#mentalhealth

what do you think would happen if our VSP application was denied, then we made it through the August cuts and then decided to take medical leave?

if they were to terminate your employment during that point, do you think there would be a case if there’s proof of denying the VSP?

I have a feeling I’m going to be held back and blocked from moving internally. I’d like to buy myself some time and I need a mental break.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/29/remote-work-from-home-loneliness-epidemic-americans/90651835007/

My mental heath is struggling. It was struggling before the VSP because we just couldn’t met production as the numbers weren’t there. We have just been hearing for months do more!
Now we hear it really doesn’t matter what you do, it may not be enough.
How do we even function at this point when our lives are in limbo. My future, my goals, my life is up in the air. People don’t get it. Your a nurse you will get a job.. will I really.. so many people looking for jobs. Who is going to hire a nurse who has been away from the beside for 15 years, who is going to hire a nurse closer to retirement than not. How does a person who is planning for retirement deal with starting over.
Dont tell me it will be ok.. it wont be. I am more lucky than some, I wont be homeless my husband can keep a roof over our heads, I wont go hungry, we can afford food. But I cant contribute to my family, I cant live the life I have planned. My goals and dreams. All because working my a-s off for years to a company that just doesn’t give a sh-t about us has got me in a tailspin.
Sorry just had to vent to people who will get.. people who are going through the same thing as me.

what are y’all getting? and are there any good deals by other retailers right now?

I’m thinking about getting an adult coloring book and some markers to focus on something and calm my nerves. maybe some puzzles and word finds too.

So I was part of the group on March 22 that was RIF’d but then forced to stay working until end of June and then quickly extended until end of August. It seems like the people RIF’d today are done as of today. I want that deal! Trying to stay working on the titanic is brutal and not good for mental health. Who the he-l is making these decisions?

It was a difficult decision to retire but I new it was the decision I needed to make for my health. BNY was attributing to my stress and unhappiness. Longer hours, more responsibility and less pay had become the norm and i no longer "enjoyed" my job as a didbin the past. It has been 6 months since I retired and I am a new person. I am relaxed, easy to be around and learned how to laugh and smile again. I cannot explain it, it is just freeing. People told me I am a changed person in a good way, too.
If you can retire and afraid to pull the trigger, don't be. You will not regret saving yourself. The firm will not blink an eye when you are gone. Some inexperienced person will take over and life goes on.

This has got to be one of the most mentally traumatizing experiences I have ever endured!
I feel anxiety in every section of my body.
VSP or No VSP.
Apply for VSP or Risk being laid off
Apply for VSP and wait another 23 days for the answer.
Maybe get the VSP or maybe not.
Keep working while you wait for a VSP answer OR while you wait to see if you’re laid off.
Meet your metrics.
Do your job as if nothing is happening in the background.
Something, Something #OneCenTeam

We all know more cuts are coming. But I'm looking at other companies and they're all in the same shape. I'd leave if I could find somewhere better, but I can't. And the stress of all this is really taking a toll on me physically. I honest to goodness don't know what to do.

I'm so over feeling overwhelming dread every Sunday. Give me severance and I'll happily leave. Even being unemployed would be better for my mental health than this constant torture.

Today, I’m sharing a deeply personal experience because mental health in the workplace deserves more attention, understanding, and protection.
Over the past year, I have struggled with severe depression, anxiety, and panic attacks while navigating a difficult employment situation. The stress became so overwhelming that it ultimately resulted in a psychiatric hospitalization and ongoing medical treatment.
What has been most troubling is not simply the impact of mental illness itself, but what I believe was a lack of compassion and support while I was seeking help. During a time when I needed understanding, I felt isolated, scrutinized, and uncertain about my future.
For more than three months, I have lived in limbo while dealing with documented mental health conditions, significant medical issues, and concerns about my employment status. As someone who sought protection through FMLA and raised concerns through internal reporting channels, I expected the safeguards afforded to employees experiencing serious health challenges to be respected.
Instead, my experience has left me questioning whether employees with mental health conditions receive the same level of protection and dignity as those with visible illnesses.
Mental illness is an illness.
Depression is an illness.
Anxiety is an illness.
Panic disorders are illnesses.
No employee should fear retaliation, career damage, or loss of livelihood because they sought medical treatment or exercised their rights under laws designed to protect workers during times of crisis.
I have filed complaints with the appropriate agencies and am pursuing legal remedies regarding what I believe were violations of my rights, including concerns related to FMLA protections, disability accommodations, and retaliation. I will allow those processes to determine the facts.
My purpose in sharing this is not to focus on one employer or one situation. It is to advocate for employees who are silently struggling with mental illness and serious medical conditions while trying to maintain their careers.
If sharing my story helps even one person realize they are not alone, then it is worth it.
Mental health matters. Workplace dignity matters. And employees who seek help should never be punished for doing so.

