#townhall

A new meeting is on my calendar for an SMB town hall on Friday.

Is this going to be a meeting for layoffs?

What’s your insight? Let’s put it here.

Sort of boring and lackluster. Hard to feel inspired about anything. I guess there is the Americas kick off to look forward to.

What is tomorrow's townhall going to be all about? It's terrible fearing ELT meetings because I used to look forward to them. Fear is probably the new norm after what we all went through last year.

It's so lame both leaders are not even making eye contact. RA doesn't want to talk about his demotion. Hopefully, they are finding a replacement to consolidate all compliance departments.

Any rumors/thoughts on what will be covered? Other than layoffs and restructuring, any significant announcements anticipated?

Seems like a huge team with 10 SVPs.. What's their plan?

Hey so is town hall happening? I thought I saw an invite but also a cancellation. Of course the DS stock news has me nervous

There are more than 1000 people RIF’d, but EC is going to Lexington for a town hall and employee appreciation event! Coffee and donuts for all! Let’s celebrate the dysfunction!

I have never in all my life listened to as much garbage or side stepping than covered in today's town hall. So many people unhappy. What really annoys me is that AB stood up and talked complete garbage and did not answer any of the job title or other HR queries at all. It is very clear a large portion of employees are unhappy, and guess what Pearson really do not care. Time to jump from this sinking and toxic ship.

Big town hall on the merger today. What is everyone thinking? I've already seen some people have left/been let go. Has anyone seen their org charts yet? Layoffs expected?

Missed the first 20 minutes. Did I really miss anything of substance?

just mentioned in a town hall

I remember watching with a co worker in the break room and he said something about wishing he hadn’t spent so much time with his family earlier in his career. Who says that?

In a day of social media, only 21 likes on the Intranet page for the townhall is quite embarrassing

Honest question.
Why the sudden urgency around rebranding town halls, one-on-ones, and skip-level meetings… especially when layoffs are happening or rumored?

What’s the point of pushing culture talk and rebranding if people are worried about their jobs? And why are so many of these meetings being scheduled on Thursdays, the same day layoffs usually happen? That timing alone puts people on edge.

I’m genuinely asking—has anyone been through this before and knows what the strategy is? Transparency would go a long way right now.

lets see what news is shared

Due to “unforeseen circumstances”

“This February, something big is coming. A moment that reminds us why coming together matters, and why our work has meaning far beyond the walls we walk through each day.

On Feb. 25 at 9:00 a.m. CT, we gather for our first Optum Insight Town Hall of 2026. Picture the feeling right before the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The lights lower. The music builds. Teams from around the world step forward with one mission, one goal and one shared purpose.

That’s us.

As one global team, we will come together to celebrate who we are and what we stand for. Trust. Discipline. Teamwork. The power of many moving with one shared purpose.

This year will demand focus, courage, and collaboration. This Town Hall is our rallying point. Our chance to reconnect. To look ahead. To feel the energy of what we can accomplish together.

Get ready. The spotlight is warming. The music is rising. And our story for 2026 is about to begin.”

The writing’s on the wall. That’s all, folks.

What the heck was the purpose of it? Wasn’t the purpose to share CoSA scorecard or how we did in 2025?

Why do we always talk about the future and not take a moment to reflect the success and failures of the prior year?!

What is happening with the Bank Ways of Working announced yesterday in the town hall? When are we getting more information?

Let's talk about how "we are in the best position this company has ever been in"

SETH was a total setup: I have it on good authority that one of the question were real, and were made up to be softballs for mike.

So much for leadership transparency.

Proof: Nothing about RTO and HMP.

Does Brian think we're stupid?

I said clown shows 6 yrs ago. now its truly become one. Congrats all! we did well.

Expense management to priority #3, does this mean we are done with cost focused layoffs?!

Can these clowns improve the stock price?

Who’s ready for the Townhall? Anyone planning on posting a very legit, accountability question we all can thumbs up so it gets answered?

For those in HO, did anyone else get excited about the first HO Town Hall and one of the topics is the new behavior model….. don’t forget folks stay humbled and hustle.

Veteran employee here. Never in my 20+ years here have I felt so stressed, so anxiety filled, so burnt out, and so diminished. Leaders at the top continue to use smoke in mirrors with what seems like government classified secrecy, while all the leaders below them walk the halls with their heads down looking at every employee like their now a disease of the company. It used to exist only in pockets where bad leadership existed. Now even the best of us are walking targets for some unknown reason.
I disagreed that we had a morale issue a year ago in the first Townhall. This year, even those on their first day feel it.
When this all blows over in a few years, like it always does, the best will have survived and those who chose to throw out basic humanity will be the ones hanging their head. This has gone far enough!

Ya'll ready to pull yourselves up by your bootstraps?

QA for complaints in SLC got notified today that they would be let go by end of 2027. And in a town hall where they showed a map with SLC not on it for core locations and then just moved on like it was nothing.

Today we have a townhall meeting that is 30 minutes long, every other townhall we have had was always one hour, I am kind of concerned, but I also know Centene has their earnings call February 6th and if that goes badly, I am positive we will see more layoffs.

What did you guys think?

Holy Cow this company is cooked. Absolutely rutterless townhall talking about AI. I wouldn't be surprised if this company chapter 11s in the next 3 years. And Optum is sold off for scraps.

What news did they tell?

This is not a video game. These are people’s livelihoods on the line (both who work here and who the employees serve). This was the most out of touch townhall I have ever seen. Good luck to everyone