Rumors swirling about next RIF for Optum/CHC employees at end of March. Is anyone with reliable info willing to share whether this will be at the end of March or first week of April and what groups will be impacted?

This company is so toxic, unethical, and management/supervisors are very unqualified. Changing someones metrics and numbers is uncalled for. Thank goodness the director is gone, what will fill that isn't good either. Hopefully it will be someone with... — read more 

GOD BLESS AMERICA LETS KEEP THESE JOBS INSIDE THE USA

For the second time in one month, the U.S. Justice Department has sued UnitedHealth Group for wrongfully obtaining over $1 billion from Medicare Thanks to the whistleblower and other industry insiders filing suit under the False Claims Act, the... — read more 

This article indicates that another lawsuit was filed against UnitedHealth Group. The articles to indicate that UHG inflated prescription dr-g prices by billions of dollars, according to the Louisiana Attorney General. In addition to overcharging... — read more 

My fellow Americans If your job was eliminated, your work will likely be given to someone in another country. As you may know, many states have passed laws making it illegal for people in other countries to access medical information and insurance... — read more 

It’s easy formula for the top- if you can’t manage, you go with consulting group to prepare the “blame storm” cycle. If that fails, managed services/offshore. If that fails move to Clouds despite your infrastructure security needs work .. then top... — read more 

BoD so incompetent? Per Forbes Article: With Andrew Witty's Departure, Will GlaxoSmithKline Say Goodbye to Fraud? Corruption, bribery, illegal marketing, contaminated dr-gs and collusion are some of the “highlights” of Glaxo’s business practices... — read more 

All these layoffs are excuses to bring expensive power point warriors from Accenture. Follow the money and scam will be exposed. Sad state of Witty management.

As is the dread I feel every Monday morning. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I think the majority of us need to start looking for a job that will not bring out such a visceral reaction in us. I've already sent out some applications... — read more 

Coming over from Change and was wondering what it is like working for Optum as a remote employee who travels up to 90% of the time for pre-sales activities? Is there a cell phone/home internet stipend? How is Optum's travel agency, expense policies... — read more 

Can anyone comment on how stable jobs are for infrastructure folks? Server, storage, network, OS (Windows/Linux/etc), DBAs, etc? Coming over from Change and still have no clue how the orgs work. Maybe one day we'll be able to meet and communicate... — read more 

Looks like its here. Impacting multiple business units, mostly US focused, it looks like.

Layoffs are in fact coming. No one knows who’s on chopping block, but they’re coming. Clients are not happy. Cash is down, AR is poor, and global outsourcing is a mess. Run don’t walk to get out. Micro managing is the organizations answer — read more 

Any clue what is the difference between role elimination & layoff ? The ‘Forced 2 MAP rating’ is the signal for it?

Some chatters around post MAP cuts. Anyone hearing anything?

OptumRx is under investigation by Congress for tactics that are harming patient care and increasing costs for... — read more 

What grade will a team lead be? I'm coming over from Changehealthcare.

Does anyone else’s mental health freaking suck because of this place? #sendhelp

Will rating 2 in Optum IT US lead to exit ?

Laid off today from the Behavioral Health Department for the State of Alaska. Apparently the account had been on a performance cap for way too long (since 2020). They will be taking their account back to Alaska for day-to-day operations (they were... — read more 

Can you challenge your MAP rating if your boss gives you a bad rating? Has anyone done this successfully?

When will raises be given? I know there's a merge going on, will they do it before or after?

In the name of efficiencies are we selling ourselves to IT Vendor sweat shops? Hope they don’t sell our IPs to competition.

VP reporting to VP reporting to a VP https://nypost.com/2023/02/27/meta-middle-manager-making-550k-a-year-fears-layoffs/amp/

Do you have info that a company allows employees and contractors in countries outside the United States to access medical information and insurance claims on the American people? Then please report this to these confidential tip lines. You don’t have... — read more 

We are being told to share with people leaders that their layoffs will be on hold, some in March, April, May, June etc. I don’t know the reason, but one can speculate.

The fact is they want all accountability offshore when the SHTF! Offshore will take the heat and the blame for everything that's gone on in the last 3 years. They are deep in it. The alleged faulty PCB tests, HIPPA violations, forcing the jab on... — read more 

Lots of missed targets/MBOs. Layoffs soon?

Any words on missed MBOs/Targets and impending layoffs?

Did anyone get added to this in Teams? Only 135 people got added. It is hidden in Teams somewhere, and it can't be found. How did they pick the 135 people?

If you are laid off from Optum or UHG, they can no longer silence us. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/success/severance-agreements-rule-change-from-nlrb/index.html

Anyone who wants stability at work should look for a job elsewhere because nobody is safe here. I would not be surprised if in the future jobs here were even more unstable than they are now. What do you think?

Optum will be closing its operations in Baghdad amid security concerns and pressure from the Ta----n.

On Feb 9th and March 9th, 1,000 at Change Healthcare we're caught in the RIF (Reduction In Force). May we all find peace and acceptance for what comes next so that any negativity does not carry over into an interview. I say this with all... — read more 

I'm asking because I've read a few negative posts here about Optum Tech. I don't have such a bad opinion, but admittedly I haven't been here for a long time.