Thread regarding Optum layoffs

Our company was just bought out by Optum, Family practice. I hear alot of promises, are yall saying they are just blowing hot air?

You all were well paid!!

G28 6 years 100k 7k RFP

To most recent poster: yes! Very educational eh? Many states underpay! So posts like this show you why folks don’t want to move to northeast bc they don’t pay as well there depending on your specific role or profession. Cost of living is higher in northeast. And in California. Many states won’t pay higher so then many leave to states that will pay higher. And some states have such a low cost of living you live like a pauper some places where as others same salary you live as a king. Hope you find a good match so having a good state plus good cost of living equals your American right to pursuit of happiness!

27-ny-$43k- 5years - crazy to see the higher numbers at this GL .

Grade 24 - Florida - I couldn't take the india c-ap anymore. I feel bad for the doctor offices and hospitals. Most of the Indians have no idea how to process the claims on the UHC or provider side. There will be more money at UHC and Optum because of the way processing of claims and appeals will be done. For some reason they don't get the concept of fixing the claim through the coders before escalating to a recon or appeal level. UHC is bound to make a lot of money off of this while the providers offices will lose there appeal rights because of stupidity on the 3rd parties side. I kept trying to explain to the Indians how to do it and they got mad. I got very frustrated and started getting called out because the Indians started complaining to management. I don't know how many times I had to explain how to work with the coders to get it fixed. We, as employees, were not allowed how to tell them to code. I came real short of doing that. I got in a lot of trouble. Good luck to everyone. I just hope because the jobs are going overseas, that the American public smartens up and starts going with other insurance companies that keep the jobs American. Let UHC and Optum sell to the rest of the world and hire elsewhere. If Americans buy American, American jobs will be created. I finally told my boss to think about laying me off. I was so stressed and couldn't handle the third parties anymore. A lot of mistakes by them and they would not change. I cannot work like that.

14 years grade 27, 68k. they told the team that it was a business decision and that they appreciate our hard work. 14 years of loyality and giving life to that company. Now what, no one is gonna hire an old person. they want young kids who are naïve, fresh outta college and clueless so they can pull there corporate nonsense on them. So sad. so many people have been gone for what? A green piece of paper and a appreciation granola bar.

29-director 86k- Midwest and 9 years. 3 years as director @ 86k. I wasn’t laid off. I decided to walk after being told to do layoffs.

CT - SG 30 laid off in 2017. $140,000 plus bonuses around $25,000. Rehired as SG 27 earning $81,500. I always believed I was well compensated. I am proud of the work I did there. But lately they have really lost their humanity.

Grade 27, 71K, 15 years. Lol....–yes, the singing, flash mob, and cha cha lines– corporate cringe was nonsense and distracting from doing real work to help people live healthy lives and meet all the aims from the posters on the walls with smiling faces. That's reality. We tried to meet the aims and got the ax..... the amount of brain washing and corporate Stockholm syndrome is sickening–to see old boomers and others playing with marchmellows and pipe cleaners for team building?! How abt using that money to invest in the employees?? Useful info— Dont ever be an employee for a publically traded for profit US corporation.

Capitalistic puke, knock it off. You’re spamming these boards with your nonsense and it’s interfering with people worried about their jobs and trying to get useful information.

What you need to do is pull yourself up by the boot straps, believe in those Horatio Alger hard work myths, and scream, dance, prance, wear a silly wig while wearing a smiley shirt. Sing the happy happy song while they test you on the corporate aims and missionary statements. yo this, yo that health partners duhvita opdumb whatever it is. Be a good company man, and remember your loyalty, dedication and unpaid overtime helped the owners get another yacht. Happy happy cuz happiness aint the truth.

Correct. Never got a severance. They fired instead to avoid giving it after 18 yrs.

Grade 27 CA
$78k
6 years

They can give you severance at there whim. It's the US. There are few if any employment rights.

@gen... did I understand you right? 18 years and no severance?? Are they doing that?

Grade 28, 20 plus years (working long hard hours, directly delivering revenue), 96k.

