Quick question. We are salary employees, we have recently been required to work holidays with only a 15% diff, if the holiday fall on the weekend. If it falls during the week we get no additional money. Also we are required to stay late, people are missing lunches and breaks to get all the required work completed. However if there is no work in the queue we are still held to the same production metrics. Now we have recently found out that if for some reason we have a loss of power or internet access, we must flex the hours or take pto. It seems like the salary benefits only favor the company and leaves the employees with no work life balance.
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@b3 I am so glad to be out of this company! My stressed has decreased.
@av I’ll give you the same advice I give to everyone. Optum is a sinking ship. It’s been going downhill for 5-6 years now. Every year they take a little more away from employees while expecting higher and higher output. It’s time to leave. It’s time to clean up that resume and put real thought into applying outside Optum. That’s what I’m doing, that’s what many here are doing. It’s hard but our day will come and it’s better to leave on your terms than the companies terms.
@as you’re right, but it’s kind of hard because he is making everyone so miserable he is ruining our life.
It’s in the policy you can look it up. Work and go home. don’t let this job take over your life. Dont let some boomer director mess with your stress level. Let it go.
Buck up buttercup! Boomers endured this their entire career.
In CA and some other states there are laws to prevent this but not all states.
@a4 Not when you were hired on as Monday-Friday 8-430 with specific company paid holidays off. I’m sure as a nurse Practitioner you are well compensated for your extra time and effort.
I could be wrong, but what you’re describing sounds illegal and an abuse of salary.
@OP are you a medical professional?
We have always had to work weekends/holidays/ off business hours/stay until our pts have been fully taken care of.
As a long time NP,, this is our life.