Thread regarding Elevance Health (Anthem) layoffs

@q9 - the sender was AI

Senior leadership will need to form a task force, create a new VP role to support it, they will hire a staff of their BFF’s who will all get work remote exemptions, they’ll do a bunch of useless meetings and start cranking out more PowerPoints. A redundant VP to reduce redundancy!

I can’t believe people thought our IT department could correct this issue in 15-30 minutes. Obviously they never had to deal with IT for any issues before. Not the sharpest bunch!

WHY was the email not sent BCC? The sender sc--wed up. The volunteer organization I work with makes this mistake too and it just escapes me why the sender doesn’t use BCC for the distribution.

@n8 that was one of the best! Right up there with the person who replied all to 20,000 people to say, “Everyone who does this should be written up for insubordination.”

@gh The woman who said (paraphrased) "don't remove me, I'm invested" still has me laughing two days later.

@h8 shame that no one understands satire anymore. i gave you an up arrow!

@ey Agree. This whole posted thread was a complete hoax. Not even real but artificially manufactured as a decoy from disgruntled employees speaking their minds against this lousy company.

@jq I was wondering when someone was going to get around to saying this. I almost did two days ago but then realized that everyone, and I do mean everyone in the office, already knows this trick. Therefore, this complete post has to be a ruse, a scam, a deception, a distraction from people posting other stuff that is insulting to the company.

@jq You are.... I am still a sleep.

There is a trick to "ignore" converstations when this happens. Find the drop down arrow next to the trash can icon and click on ignore. This will save your sanity. Your welcome.

@OP That was me that initially clicked reply all. My bad! I did also click reply all several more times in hopes that maybe IT or whoever runs the email server would realize it was a mistake and undo everything. But I guess I was mistaken. But I only did it maybe 15 to 20 times, the very most. Anyway, guess we all learned something new now. We all know better for the next time.

If you set up a rule early yesterday to keep the reply-all avalanche out of your inbox, do yourself a favor and take a few minutes to read through the responses.Some of the replies are absolute gold. I’m dying.

@bn - suspect it would have stopped if they said pretty please.

Original email was an automated email from an AI process doing an audit … makes you wonder about the AI being used to pay claims.

I thought they were supposed to threaten "Corrective Action" at some point to make it stop. I think IT had to intervene and stop it for good. I had two email boxes that I had to clean up. Double waste of time.

Be honest, this entire thread has been completely artificially manufactured, probably instigated from HR or PR, to deter posts that ruin the company’s public image from being at the too where any potential investors might see. Or just to calm down the civic unrest many employees are feeling.

I feel this comment to my soul! Agree 100%

This place is full of fumbducks. Packed full.

using the math @b4 listed below, each reply just cost us 15K - how much did we lose due to this insanity?

PLZ no more list! PLZ remove from list to the max. Not list. No more of list. NO. NO. STOP. No reply. Never reply. Sincerely. Kindest regards.

I'm on PTO but had to log in at 10:30 Eastern to handle something. 386 emails, the vast majority of them braindead replies to that string, and for the 30 minutes I was online, they kept coming. I can't even imagine what the number will be by the time I log in tomorrow.

I can't conceive of how someone doesn't understand in situations like this that "please remove me" only adds to the problem. Like, how do they actually function in life? Every time someone does this, you're getting another email, so why on earth do you proceed with sending one yourself?

Absolute MO--NS.

I agree! That was the craziest sh*t!

Penalty for responding with “PLEASE STOP REPLYING TO ALL!!!” or “REMOVE ME FROM THIS EMAIL TRAIL!” should be forfeiture of AIP.

ok, this is goin viral

• Unnecessary mass emails prove you are not a good steward of company resources.
  • Sending a pointless message to 20,000 people instantly burns 166.67 hours of collective productivity.
  • At a blended labor cost of $100 per hour, that single unthinking click inflicts $16,666.67 in direct financial damage.
  • The 30 seconds of wasted time per person goes entirely to managing the disruption.
  • First, you stop your active task to scan the incoming notification and open the email.
  • Next, you click the delete button to clear the clutter from your screen.
  • Then, your active workflow is completely broken as you are forced to go back to your inbox.
  • Finally, you must collect your thoughts, stop thinking about how unnecessary the interruption was, and refocus on your work.

Somebody removed all members from DL. Fun stopped

Please remove me from this thread....

Would someone please iterate the thread and send out a new reply. Things are slowing down, and I need some more morning humor in my feed.

Someone should fire the H1B that started this list!
And then follow up with firing all the dolts who replied!

If every one wants to be removed from the group, then what good is the distribution list? I'm sure that message was very important.

@a1 you must be one of the mo--ns

The best thing I’ve read this morning!! 😂

@a1 I bet you replied all...

About to throw my computer against a wall. The fact that there are VP level people doing it is wild.

I came here to post the same thing.