And now you know why the Blue Pulse survey was done before the open enrollment materials were released.
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@251 It looks like tiers 5, 6, and 7 are really getting whacked with big contributions for Tier 5, 6, and 7 for employees with family coverage. Take a look at the 2027 enrollment guide. I hear that the retiree insurance is quite expensive too. I know one person retired and didn’t take the retiree coverage since it was too expensive especially since the length of service was less than 20 years. That only qualified for a 40% discount whereas 20+ qualifies for 60% discount. That’s 60% off of high premium which will still be too expensive.
I was just curious and Alex has my pre for the HSA 1 going up $331.67. The HSA went from 61.38 biweekly to $393.05! Is that even possible. I really hope this Alex program is wrong for 2027. There is no way the company I work for, I give my time, attention, and best years of my life too and they jack the price of the products we sell! No, no, and no. I object to this increase. They think they can blame the gov on this or the rising health care cost It only cost so dam much because you let all this fraud waste and abuse go rampant.
@11r it seems like HR is completely clueless and powerless. Probably all contract workers too. It’s the Big Mo and Big O show powered by PS who would cut off all healthcare if it made him and leadership a buck. Hes a hack and butt clown butt kisser.
And here's something no one will be surprised about - the workers who have to answer your questions about 2027 insurance -HR, Secure Messaging, Customer Advocates and Chat - only received the same company wide email you did!!
Use ALEX for your questions until more emails drop = no one knows why HCSC dropped HMO for all 5 states except select counties in Illinois !!
@ps - Betts was a buffoon whose d-mb policies and careless layoffs IT has still not recovered from today.
It was funny though when he got the axe for wanting over a billion dollars for rewriting part of our systems. Of course, under his work model it would have been much more hwn that and take a decade to do. We all laughed when he was finally fired.
@mn customer service on viva e
@bf Many lifers have already been let go. They're now using attrition to reduce the workforce and hope enough people go on their own after the cost of the 2016 VSP. If enough don't go on their own, they may have another RIF. The only reason I'm not concerned is due to being close to retirement age. I couldn't say that 11 years ago when the hatchet man Betts was around.
@cg Yes, the building could be burning down and I stop working at my normal time. Schedule me for a meeting after my normal stop time, I don't show up.
@mh C Suite couldn't care less what the employees think!
@a9 other companies provide far better benefits for less. They provide things that employees need and value. We get pet insurance ( zero cost to HCSC ) and another stupid Hinge product that will send out useless postcards.
@mh what internal site?
@kr There is currently an ongoing conversation on the internal site, and I hope and pray 🙏🏻 that the decision-makers are paying attention to what’s being shared there. The Pulse Survey does not tell the story. If the C Suite Execs truly want to know how people are feeling and what we’re thinking, they should look no further than those posts.
How can they expect employees to care about surveys and culture when the people responsible for shaping it don't seem to care themselves? At what point does leadership stop asking employees what's wrong and start taking responsibility for the answers?
@e9 and gotta get M and O extra bonus money for their Ozempic.
@cg and then leadership will wonder why health care costs go up. Someone ignores their health due to cost and then ends up in the hospital in far worse shape..,
Penny wise and pound foolish - but I guess if you have millions the cost of your employees’s healthcare doesn’t matter to you.
@a9 Wipe the brown off of your nose already
Reductions in benefits leads to more employees not putting in full effort. Why should they though when this company takes from them to give bigger bonuses to senior leadership. As a director, I know this and understand it. I let my people do less because upper management does not honor their contributions, except for lip service.
This company used to have good benefits.
@ap total basket of butt clowns. OE. JW. MT. PS. And the biggest- Morris Day
@ak it used to be good many years ago. When we had actual leadership in charge- not a bunch of id--ts and their sycophant friends.
@bb lets be honest, the new change is the best way to push out the lifers. If people don’t leave, expect layoffs.
@OP Of course, they knew people would be angry when they saw the OE reduction of coverage coupled with increased premiums. As some of the others have stated about SLT, a bunch of butt clowns.
@ad All of our clients have lower copays and have lower copays. Our insurance has always been more expensive than other companies. They even reduced the percentage of coverage on enhanced dental for some services. Medicare would be an improvement over our coverage options.
Of course, they increased the premium too. They used to deduct the insurance out of 24 paychecks. When there were 3 paychecks in a month, the last one didn’t have insurance benefits deducted. When they went from 24 to 26 paychecks with benefit deductions, they tried to downplay the increase. What a bunch of BS.
@af You’re absolutely right about that. Our insurance is awful!
@ae that is outrageous! Such bullsh-t. They couldn’t care any less about us
@aa Be glad you're not on HMO and being forced to PPO. Out of pocket went from $1800 to $5500. I can't afford the surgery I had scheduled in January.
@a9 funny how none of our clients are raising copays like this- just us.
@a6 should the company reverse pay raises or other incentives from Covid since we are beyond that?
All companies do their best to provide benefits but raising pay to compensate, your never going to be happy with any raise.
It’s “funny” how the company adjusts copays and premiums to reflect the rising cost of living, but somehow employee pay doesn’t warrant the same adjustment.
Oh my. :-(