Any predicted layoffs in the Michigan market on 10/16?

Any current SWE's having any luck finding other opportunities outside this place? I know this is a layoff board but with how my department is going, me quitting this place is looking more and more likely each day. The job market isn't too great... — read more 

Has anyone ( specifically grades 22-24) found a better job outside of the company? Or one that at least pays the same amount you were getting paid here and given as much PTO?

I thought the next big round was 10/30 but I keep seeing 10/16. Is this true??

So many teams have been reduced to bare bones that we can barely manage, if at all. Layoffs have disproportionately targeted people in critical roles, those with real experience and skills. My team is missing several people whose shoes the rest of us... — read more 

It has taken awhile to get my mind around this, but the old model of Optum being able to hire a set of onshore engineers or analysts and throw millions at that is permanently over. Wall Street no longer trusts UNH, and for a long time despite very... — read more 

Optum layoffs OCTOBER16....Any tea?

Please explain an actual reason to work for this company besides a paycheck? PTO and healthcare is offered at most jobs for the same rate, same holidays off and more if not the same amount of PTO and paid sick days. So why should people be loyal?... — read more 

Who would spend that much money and energy, uproot their entire family, leave jobs, commitments, and social circles, all for a position that could disappear six months later? Seriously? The age of job security and real career growth that once... — read more 

I find it funny there are a lot of post on this forum when it’s working hours. Hardly ever any posted outside of that.

I don’t understand how any of you would comply with such an outrageous request. I am not going to sell my house to move to be closer to an office. I am hours away from any real office. This job isn’t that important to me. It never will be. And I... — read more 

An Open Letter to Executives Forcing Return-to-Office I was hired under the clear promise of being a full-time telecommuter. I delivered as a high performer, year after year, proving remote work was not a compromise but a strength. I built my life —... — read more 

Can anyone share the timing on when merit and RRP funding is decided and when funding levels get communicated down the chain of command? Or maybe there will be no communication because there won't be any funding this year?

All software and IT teams who are more contractually required to be US based will be required to be at 70 pct offshore. No rehired in US until achieved and R required otherwise.

Got a very angry provider call stating they got an approval letter for a member with wrong information, like Dx Code, several kids spellings and wrong service dates. Asked manager who confirmed they started to send out AI letters upon approval.

There usednto be an actual chart and I can't see to find it to see by grade, and years of service whatbthe amount of weeks your would get. Does anyone know where it is?

Stop letting the supervisors and managers in here fear you into not doing the survey, or giving false good scores. The systems registers if you took it but the answers are anonymous. Unless you wrote out very specific details or a situation and drop... — read more 

Is a staffing website that has a few seasonal Optum jobs available for remote. I didn’t know they did a seasonal thing now.

Has anyone heard anything about the hours we need to be in office for RTO? Is there a dashboard with hours?

Gonna be hard to find someone as competent as Sandip, he was was a mighty little elf. Maybe next hire can do a 200x

You have one piece of honest feedback or advice for upper management at Optum that you didn’t feel comfortable including in your EXI survey because who knows how anonymous those really are, and go:

https://www.beckerspayer.com/executive-moves/unitedhealth-group-taps-ai-chief/

They’re all terrible enterprises that only care about the bottom line, no matter the cost to clients or employees. But Optum has been, hands down, the most exhausting, mentally, physically, and emotionally. The mix of daily toxicity and uncertainty... — read more 

Minnesota is no longer the state it was. Watch the documentary “A precarious state MN” on YouTube. Why not move corporate headquarters out of Minnesota to a more tax friendly state? Save on corporate taxes, vs laying off workers . Employee... — read more 

My understanding of the RTO is that there is a signup to reserve an office/cubicle and it's based on availability. The cubicle can be reserved for up to 30 days. Obviously this is not a long term situation and would create quite a bit of work for... — read more 

What info does anyone have regarding RIFs in the upcoming months?

Nice to see some sleep token fans here who learned a new word. When do we start protesting??

Those of you saying it is awful and filthy please snap pictures of it there are a lot of us documenting what the company is doing, their failed business practices, wanting to offshore American healthcare needs overseas to a country that is known to... — read more 

A survey of 1,500 US managers found that 25% of C-suite leaders admitted using return-to-office (RTO) mandates to prompt resignations, while 20% of HR professionals said their policies were intended to make staff leave. Nearly 40% of managers said... — read more 

I am a rehire and not updated in the system yet. Can someone confirm?

Something to consider - What this company is doing raises some serious red flags under employment law. When an employer sets rules that only apply to certain groups of employees—for example, requiring people who live within 30 miles of the office to... — read more 

It’s here to make you leave. And the conditions will only get tougher and harder to meet over time. It’s not that leadership doesn’t care about the difficulties RTO creates, they’re actively trying to make people fed up enough to quit, or set them up... — read more 

I have been having trouble sleeping and waking up at 3am every morning in with severe anxiety. Is anyone else struggling with this work order? I’m not sure if it’s the imminent disruption to my daily life, having to find and pay for before/after... — read more 

Anyone else who has been required to come in lately notice how nasty the work spaces have gotten? In building 2 the break room is filled with dishes covered in days old food and the fridge smells like mold. Desks are all strewn with trash and none... — read more 

It seems corporate for UHG/Optum frequent these pages and nudges the website to get things deleted/ removed. Which further proves how bad this company is. However, screen shots of the replies that reflect how upper level management and normal... — read more 

I commonly hear about people getting a voluntary severance package as opposed to laying people off. What incentives does that package include to get people to leave? Also what criteria do they use for offering one to employees. I’ve been here for... — read more 

Gotta be a play for the Trump plan to take over the PBM industry: Use his office to squeeze pharma companies with threat of tariffs to get prices down PBM reform that breaks up health insurers from owning PBMs Launch his own new private wholesale... — read more