Grade 29, 14 years, 99K, Midwest

Grade 28 $107k 10 yrs

Respectfully, all the pride in the world does not mean anything. It was never 'your' team or the corporate 'jargon' of a "win" or "celebrations" so that your overlords could buy another yacht or private island. Or "members" (customers, patients, people, marks, duped)–"members" of what? "healthier lives"—more corporate jargon–brain washed. It was corporate propaganda to pretend that we were on a sports team....it's manipulation and conditioning. We just employees. We were being used and abused for the lowest amount they could get away with. When a US company is messing with our livelihood that's being "bitter"? It's called reality. We have every right to be upset and discuss realities. Realise many need to seek another employee job so the typical PC terms of "disappointed" and "taking the high road" as if we're auditioning /interviewing for the next employee job for another capitalistic dump to "make lives fullest"–whatever==buy the CEO another mansion off of sick people. You're better than that. We're all better than it.

Corporate Stockholm syndrome

Grade 27, 75k

Grade 27. 83k

G26. $67k by 5 years, (hired in at $60k) Midwest as well.

Gl27 115K

Grade 29 Midwest $98k

This exercise may give you a ball park but you do not know peoples credentials, education, salary before they came to UHG, how much total work experience, exact location, what area IT, nursing, accounting etc. and whether they worked their way up to the salary grade or were hired in at that grade level. the UHG salary grade levels are very wide. When looking for a new job what you made in your most recent job is going to have much more of an impact than what other people were making at your old job. Employers do not care. They have a budget they want to spend and will maybe go a lil over for the a fantastic candidate that may have other offers in line. If your not getting bites then your gonna have to lower expectations to get a paycheck if you need one to pay your bills.

Personally, I know that it gave me 12+ years of good (but apparently not great) salary and benefits, and the satisfaction of being proud at the end of the day that my colleagues and I devoted our efforts in a manner which was intended to truly help our members live healthier lives.

Do I recognize now that the executive leaders were only giving that mission statement as lip service, and that the culture values we tried to exemplify in our work was just corporate-baloney to them? Heck, yes! But that does not diminish the pride I have in the many wins our team did accomplish.

The experience of working there did serve me and provided valuable experience, both positive and negative. I am deeply disappointed with the company now and could easily give in to bitterness, but choose to focus instead on taking a higher road and using what I learned there, and the info we are sharing here, to propel me forward.

Working hard—-How did living up and doing their darndest to live up to some arbitrary lip service corporate mission statement serve you? You need to serve yourself. The company never gave a tip except about money.

sick people = profit. Ashamed and will not work for publically traded for profit US corporations. Vile

With all due respect, all the folks I worked with worked HARD, and did heavy lifting daily...regardless of their grade level. Nearly everyone I worked with truly believed in and did their darnedest to live up to the Company Mission ever day. We deserved fair compensation for our efforts.

It is helpful to know there was disparity in what the Company viewed as fair and 'equitable' compensation, and sharing this information helps prepare us with data for use in setting expectations and negotiating salaries as we move forward in our careers.

With all due respect this thread is what is wrong with UHC and Optum. GL 28 and GL29/GL 30 clearing 6 figures while the staff doing the heavy lifting can barely afford to feed their families.

Signed a GL 28 manager who’s worried about their team and actively working on an exit strategy.

How does this help people? All this salary talk. They sht canned us. Move on and let's do better by not participating in the American corporation with capitalism off of sick people. Really people it's disgusting.

Grade 28, 9 years, $105k, MN

Grade 28, 115K, NYC area

Worked "hard" there to and did all the company nonsence, singing, parties etc..they dont care. Made 91K Grade 28, 16 years of dedicated service and worked really hard. Believed the town halls, the mayor, the bosses, etc...and they laid team mates off left and right. So you know where to put that hard work blather? Was a company person and still got the ax by some 20 something people team mate human capitals services-whatever the corporate jingo was.. Anyone else wanna work really hard?! You mock team mates but we were taught about boot strapping, coming from nothing, grit, and hard work. And it got us nowhere.

These gross salaries are small compared to the 7,8,9 figs from the executives. Why not work your way up and get those salaries? Hard work, determination, coming in early, staying late that will definitely help you at the company. They want team players, those that wear company merch, and those that work hard. Maybe just work harder?

Grade 28, 4 years, $97k, MN

grade 28, 1 year, 103k

Grade 23 33,000 12 years experience 7 years at Uhc could not get any education reimbursement the whole time I worked there. Graduated and took a job paying 47,000. Never was able to move up while there