Morning? Mid day? Do they ever happen in the afternoon?

Some managers and dirs just do follow ups, just they pressure on developers to deliver data to meet deadlines. They didn't even know proper architecture, business, no proper direction to dev's and some even don't know basic git commands. I don't know... — read more 

Coworker passed along a message from HR received when asking about the 401K drop. Was told managers received these speaking points in advance to help explain this - any of you managers receive the below? FAQ: Why are we making this change? The... — read more 

I keep hearing about this bloodbath..any idea what/where/when ?

Things seem to be moving fast, anyone with more insider info/dates?

Is there a particular day of the week when layoffs occur? I heard they typically occur on a Thursday, but that could be wrong. I think something's brewing in my part of the company.

I'm considering taking a job working with Rx health plan clients. Is this a good department to work in? Any information is greatly appreciated because I don't want to leave my job for a worse opportunity.

Anyone know it UHG IT Teams will be included in this next layoff?

Is that a bad look for the layoff list ?

Will there be a layoff this month?

Log in Do your best that you can or want to Take your breaks Take your pto Get paid Leave

I am so glad to be done with Optum. It had it's kind people.... but then it had the people I had to deal with. Vile humans that don't exist any place else. Ones I'm glad I never worked in person with. Anyway, since I LOVE to stir the pot. I... — read more 

I need to check in with other managers here because I'm hitting a wall and getting seriously worried. ​It feels like so many tech teams across the board - UHC Tech, ETIPS, CDO, CE, OG, OI etx are completely stepping on each other's toes. We’re all... — read more 

UnitedHealth Group managed to squeeze $12B in pure profit out of the healthcare system last year solely through value extraction. Like Sears, Circuit City, and other notable companies that found themselves in the trash bin of history, they are... — read more 

People.. October is going to be huge, directly sourced from management. I am calling it red October me. For you naysayers, add a reminder to your calendars for Halloween and come back here to talk about your worst nightmare and then thank me for... — read more 

The last Reorg is a massive failure, very poorly planned and executed, they will pay the price soon. Layoffs are being done in the wrong places. Instead of constant reorgs that don't work why don't you layoff all the sycophant leadership who created... — read more 

I was laid off in Mid Feb and they gave me a terrible package but then paid me a decent bonus later as well as my PTO, which I know some didn’t get. My colleague was laid off in October, no PTO or bonus. Another in November and they got a bonus and... — read more 

The Wage and Hour Division is responsible for enforcing some of the nation’s most comprehensive federal labor laws. This is protected and has nothing to do with your Servance package. Online filing is easy and can be anonymous as well. Would like... — read more 

Way to keep us at peak anxiety all the time.

https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+1ktmsca1x This thread highlights how toxic this company has become - both Optum and UHC. Highly recommend, share this in all social media and let it go viral.. this is much needed to drain the toxic nuclear swap... — read more 

Does anyone have insight into the process or timeline of laying off an entire department of individual contributors and moving the positions offshore? Does Optum ever hire temporary US contractors to replace us first and then eventually move to... — read more 

Every time there's a layoff, they let go of the people who've been around the longest and know the most. The ones who can solve problems in five minutes that take new people five days. Then a few months later they realize the work isn't getting done... — read more 

Please be very careful if you are going to go to a link in a post on the site. From what I can see most people are just doing it to try to be helpful but I hight recommend against just copying, pasting, and navigating to the links in posts asthey... — read more 

https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+1kryy7b2b Let's blow that one up.. add your layoff Intel there.

These threads must have done something to “whomever” as they are actively posting nonsense threads to keep people from seeing these ones. Here are the links! These unethical corporations hold so much power, therefore, employees need to BE AND TO STAY... — read more 

Are there more clinics closing in California? I called my local clinic and they said they were not taking new patients. Optum Care? More like Optum Don't Care.

IT leadership stated in meetings it has goals to cut IT staff by roughly 50% and reduce processors by about 75% by year-end.

The Wall Street Journal evaluates how leading US corps stack up in 6 areas: AI readiness, innovation, talent readiness, financial fitness, resilience and agility. Optum does not appear as a standalone company in the uploaded table, so I used... — read more 

AI/ML Engineers, Technical Managers, Architects, Reliability Engineers, Operations Engineers, Quality Engineers, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Dev Ops, IT, Etc Tired of wearing more and more hats instead of the company hiring more resources... — read more 

A single capable person? If there is, who is it?

if you were/are impacted by the layoff, please reply and keep this post on the top so we can have some ideas how many people they are cutting secretly. Just post your date and your state.

Since Andrew left, and he only led for approximately 4.5 years or so, the treatment of employees has gone down to the gutter. The only period in which employees were treated fairly was during his tenure. Look up the history of UHG leadership and you... — read more 

Health insurance corporations use forced arbitration. If you don't know what it is and how it impacts the public, consumers, employees, etc. Look it up! Here is a link you can start... — read more 

All Health Insurance companies will accomplish by leveraging AI over human being workforce is to provide a lesser quality of services and product to whom should be their customer base. Will AI save corporations millions if not billions of dollars... — read more 

I see it’s lit over here lol! Someone posted this on the UHG link for the layoff. Did anyone know about this? https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+1ktq0j4m3 Basically they are saying UHG-Optum-UHC utilizes forced arbitration which is generally... — read more 

Large group 15 minute meeting scheduled for Thursday.

If you go to the office in EP these days, you'll see plenty of pretty girls smiling and drinking coffee, and also ladies in hijabs walking laps. This place is such a joke.

I am from India, but went through the University -> H-1B -> Citizenship route a while ago in Tech space. At that time, there was no fraud or offshoring, and very few select people got an H1B. I really appreciated the opportunity provided to me... — read more 

Our VP ..HT.. announced he is leaving. I was told he's an ahole but even he couldn't put up with the bigger ahole that's now his Boss. Yes Sh--Charity managed to scare away even Thakkar. Rumour has it they had a falling out. Pure SH-TSHOW!