Worked at Anthem until they laid me and others off today.. effective immediately.
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Anyone know - do you have a clue how annoying it is to see your post copied and pasted on every thread? If you do sh*t like that at work, my guess is you are a PITA to work with. Let it go, ask other questions, but don't be a little old nag about it. Geez!
why are they hiring all these people from india and outsourcing from the philippines? I won't say where I work, but it is one of the larger places and they are also hiring temporaries after the occasional small layoffs. I understand if it was an international corporation such as ikea as an example where they sell products worldwide, but this is an insurance company solely responsible for helping americans. I know for a fact you can get workers in detroit, the desperate areas of west virginia, florida, most parts of los angeles, to do those IT or customer service positions, or anything else at minimum or close to minimum wage if they truly spent the time looking and posting for those positions, if they really needed to pay the minimum to stay afloat. Under the new healthcare act however, everyone must put in for health insurance. The government pays for those who can't from those who can. So I don't get how they can be losing money. The whole issue as I recall was that they would gain more if everyone was insured. So this issue of outsourcing with bringing in people with loopholes in the work visa program, don't make sense. They can keep those that have worked there long without laying off along with hiring those that are desperate for work at minimum wage. I know tons of people that can't find work that would have no problem starting at the bottom if necessary. Again, the company is not hurting, I'm fairly certain in my own view. If everyone is required to have health insurance with the poor getting the benefits from the government if they can't afford it, then how is it that they need to outsource along with hire people through the work visa program also. I know, I wrote a lot. Can someone answer my above questions also.