Layoffs are never ending

The company acquires businesses, then su-ks the customers, competitive data and the money out of the acquisition. Once that is done, layoffs begin to get rid of all legacy staff of the acquired company. They take the company out of the market to reduce competition, try and keep as many customers as they can and then dump the legacy employees. This organization does not value the legacy knowledge nor does it transition the information. They simply don't care. They just swallow up the competition and sp-t out the employees by layoff and move forward to the next. What's doesn't make sense is that our US government is oblivious to these activities as it violates anti-trust but then again, it's all about the shareholder value and surely those in those government positions are also investors (conflict of interest). That's all folks. From the outside looking in; so great to be out of there long ago.
All the best to those who recently were affected by the layoffs. Your health will improve. Don't look back just move forward.

Bumping this from @4rfy+1v9De1Fj, I couldn't agree more.

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UHG paid 10 million and counting to
Lobbyist this year.

lol. The government is well aware. They take lobbying money aka bribes to just complain verbally and do nothing

which groups were impacted for those last day 11/1?

Yep that new guy who was part of optum home and community town hall last week will be gone by late next year, kicked to the curb like Chris Johnson from Landmark.

While it su-ks, this business model happens everywhere, not just UHG

Absolutely no one is safe unless you are at the TOP of the food chain and even then, not so much. In the last Rif, 2 weeks ago (last day of work for those individuals was Nov 1) In this round there were 4 VPs were cut along with whole departments and hundreds if not thousands of others including people who have had their entire 40 year career at this company were kicked to the curb like garbage. Absolutely beyond heartless and disgusting one week before an election and into the holiday season. Pure evil.

Know your value and value yourself. They don't, nor do they care as no one is valued here. Here today gone tomorrow. Do not be complacent. Do not be cut off guard. It's best to prepare, save and begin looking asap.

Get out before they get you!

Nobody is safe working at Optum/UHG. It’s a good company for a newbie to get basic skills and move on. Having myself been employed for 18 years at an acquired company and being high up in the food chain, it was bye bye at the first convenient moment when they RIFed me and my team after closing.

To work here - don’t shoot the messenger- you must save 20-25 percent of your pay (in addition to student loans, 401ks, mortgage, etc) for when you are laid off. If you’re thinking of working at this place, make sure your gross pay allows such savings, else work somewhere else.

Immune from layoffs here? About the same as being immune to Ebola or Marburg virus. (Once infected, you will probably die.)

Thank for putting this back up it s a solid pot. My questions is, being new to the optum world, is anyone safe from RIFS? In the town halls you hear of people being here 20 years, how in the world do they survive????

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