This is addressed to the high performers. You know who you are. You have, through tenure and talent, achieved a higher salary grade than some of your co-workers. You have been a resource for other staff and at times have had to train your own manager. You know that they can hire new employees for less than they are paying you now as evidenced by the recent new hires to your team despite corporate knowing months ago that a layoff was coming. They began this targeted layoff of your position months ago
Sometime in the first quarter of this year you started getting write ups about your performance. It didn’t make any sense to you at the time , you’ve never been written up before. The write ups was ambiguous and subjective, lacking any basis or fact, but still, a write up, nonetheless. Then you received another one with similar ambiguous and non-specific examples
Then the layoff started and you informed that your position was “eliminated” and it all makes sense. You were being targeted over the last few months specifically for this layoff. They started a paper trail to show there was “Cause”. This way, you cannot sue for discrimination or wrongful termination, instead, they will say you were selected based on your performance.
If you think you’re going to receive that severance package, you are mistaken. They have already shown you who they are, so believe them. The fine print in the severance agreement stipulates that you must be available to work through December 8 provided you complete all your tasks as directed. That is their “get out of paying severance free clause.” They will overload you with work, give you impossible tasks and push you into the difficult position of either quitting out of a mental health crisis or firing you for “cause” thereby releasing themselves from paying you that very expensive severance package.
Well played Centene, well played.