little...
MA hasn’t had opportunities for career growth in a good 3 or 4 years. There used to be a ton. No more. It’s frustrating.
Yes Cigna does at times have good career growth but it isn’t about how good you are at ur job. It has little to do with education, how smart you are or what your hopes and dreams are. It’s not about DEI or diversity. Mostly it’s about who will keep things as they are. Think of the different departments like police precincts. You want the officer on your team that is going to fudge the report so that you don’t get in trouble and can keep ur job/power. Humans are literal evolved cave people who would ki-l each other for food and a good cave to sleep in before modern society. Those instincts don’t just disappear and they have translated into modern life, and in this case corporate life where some of the lowest hanging fruit can get ahead by just being a manipulative compulsive liar. Okay I’m done writing on the trash board for now lol bye Felicia.
Cigna isn’t about what you know it’s who you know which actually mirrors most things in life. If your not getting opportunities and feel isolated they most likely don’t care about you enough to do things for you or just want you where you are because it serves some purpose in there own needs. It’s more about what you can do for them not what they can do for you and that won’t change unless they think you’ll get you in trouble for you not moving. You’re more a chess piece to help them along and that’s not gonna change.
it makes sense now - even though the career growth was laughable, it was still better than the other aspects of working at Cigna.
I think you are missing a key part of this. No concerns with anyone working at whatever level they want.
The reason it's posted here was that this person specifically mentioned the career growth as a great aspect of working here.
How much career growth have you had in 45 years if you are a high band three?
Say you love your co-workers and work friends, the stability, the work/life balance, etc. But why on earth would someone in these circumstances tout career growth?
I think we should celebrate this person and their years of service. Not everyone aspires to be a manger or higher. People have families, kids, lives and activities and maybe that person is the person who showed up everyday and did the work. These types of longevity are the bread and butter of the company.
Thanks but nah. I enjoy contributing to the problem. I need to fill out my hours doing something, and whining and complaining is certainly preferable to working.
Employment at cigna- especially after 43+ years has been driven by personal results, how you differentiate yourself and your future value proposition to cigna. Ask yourself, are you part of the problem or the solution… Stop whining and complaining…
"Managers eventually get their dream team while those that remain feel isolated, like myself."
What exactly are you upset about here? Being looked over for better candidates?
In my experience, it’s who you know not what you know regarding ever growing at Cigna. The politics are absolutely disgusting. Managers eventually get their dream team while those that remain feel isolated, like myself. I’m in the process of moving on. The stress is not worth it.
Maybe they meant the career growth others have had in those 45 years. I'm sure lots of people moved up the company ladder in that period.
IMO the opportunities to get a promotion differ by department. Seemed impossible in Service Ops.
For sure. But then you would not go out of your way to promote career growth. You could say you liked the stability, the wonderful colleagues, the satisfaction of helping customers, etc.
But career growth? Nah.
Some people find a spot in their career that continues to deliver satisfaction and are happy to continue doing what they are doing. There is nothing wrong with being happy and content with your job. Kudos to them!
I'm not the spotlighted employee, but I'm 40 years into my career. Many folks from that time, especially women, expected to be "granted" promotions after doing good work. Some people never got the message that you have to push and push your management in order to be promoted. Clearly the highlighted employee never got that message. I did, many years ago.
Management likes to sometimes dangle the "possibility" of promotion when trying to get you to do more work or take on more responsibility without more pay.
Yeah, sounds about right. I gave up on ever getting promoted even though higher ranked devs have been coming to me for help for years now.