Thread regarding UnitedHealth Group Inc. layoffs

^^^ Yes. To increase your chances of being laid off, lay low, don't do too much beyond your job description, and be honest on the employee engagement surveys.

I can tell you as a lower level manager we are not made aware of until a couple days before sometimes day of. More and more work put on manager that processors done even know about and eliminating lead/sme positions. Putting in directors who have no idea and dont care to know all bc they are "friends" with execs. Other directors bullying and making racist comments(proven) and making s-xist comments, gets turned into HR by multiple people still has a job. No one cares about the little people its all about the bottom line and finding ways to not give bonuses or raises. Company isn't getting better so I recommend getting resumes updated and get any skills you can. Layoffs are bound to happen no matter what they say.

@4afb+15VhiHVe This is spot on! The Optum side is running so lean and continues to cut left and right! There are strong leaders and employees over here but they are getting fewer and far between. Everything is duct taped together with manual workarounds and a million job aids.

The experienced and skilled salaried resources are routinely working 50-60 hour weeks and they’re being asked to do more with lower levels of talent or limited staffing. It’s a mess and quality is suffering but nobody seems to care. All hail the mighty $$$!

This company has no loyalty to their workers. On July 15 huge $$$ revenues and increases were announced. Two weeks ago, many people were laid off - down-sizing and cost cutting reasons were given. Instead of moving people to open roles, they let people go and then advertise the same positions and hire people with less experience and pay them less. Service suffers, clients and customers suffer, everything takes longer to get done, and they preach "customer first" and each issues should be treated as the most important issue, We are told to own the issues through resolution. Optum is worse than UHC. They lack technology, system upgrades, policies and procedures, training resources, mentors, and skilled leaders. No matter what your immediate manager says or things, that manager does not know either, and often times is not even allowed to provide input when decisions are made. This is fact and there is proof. Age is also a factor in letting people go, but how could anyone fight or prove that?? All levels of employees are vulnerable. This last round individual contributors, directors, and even VPs were let go. You can give your all, work 60 hrs per week as a salaried employee, work holidays, stay late, come in early - it does not matter - do not believe it for a minute, do not trust what you are told, and always, always look out for yourself. No one will, and even if they want to, no one can!! Maybe move offshore - they hire over there.

Agree with previous poster. I no longer work for UGH but I can tell you I’m a Senior Manager at another company now. If any of you were to walk into my office asking to be considered for lay-off, I’d fire you on the spot, no severance, do not pass go and do not collect the 200 dollars. Time to look for new work if that is where you are at.

Don't forget to factor in the cost of healthcare. If you choose to go with COBRA, the costs are quite high.

I heard it as one MONTH per $10k in salary and with COVID and the current economy it could take longer.

For the person asking if you can increase your chances of a layoff...be careful. We did have a manager conveniently "retire" during a layoff. We suspect she was ready to retire and volunteered for layoff to get a hefty severance package (something she could do due to her relationship with her own manager). But for a regular person, you'd run the risk of just getting fired with no severance package if you were too up front about it. I have no idea how they pick who to layoff, it seems pretty random.

Is there a way to increase ones chances of getting laid off?