I usually come on here for small bursts for mental health.

So we went from We are hiring and have returned to growth

To immediately calling the inbetween layoffs (that were valid) low skill.

To now saying it's only Sales, who have also had pretty high turnover.

You guys have strange lore over here. No that's magically stopping all the debt. Can yall at least collect the new ones for me? 🥺

So I have been wondering since this all started who they consulted to come up with this bright idea. You take an already understaffed and burnt out workforce, who is constantly being told to do more with less supports and people. Then you notify them on a dime that they’re offering VSP and all may face layoffs. They do know this is the perfect recipe to send thousands of employees out on long term stress leave. Leaving management responsible for billions in insurance payouts as you’re unable to separate that employee due to medical reasons and would face wrongful termination lawsuits from every direction. Like I don’t even understand…. Has no one even heard of risk management anymore or common sense. Like everything else here I am watching a top bloated organization unwilling to cut its own C-Suite pay or make real sacrifices, instead claiming AI is the answer. What about the jobs that AI can’t do or the ones that will be horribly mismanaged due to a machine replacing real eyes. The ghost in the machine here isn’t AI it is corporate greed just like everywhere else. I am so discouraged in the place I work, are no words.

I have spent the last decade and a half working forty plus hours a week and I have nothing left to give. My health, my hobbies, my relationships, they have all taken a backseat to just surviving work. And I have several decades of this left. Is life really supposed to be like this?

Is it just me or are corporate and the shareholders launching a massive psychological warfare campaign against all of us? Think about it...They have put some odd 60k of us and our families on notice. On notice to find another job. On notice to cancel our summer family vacations. On notice to cancel any upcoming major purchases. On notice to cancel any summer moves out of the area while the kids are out of school. Etc...
Now we don't know how many of us will be laid off either voluntarily or involuntarily because they won't tell us that either. But, for the sake of argument, let's say that it will be 10k people total. That means that the other 50k people who will be left after the carnage on September 1st had all of their summer plans and purchases ruined for no reason at all. This is not to even mention the level of undue terrifying mental duress, financial problems, and family trouble this will cause for 50k people that had nothing to do with this layoff in the first place. And guess what? They aren't even going to tell us whether we are the ones that are "safe" or the ones on the chopping block until the first week of August.
I think we all need to start consulting with attorneys.

I feel like crying. I really wanted this option. Fu-k my life.

This place isn't worth my health or my peace of mind. What happens, happens. I've gotten out of bad situations before, I can do it again. I refuse to look back later and regret losing sleep and energy over a job that doesn't deserve it.

During open enrollment last year, HR announced that the company would discontinue our previous mental health plan (Chevron Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder, MHSUD). This change meant that employees and their dependents who were receiving behavioral health benefits via MHSUD would be forced to obtain mental health coverage via one of the medical providers that we selected (Kaiser, Anthem, Cigna).

The HR email alerting us about this change very casually claimed that “the kinds of behavioral health services covered will generally remain the same” and that “costs may change.” Well, that was quite THE understatement!

I find it truly unconscionable that our ELT, who obviously had to have been presented detailed cost impact scenarios showing the devastating impact to employees, willingly chose to implement this significant reduction to our mental health benefits. And they did so knowing full well that people would be struggling even more as a result of the layoffs and reorg.

Since not everyone might have a need for these benefits (consider yourself fortunate), allow me to paint you a picture of the shocking financial impact that our family is facing.

We have the Anthem PPO. I originally called them to find out the per-session fee for this year. They initially stated $0 copay or coinsurance. That did not seem possible, as we used to pay $13 per session last year through the MHSUD plan. I called back, and Anthem stated that our cost would be 40% of the billed rate.

