Optum and UnitedHealthcare employees beware: a huge layoff is coming very, very soon. End of October. The entire enterprise is under a HUGE cost cutting exercise for US EMPLOYEES ONLY!! Their model does not include India nor Philippines, so those places are safe. This upcoming layoff could be one of the largest the company has ever seen. Get your resumes up to date and current. Be looking.
Bumped from @10wjZZTV-Hmgm for info. If anybody could confirm or deny this, it would be great.
Luv this irrelevant 2019 post ! Having said that, past experiences: Change + Insights will result in layoffs.
It's true, massive layoffs for ALL contract recruiters :( hiring freezes started in Summer.
Any word on the change merger on your end?
I believe that the direct staff does do the best they can for the members under the circumstances...large caseloads, micromanagement. The company could care less about their employees and the members.
Looking for the truth about optum and UHC's commitment to patients vs. profits for a news story – can anyone help
Optum360 and UHC drastically cut common for salesmen last month, July 2020. I currently work there,but I am looking for other work. The pay per sale is NOT worth them being all over people about petty things. Won't miss it. It was a good company when The Hartford ran it back in 2013 and earlier.
i work in customer service for UBH Optum. We just go the confirmation of a ' decrease in the workforce'.. This makes me incredibly sad and have nothing to look forward to staying with this company..
MAJOR layoffs for Behavioral health on 12/4/2019. Rumors are having numbers around 300 just for BH.
TODAY OPTUM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HAS LAID OFF 63 PEOPLE TODAY. In they always do layoffs around Christmas which is a shame
Upton behavior health has laid off 63 people to day then I was one of them
True. Happened today 12/4/19
Does anyone know if this will impact EEPS? We just had a huge layoff back in Jan.
It is now folks everyday a new group new department everyone State side in both Optum and UHC especially technology will be let go and overseas OGS will take your Job and be managed by someone here remotely employed in Minnesota. That is the new business model. No US based full time employees, the company does not want to pay your wages nor your benefits they think the peanuts can do your job. If you doubt it do yourself a favor go directly to your manager or director and ask them if they say its not true get it in writing they will not do it, that was my mistake I asked my director if it was true and he said no and lied to me directly however I FD up and did not get it in writing got a message transcript though.
Confirmed 11/6 is the day...letter will arrive end of next week or early last week of Oct..best of luck folks – it really s—s – the timing of it – holiday season and hiring freeze in most org.
I am not sure of the full scope of what will happen on 11/6, but Optum Technology will be hit very, very hard, again. Eventually there will be nothing left of what used to be a great technology company. So sad.
What areas targeted for 11/6
November 6, 2019 is the big day. That's when the hammer drops. Sad.
Wow wish I would have read this when posted. Very true. Uhc first. Now optum has released all contract recruiters and frozen most all positions. Full time recruiters will likely be next, then the business. Sad.
To the post about US techs being replaced by offshoring and that Being moved to the new business model was b—s— - would that be about C&S and the recent move to Optum? Management hasn’t said a word but we’re getting fewer and fewer cases, VTO on a daily basis, management in meetings/training all day everyday, etc.
Why do none of you say your department? It's so much less helpful.
Very true.. I was part of this round of layoffs. No warning whatsoever. I was given 2 weeks within the company to try to find a job. For any body that has ever been through the hiring process with UHC knows that 2 weeks is NOT adequate enough time. Also, we were told' There are no open positions' to transfer us to. I'm pretty sure there will be more layoffs by the beginning of the year.
OK so major layoffs happened at UHC last week. Whats the deal with Optum...Im guessing we wont be spared the pleasantries....
Absolutely true they farmed out all of the US based techs to overseas contractors as of the 24th of October with no regard to any one this should have been a 60 day or 90 day notice however management lied an told folks they were being moved into the current business model when there was no such intent what so ever then as always dropped the hatchet on the last Tuesday of the month and said we know how difficult this is Bull Sh– they only know how many more trillion dollars they are going to make, read the core values for this company they are Bull sh– too.
Here is a little press coverage:
https://www.fox21online.com/2019/10/04/united-healthcare-confirms-layoffs-in-duluth/
It’s true. 25 years there and let go.
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/11khbAQl
See thread with updates
Any details on the layoffs?
There were a bunch of layoffs that occurred today. Impacting numerous departments.
What areas/depts were let go? How many? Is more coming? When?
United healthcare just had layoffs today.
Thanks. Is this for some grade levels like 28, 29 etc or across the board all departments? With Equian acquisition, is the layoff going to be more to some departments like product engineering or payment integrity?
What departments?
Confirmed. Cannot confirm size or timing, but the RIF discussion has started again.