These have been the 4Q layoff dates the past few years: Thursday, October 26, 2023 Thursday, October 17, 2024 Thursday, October 30, 2025 Will Thursday, October, 29, 2026 be the next big one?

What are the determining factors?

choose your metaphor: tentacles, fu---s, metastatic cancer https://sunlightreportinsurance.com/

Really grieving the upcoming loss of American jobs in our dept. It is increasingly harder to come to work and not just be SO ANGRY. Having to train the replacements for our jobs is just sick and dehumanizing. To show up, volunteer, and do your best... — read more 

I am interviewing for jobs because I'd like a raise of about 30k from my current ~90k salary, but I'd rather stay on this team because the work is great, we're always busy, I enjoy my colleagues, and our manager/directors/VPs advocate for us. How do... — read more 

felt like put it out here. Guessing all competent people been laid off, and the left over cr-p is what we dealing with.

On a scale of 0 to 10, with 10 being extremely anxious, how worried are you heading into next week given everything going on with layoffs at Optum?

If we heard nothing about layoffs so far today, I doubt we'll hear anything for the rest of the day. Another false alarm, I think.

I’m with the clinic side of things (I work for Kelsey Seybold which was acquired about 3 years back by Optum). Luckily they didn’t do layoffs for clinic side employees like some other teams have been handed, but they still have reduced our head... — read more 

Anyone have info on what happened with Optum Real and access?

By now you should have updated your resume, applied for internal positions available, removed personal information from company computer, prepare your family there is a strong possibility you will lose your job to offshore cheaper labor. Have a list... — read more 

Any concern for Housecalls layoffs with talk of layoffs coming up this month and next?

IMO this company is engaged in crimes against humanity. Not only for its surreptitious undertaking of replacing American workers with foreign subintellects but also its drawn out conclusion leaving a multitude of human beings in fear of their future... — read more 

If I'm laid off with severance, can I still apply for unemployment or not?

Does anyone have an updates regarding preservice PSC positions and anticipated RIFs? What are your thoughts about our director leaving?

I've noticed more members are telling me they longer have UHC DSNP. More members keep hanging up on me. My numbers are dropping due to no fault of my own. I can tell the members are not happy. Especially since they now pay for things that they didn't... — read more 

The biggest obstacle in my team isn't the workload, it's the way our manager handles it. Priorities change without much explanation and decisions often create more problems than they solve. Then the employees are expected to figure everything out. It... — read more 

What will happen to Quantum Laureates once it becomes a commodity. How will they be absorbed in margin pressured healthcare sector. It will be fun to watch all these Harvard/MIT inventors getting canned.

If your MSID suddenly gets shut down, your account is locked, and you can no longer access company systems, you might want to start preparing for a layoff. It could be a security incident or an administrative mistake, but when everything happens at... — read more 

I suspect my team in OI may be impacted by RIFs this month. Does anyone expect layoffs on October 15 or 29, given Optum's history of Thursday announcements? My one-on-ones keep getting canceled, leadership calendars were blocked for two days last... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/10/10/vance-microsoft-h1b-layoffs-visa-data.html

This is a layoff site. Any updates on the October and November layoffs? Dates? Departments? Teams?

What happens when you hire an ex Mars Candy Bar executive to the the TOP DOG of IT at the worlds largest HealthCare insurer? You see more and more system outages, security breaches, P1 global impact incidents, and more off shoring. AEP this year is... — read more 

Watch out UHG…. If Microsoft and Adobe were called out for foreign workers. Your next! It’s about time you stop undermining American workers. Great job JD!

Github has been down for 2 full days at this point, and all PADU approved apps are now blocked from accessing github and no one can sign into github. The only explanation at this point is that there was another Change Healthcare style Cyber Attack... — read more 

Did I miss an official announcement?

UnitedHealth mistakenly declared eight doctors dead, including two Minnesotans The error involved the notification system the health insurer uses to tell members if their doctors or other providers drop out of its network.

What’s going to happen to this health care facility if the providers and old employees who know their job in their sleep gets laid off? Are they saving money yet? How much money does healthcare corporation needs?

Anyone know whats going on? Github Actions has been down all day, and its nothing but silence from the Github team. No response when we ask them to open a war room to track the remediation either. Entire company was mandated to switch to these... — read more 

What is going on with OPTUMServe? Ed Weinberg out! Patricia Hororho coming out of retirement.

Texas AG announces second investigation into UnitedHealth Group over delayed, denied care.

I don't have any co-workers at my office (or state) but am required to come into office 4 days per week. My co-workers in India, who do have other workers at their sites, are only required to come in 10 days per month. Is this discrimination against... — read more 

Home and Community Care Transitions, Care Coordinators: While our Preservice colleagues are being replaced by Optum Global Preservice I can't help but think we are being short sighted by only worrying about the Humana sunset. Remember when we got... — read more 

As most of know the next big layoff is slated for November being dubbed as Red November. It starts towards end of Oct and ramps up in Nov till Dec 2nd week. I doubt October will be Red, not more than typical atleast, compared to November. Has anyone... — read more 

It's never a pay raise or anything like that.

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/sep/30/optum-closing-anacortes-clinic-in-december/

For those positions with optum whose jobs are being offshored in ECS, specifically care coordinators in pre and post acute the first round of layoffs may occur on 10/14 with more to follow.