Assuming a weekly session, below is a cost comparison of old vs. new coverage:
— MHSUD cost = $13 x 52 = $676 per year
— Anthem cost =
— $1,000 deductible (we had not spent anything towards the deductible); this covers 100% of our out-of-network therapist’s fee for ~7 sessions at roughly $152 per session
— for the remaining 45 sessions this year, we expect to pay 40% of the therapist’s $152 fee; therefore a total of about $2,750
— that makes our total out of pocket expense for mental health benefits this year ~$3,750
— that is an increase of ~$3,074 (over 455%!!!) vs. the $676 under the old MHSUD plan

My question to MW and whoever else was involved in this decision is how can you possibly justify so callously reducing your employees’ mental health benefits and so drastically increasing their financial burden? Have you NO shame or compassion or, at a minimum, any interest in keeping your workforce mentally healthy?

We’re not talking about frilly perks here. This is MEDICALLY NECESSARY care. Mental health benefits are CRUCIAL in some cases to keep people from inflicting self-harm and possible su----e.

I am beyond disappointed in this company and its senior-most leaders. Somewhere along the way, greed took hold, and for the sake of shaving a few million off CVX expenses, you abdicated your responsibility towards the human beings you employ and their families.

To think that anything will change because of this post is utterly pointless, I know. I feel better at least having documented this egregious display of callousness from MW and the entire ELT. It might be good for all of us to remember that mental disease does not discriminate. Someday it might be you or one of your family members to suffer a mental health crisis. Ask yourself: are you proud of MW’s behavior? Do you feel his and the ELT’s decision about our mental health benefits is justified?

First Genpact, then draining the people transferred there, then knowledge transfer to India, only to at the end not to pay any severance and drag people through a nervous breakdown. Any ex-Genpacter here to contest?
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Thinking about self harm everyday I go to work. This place is so toxic. Not asking for help. But, giving a fair warning. This place will eat your soul and sp-t it out as if you were nothing.

My group in FI which I guess is now in Fid Wealth (though we haven’t heard anything on how that impacts us) is so insanely understaffed and the environment is so toxic and depressing it’s almost like it has to be on purpose. A bunch of tenured great associates left the company, multiple people on LOA’s, one person got totally f’d and passed over for a promotion and left, and you can’t get PTO requests approved since staffing is so thin.

Clients with billions on platform constantly complaining, associates literally crying in office due to high level of stress and anxiety, management staying in their little offices with the glass doors closed - all the while associates rant depressingly, joke about alcoholism and su*cide. I am d-mbfounded how a decent sized group arrives at this point. VPs walking around with no care in the world, laughing while associates take stress leaves and cry in the office and slam their desks in anger.

I just returned to work on 5/28 after being out on short term disability for a heart condition. Apparently I missed the mass video firing? I came back to see my supervisor and others in my team chat as "user unknown" Confused, I reached out to get some understanding of what I missed, I was ignored. So I clocked in and began my day. Member choice center btw. About 2 hours in, I received a meeting invite and was informed that my job was eliminated and was to clock out after the meeting. Which actually is fine because this job was soul su-king and I found something better. I do have a question about severance though. How long does it take to get severance and the email with info on that?

Are there any companies out there that are worth a damn and hiring? Doesn't have to be a bank or FI, just somewhere that those of us who are Grade 12 and up might be able to take our talent, while also being paid well, given solid benefits, treated with dignity, and not put through months of radio silence or fruitless interviews?

Trust and believe, I am doing my best to hold out for the inevitable layoff and severance, but in the meantime, may as well ask.

This company has already almost cost me my life once and I'm rapidly approaching complete hopelessness. There has GOT to be something better out there, right?

...Right?

Or is that just me?

