Athena is re-organizing and laying off lots of people in the Belfast Maine office today. Revenue cycle operations.
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Got laid off 2 weeks after I’m back from maternity leave. The layoff video didn’t work and I was stuck in the wait room for 15 minutes. My boss then FaceTimed me to ask how I was doing before I was even formally laid off. I then had to reach out to the HRBP via teams so she could call me and tell me I was laid off formally because there was a Teams issue.
Terrible severance package. Super devastating. Complete BS.
athenahealth will not exist in a few years... they are over leveraged with no revenue pathway out of it. they cannot automate their way out of cost reduction
I was part of the August 2026 layoff wave (sad that now that there have been multiple, I have to actually identify WHICH....) and I really have an issue with the way they've managed to skirt the WARN notices. I went to HR about it and asked why, and their response was "Based on the company’s review around WARN, it was determined that this reduction in force did not meet the elements requiring advanced notice under the WARN act." I think they're cherrypicking folks across specific regions so that there's not one concentrated RIF in one location - hence, they are able to avoid triggering a WARN. Shady.
My condolences to all who have been affected recently. You didn't deserve this.
I was laid off while on parental leave. Not even a message or check-in from my manager. Really disappointing way to handle things.
Update from my 10% number. Official number from CEO is 4%, hitting most orgs.
And to skirt mass WARN I think they just need to proved 8 weeks severance. I heard this to be the case from some folks, who also got prorated bonus, and had to sign a contract to keep comms at a minimum. Probably why we’re not hearing much about it online
@ag it really is crazy how they are able to do this. A large chunk of the company was laid off without any formal filing it seems.
Onboarding and CSMs getting hit hard. We are hearing 1900. Post Thrive and just before the holidays. May the severance sustains them
I don’t understand how athena keeps structuring these layoffs to skirt around submitting WARN notices. Nothing on Mass or Maine WARN dashboards for this round or the round of layoffs that happened in August (which was also a few hundred employees).
@a4 1800 people
I’ve heard about 10% of the company
CSMs and onboarding have been impacted as well. I hear it's over 300 impacted by the layoffs