Thread regarding Cigna layoffs

Workplace of Choice

I'm required to follow the in-office policy even though my management (all levels, up to Cordani) and team are scattered around the country. I sit alone and do my work on webex or email. I was addressed last week for not falling in line.

I'm now at the point where 5 days in-office with many from my team and leadership would be better than three days of isolation, and I've started to apply to some.

How would that be viewed through a "workplace of choice" perspective? Someone is willing to take on less favorable terms somewhere else, solely to be rid of this place. More of a workplace of last resort, if anything. Oof.

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Post ID: @OP+1vrk9Pyx

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Go WFH via ADA, there’s a form on Iris.
I have diagnosed anxiety & ADHD.
The whole process from submitting the form filled out by my physician to HR approval was less than 10 business days and is now a non-negotiable for me, HR and the future.

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Post ID: @zzei+1vrk9Pyx

As another person noted above, managers have a dashboard now and can run extremely detailed reports of your office time. That said, I have not been asked to run any reports. It’s also my understanding that if you arrive after 2 pm (let’s say due to a need to wfh in the morning for a delivery) that will not count as having met your required office time that day.

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Post ID: @fwgx+1vrk9Pyx

Funny. I applied to tons of B4/B5 jobs that I was heavily qualified for in my years at Cigna - only to get denied. The one time they entertained the idea, they let me know it was one of those jobs they were selling off... and there wouldn't be a pay raise. I've since got a higher paying job elsewhere. It's way less advanced and with a much smaller workload than what I was doing for Cigna too. Cigna is just too concerned with sticking it to their employees and keeping them down to save a buck to worry about the long-term consequences of their sh---y policies.

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Post ID: @4pyi+1vrk9Pyx

Cut from the "Scaling Back on FOW Mandates" post:

"Apparently it has become difficult to fill B4 & B5 roles, and there are "limited opportunities" for in-person collaboration since the workforce is scattered amongst numerous locations."

So how is this supposed to play out? Employees in remote locations will be 100% at-home. Central location employees are instigated to quit after being shown no flexibility or consideration. I can't imagine many prospective employees would move forward if they understood the working environment. So this group of employees will dimish over time.

I guess the idea is to eventually sell off the large hq-type facilities and rely on a distributed workforce of 100% remote, and the growing base of HIH resources?

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Post ID: @2gnq+1vrk9Pyx

Yes, they are tracking. Managers now have access to a dashboard to monitor compliance.

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Post ID: @2nsg+1vrk9Pyx

Are they tracking now? I thought it was just scare tactics.

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Post ID: @2grv+1vrk9Pyx

Someone else recently addressed this in a Care Solutions team meeting in the anonymous questions inquiring about returning to WFH for employee morale and the higher up basically shut them down saying to no longer called this the "FOW" and that this was how it was going to be from now on.
Their snide response spoke volumes to everyone in that meeting. Regardless of the BS they spew about listening to feedback, they don't care about us at all.

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Post ID: @1zrs+1vrk9Pyx

Yeah. In-office days are the worst days of the week, every week.

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Post ID: @1zad+1vrk9Pyx

…bUt wE sCoRed 3/5 on OuR drIVe to 2025 emPlOyEr oF cHoIcE gOaL…

Coming into the office just to work remotely from a cubicle is a special kind of enfuriating stupid.

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