I'm going to be honest. The last several months have taken a real toll on my mental health. The constant changes around timekeeping, budget cuts, shifting priorities, and the uncertainty about what's coming next have created a level of stress that follows me home every day. There are mornings when I wake up anxious before I even open my laptop. work is the first thing on my mind, and not in a good way.
I've worked through challenging situations before, but this feels different. When the direction keeps changing and there's little clarity about the future, it's hard to feel confident, motivated, or secure. Over time, that uncertainty wears you down.
My experience at Centene, especially within DXE, has been one of the most difficult chapters of my career. I joined with a lot of excitement and optimism. Today, I find myself feeling frustrated, exhausted, and questioning whether it was the right move for me professionally.
At this point, I'm focused on finding a new opportunity where there is more stability, clearer direction, and a healthier work environment. The day I find that next role will be the day I start turning the page on this chapter.

Make peace with the fact you could lose your job at any moment. It's less draining than the constant roller coaster. And at the end of the day, no job is worth sacrificing your health, peace, or well-being.

You gotta be freaking kidding me.

After 6+ months of torture, we gotta endure 3 more months of this bullsh-t????

Fidelity seriously needs to prioritize how it's affecting mental health of associates.

I'm going to be such a mess before it finally happens. Not gonna lie, this feels like psychological torture to me.

But I'm in a tough spot right now, and getting laid off would be devastating. I can't even think about looking elsewhere because life has been throwing one thing after another at me for months. The constant worry about work just makes everything worse. I'd love for things to be different, but they're not. I'm just hoping no big cuts happen until I get my head above water.

There’s a strange tendency online and in workplaces for people to build entire narratives about others from very little actual information.

Not everyone who’s quiet is antisocial. Not every awkward interaction means something sinister. And not every rumor deserves to grow into a story people repeat as fact.

At some point, common sense and basic fairness should matter more than assumptions.

I’ve had a difficult year personally and professionally, and one thing I’ve learned is how damaging speculation can become when people stop communicating directly and start projecting motives onto others.

I’m not interested in drama, conflict, or relitigating anything publicly. I just think people should be more careful about assigning labels to others they don’t actually know, have never come into contact with and never met or spoken. Freaking ridiculous and inhumane.

Looking at Seb Page's "mental health" advice - Watch Netflix on sundays?!??!? How fu--ing out of touch with people do you have to be???????

Just woke up in the middle of the night. Feel aweful. Was having. Dream about fighting a bully who was kicking me in the nuts.

It’s really so simple. Once you start to care less is when the job gets better. Remember you will be replaced one day whether it is retire, die, or laid off. This company does not care about you more than the next person. Take care of yourself first. Words of wisdom from Les Brown “work harder on yourself than you do on your job!”

I was already burnt out to the point where I probably would have quit soon anyway. I'm not even worried about finding something else. I know it'll be hard, but I don't care right now. I just want to be free for a bit and recover from dragging myself into work every day. Good luck to everyone, whether you got cut or you're still hanging on.

I am one of the impacted associates . Was promoted earlier this year then suddenly let go. Two weeks later, I’m still stuck in my room dealing with constant depression and anxiety.
How is everyone else coping with the sudden change . I clearly didn’t see this coming , falsely assume my rockstar status insulated me

I've been unemployed for months after being laid off and I'm starting to lose hope. I'm not sure what's worse, the rejection emails or the silence on the majority of applications I send out. I honest to goodness don't know how much longer I can keep doing this.

That was a year ago. Now I'd pay that money back with interest just to sleep through the night without dreaming about that "you have a new invite" chime. My old, boring job never looked as good as it does these days.

When, where, and number of affected workers would go a long way to allying fears and improving mental health as well.

It would also dispel rumors of large layoffs and improve optics with the media.

With layoffs over our heads, no jobs and managers making up stuff to pretend you are IM instead of meets I go home on Fridays with so much anger. It starts again Sunday night. You gaslight people everyday and this is what you get. Is this week the week my life gets altered through your cr-ppy layoffs? And May is mental health month. Hahahahahaha. What they are doing is literally a recipe for mental health challenges.

I just wish this was already over and done with. I’d rather it had happened on Wednesday and I knew one way or another than sit here for days letting my anxiety spiral. This waiting is the worst part of it. I really do think being left in limbo like this is inhumane.

We have a baby due in just a few months and I've never been this scared about job security. I can't afford to be laid off right now. Not with hospital bills coming and a new mouth to feed. Every rumor about cuts makes my stomach drop. I don't know how I'll be able to deal mentally with constant layoff rumors through all of this.