KP Executive Survival Guide: Sacrifice Employees, Offshore Everything, and Hoard the Bonus

The masterclass in corporate “leadership” continues. With layoffs and “voluntary” severances handled as covertly as a teenager sneaking out after curfew, it’s clear that transparency isn’t just optional—it’s utterly avoided. Our fearless CEO and their trusty DEI henchmen seem to be taking notes from United Healthcare’s “offshore everything” playbook, aiming for that golden 70-80% offshore mark. Nothing says “commitment to excellence” like replacing skilled workers with a race to the bottom for cheap labor.

And about the talent being recruited in Costa Rica and India—both conveniently owned by Kaiser. It’s like they saw the Titanic and thought, “What if we skip the iceberg entirely and just build the lifeboats as submarines?” The Oceangate metaphor feels almost generous.

Meanwhile, you can bet the execs’ paychecks remain untouched. Oh no, the sacred seven-figure bonuses and their job security must remain protected at all costs. Who cares if they have to toss the rank-and-file overboard like ballast in a sinking ship? After all, nothing screams “leadership” like setting your company on fire, blaming the wind, and then asking for a raise.

Oh you are on the nose with this one. I can't believe adults act like this. In early March we were told my department is "restructuring": they have a business plan to integrat a new system to help with patient calls be more effectively and efficiently. I was one of the last hires and they said you have to pick a position in another department or we would be resigning if we refuse to move over to the other department. BUT they refuse to give us the new work schedules or if we will have positions past June. They will tell us 30 days before they implement the new hours and work assignments. They keep saying they told the union and that this is ok to do. But I don't know. People are not getting information about if the union can be in these meetings where management is telling us they "know nothing" and understands this is a difficult time for everyone. It's bullsh-t and they bullied people into accepting the changes without questions. They would fire us if they could. Just so they can save money. It will cause the down fall of the company because patients will loose trust in the caregivers if all you communicate with is a robot or someone in another country
that is designed to save the company money, not lives. I hate how these corporations bleed their employees dry and toss them out for performance issues during a stressful time of uncertainty in a country that hates poor people and disabled people so much so they will allow them to die horrendous deaths like freezing to death on the streets or overdose because death would be mercy in their life. They are ok with their employees being homeless if it saves the company money. We need to wake up to the fact that you could die tomorrow and the company would replace your position in a hot second with a blurb in a weekly huddle reporting that a colleague passed (if we're lucky). A colleague had a stoke and was hospitalized, later died and no acknowledgement from management. I'm tired of cut throat capitalism. I want to live. I want to see my family and I want a living wage. We need to rise up.

Thread regarding Kaiser Permanente layoffs

KP Executive Survival Guide: Sacrifice Employees, Offshore Everything, and Hoard the Bonus

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