Time for a new CEO. Groups will start leaving next without Hopkins in the network.

Have you thought about quiet quitting?

At what point do we stop letting executive ‘leadership’ push us around? They have taken away benefits that effect tenured employees, first the PTO cap and now the pension freeze. They have favored young employees with new and expanded benefit... — read more 

BDP back peddling. What happened to WFH? If we have to go back, why did I have to give up my cube. Another reason top talent will exit Carefirst.

Anyone else feel like there has been a sharp decline in the last 3-6 months? Must be the staffing shortages compounding. I can’t get an email back from most areas of the company without 2-3 reminders or a call. Many things are just completely... — read more 

I would rather leave with a decent package after 15 years here than stay in a company that is completely different than the one I joined. That would actually be ideal for me. I haven't left yet because I'm wary of starting anew somewhere else, but... — read more 

Does this narcissistic sociopath of a CEO own you too? If you want to know what our members think about CareFirst, take a gander at the company FB page. Just complaint after complaint after complaint. It's downright embarrassing. You are failing... — read more 

We have a leader in Brian who is so disconnected from the day-to-day staff that his own folks within the finance team are telling us we need to cut expenses due to losses this year but he is so disconnected that he not only hires but also emails the... — read more 

"committing an additional $20 million over the next 10 years in employees' retirement benefits" $20,000,000 spread across 10 years $2 million a year. $2 million a year spread across 6000 employee $333. But that's supposed to be equal to the... — read more 

It was a leadership shake up that consisted of a demotion (per say) and a promotion. JA has been demoted to tool jockey. He lost all of the PM’s. This couldn’t happen to a better person for he truly was a sorry Director @ best. GOOD LUCK JA. Turn... — read more 

I really hope senior leadership reads and addresses this - it is a real problem impacting the talent retention the company stresses they want to improve. A lot of people have resigned due to geographic restrictions on remote work. This “policy”... — read more 

Need I say more? Blah Blah, CareFirst is striving to do XYZ. CareFirst is doing this and that. Filler generic talk that isn't direct or applies to any of us in our day-to-day work. While workers are miserable and struggling, and that never gets... — read more 

What grade would you have them?

The success of any company is primarily based on trust. It is very difficult to work where there is no more trust. In our company, the employees don't trust the leadership and the leadership doesn't trust us. Something must be done about it.

Prudential, the largest U.S. insurer, has ended their Cvd-19 vax requirement. It's not like they have data on how effective it is and has been (hint: it hasn't... — read more 

Networking? Good communication? Working hard? What do you think?

Every two weeks thousands of employees join the CEO calls. Every two weeks we listen to hours of blather about how wonderful CareFirst is and how everything is so great here. Does ELT understand what is happening in this company? Do they realize they... — read more 

Has anyone noticed the disconnect between the 2022 AIP check you received and the 2022 AIP guidelines? The messaging has been that 2022 AIP is based (1) 50% on 2021 Individual Performance and (2) 50% on 2021 Corporate Performance. Let’s walk... — read more 

Questioning the ethics of Ethisphere, the company behind the World’s Most Ethical Company designation. Does anyone truly buy into this? After seeing how CareFirst has operated and the push to rate highly in the surveys, the ethics of Ethisphere and... — read more 

How many times do we need to explain to management that we're overwhelmed with work because we're understaffed? We're being ignored over and over again and we keep losing more people because they can't take the workload anymore. At some point, we... — read more 

You now have until March 15th to provide proof of vaccination and boosting. CF “expects” that our status as a federal contractor will require us to collect proof of vaccination for all employees. So in true CF style they will collect these records... — read more 

Definition of landfill 1 : an area built up by landfill 2 : a system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying land 3: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Don't expect to get anywhere near your normal AIP. Executives keep dancing around it but the company did not make its goals. Don't be surprised if it is little to none (20-30% of what you normally make have received in the past). Trust me, Execs... — read more 

I’m still here because at my age it’s not easy to start all over. However, after seeing how many better options there are now, I don’t intend to stay here even if I was to get a huge raise, and that won’t happen. Why would someone stay here when... — read more 

Anybody else concerned with 2 C-Suite departures? It doesn’t look good that two long-term well respected people are leaving.

It looks to me that this company no longer has desire to keep talents or attract new ones. People here are dedicated to their work to the maximum and what do they get in return for their extra efforts? -- They rarely get anything. It’s not just... — read more 

During this time when there are so many new opportunities with so many companies expanding their talent pools through remote opportunities, if you are evaluating an opportunity with CareFirst and you are not desperate for a job or are evaluating... — read more 

Time to stop the CEO meetings if straight talk doesn’t occur about the dismal performance by the top leadership that affected merit increases and incentive payouts for everyone regardless of how well their respective areas performed. A 2% merit pool... — read more 

More layoffs and restructurings? More cuts in benefits? Or, if we're lucky, better working conditions? With this management, I'm thinking we're in for a rough ride, but maybe they'll surprise me. Personally, I'm not planning to leave just yet, but if... — read more 

Just wanted you guys to know that DK is went to Northmarq, just in case anyone wanted to warn them on their layoff board lol https://www.northmarq.com/dave-kaercher-joins-northmarq-as-chief-information-officer/

Inflation is tracking at 5.4% for this year. In a call, someone asked about annual incentive plan percentage (aka cost of living increase/COLA). We heard 2% as baseline. What have others heard? Because if that is accurate, that is a 3.4% paycut.

I'm not sure what people are complaining about so much. This is still one of the better places to work when it comes to pay and benefits. Yes, there's an occasional threat of layoffs (which is why I'm here) but that's true for every single company... — read more 

I do so much overtime that I no longer call it overtime but extra job. The reason---> we don't have enough people. I’m too tired and I absolutely don’t intend to exhaust myself so much anymore. I'm just wondering what it will look like when I... — read more 

Another IT group has been outsourced. Many long time talented people who previous management looked out for, and provided extensive training to retain them. New management (DK) comes in and shows the group the door.....then move on themselves. What a... — read more 

I decided to give notice because I really can't stand the fact that an atmosphere is always created (very likely, intentionally) so that none of us would feel happy and comfortable in our workplace. Even if there is no problem, it seems to me... — read more 

I hope it's just a rumor that someone came up with to create a bit of panic. However, the rumors so far have mostly come true. Is it possible that layoffs are around the corner as is talked about among my colleagues? If that’s true, then I hope it... — read more 

Took too long to get rid of these yahoos. Interim org is a cluster. More org changes must occur. They just threw people underneath the IT Leadership leftover. If you like crazy, join the company.

Let’s get out of the vaccine mandate. Have we entirely forgotten the layoffs in our departments or is this a blog of entirely new associates.