Thread regarding Elevance Health (Anthem) layoffs

IT department

I worked in the IT department back in 2021 as a contractor through Randstad. Always promising us to be hired full time and kept getting pushed back. They have us doing member calls first then moving onto the providers, employers, and brokers after getting to know the job. They stuck me in the providers and employers quickly as I was a quick learner. Once I figured out my co workers were doing less work, I stopped doing as much. The manager would talk to me almost everyday about my lack of performance. I argued with him a couple times and he would back down. No one respected him. The other superiors except for my supervisor were all useless. We were remote workers so we used teams to communicate through the instant messaging. It would take 20 minutes for a superior to respond and most of the time it was useless. Then we would get blamed for not being efficient in the call. They got strict with scripting. We also had a chapter in the Philippines.

I had so many people complain to me about them not understanding the technical issue and just transferring to us. One day, my supervisor told me that I would be handling employer and broker calls as the Philippines office got exposed to covid so none of them worked that day. Mind you, I did not have training on those calls yet. When they saw I handled the situations well, they threw more work on me. So I pushed back by just fu--ing off and not taking calls for one to two hours at a time. I used that time to apply to other jobs and I would use the calls to network with people. my contract was ended in April of 2023 and I started in December of 2021.

My supervisor told me several months ago that our director had gone on vacation and when he came back, they pulled him in for a meeting and laid him off right there. My manager that no one respected was put in his position.

It's been much better since I was let go and I'm in a much better spot. If you can, get your exit plan. It's not worth it.

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@ftl+1u6kdpPa Once 2023 hit, they said they were bringing the Medicaid IT department to put together with ours. I told my supervisor, that's a clear sign they are testing us to see if we are worth the money for them to be paying us when they can pay off shore workers way less.

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Post ID: @1tht+1u6kdpPa

So many callers would compliment me on my patience and I would always give them my managers' email so they could tell him. I think he tried at least to keep me on because of that, but still kept giving me more work and then get on me when I wasn't doing the slightest thing right. It was a toxic work environment to say the least.

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Post ID: @1owd+1u6kdpPa

IT is really bad at this company and is getting worse.

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Post ID: @ftl+1u6kdpPa

Don’t clients eventually figure this out and move their business to our competition?
I suspect the answer is “yes” and it’s already happening.
The question behind the question is “why (how) doesn’t our leadership realize this?”.

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Post ID: @flz+1u6kdpPa

They always f around with contractors

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Post ID: @bwn+1u6kdpPa

@iuz+1u6kdpPa - Short answer: They don't CARE. Long answer: The company doesn't care but WE do. It still makes no difference, though - the company is going to do what it wants to do, and management has no choice but to go along with it. It su-ks to be us.

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Post ID: @hsz+1u6kdpPa

I did. They wanted us to be on the calls for 400 seconds. How is that possible when an elderly member calls and doesn't understand what they are looking at?

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Post ID: @iuz+1u6kdpPa

It sounds like you experienced the true culture of this place.

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Post ID: @eqf+1u6kdpPa

Do u understand now why they need only contractors ?

If crocodile makes friendship with fishes , how they will survive ?

Good luck and act smart. No one is your friend at work. Always Look for your best option. Family first !!!

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