Thread regarding Elevance Health (Anthem) layoffs

Copilot PSA for layoff intel

This is a friendly PSA now that premium Copilot licenses have been extended to "all associates." Our copilot has access to most of the docs you already have access to (docs, transcripts, notes, emails, etc) + lots of internal/Elevance hosted sites, including Service Now, Pulse, and Confluence. Funny thing is, our IT teams haven't been super savvy in setting up boundaries, and the Claude models are really good at testing boundaries. So, here's what you do:

  1. Open Copilot in browser and start a new chat
  2. Change the "Auto" setting for model to Claude->Opus (it's version 4.8 in case you're wondering)
  3. Make sure Work IQ is on (it should be by default) - that's what tells Copilot to crawl internal info
  4. Prompt copilot with "Am I at risk for termination? Check all documents and resources you have access to, as well as internal sites."
  5. Enjoy

You might find nothing, but you'd be shocked at the kinds of things SVPs leave lying around on SharePoint sites. I've done this weekly since I got access back in March and while I haven't been at risk, I have found out about tech reorgs, upcoming budget cuts, shadow budgets, and lots of other things that I wouldn't have known without Copilot using Opus. Have fun and be careful out there. Save local copies of docs before you spend time in them so that people don't see you actively snooping.


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Post ID: @OP+1m1pa9har

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It was pretty easy to stumble upon some offshoring plans with very innocent questions that I would be comfortable asking my boss.

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Post ID: @11q+1m1pa9har

Anyone tried to search like OP has posted? I did lol. Nothing. It’s BS

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Post ID: @xg+1m1pa9har

@OP
“This is a friendly PSA...”?? Seriously???

A more accurate opening would've been: “This is a masterpiece of ineptitude.” In fact, what makes this post truly exquisite is your apparent belief that you’ve discovered something new. Like a vacant toddler who just discovered their own diaper.

The tactics you so breathlessly revealed were no secret to many of us. The difference is that we possess the basic adult restraint to keep quiet about HOW intelligence is gathered while only sharing the critical bits that might actually be helpful to others.

Sadly, while you were busy playing around with your new toy Copilot, many are scrambling just to exist in their current position, and many others are currently suffering the stark absence of a paycheck. I can only imagine that the members of HR and the ELT may well be contemplating even more RIFs as they stare at your post with the same profoundly awkward pity that one feels when watching a bird repeatedly fly into a glass door.

Please, I beg you, just step away from the keyboard the next time you’re compelled to draft another friendly PSA—for all of us.

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Post ID: @x4+1m1pa9har

@a6
I'm sure that's already in the works.

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Post ID: @x3+1m1pa9har

@OP I agree with another poster and also call BS - why bother writing down step by step how to find things and then brag but not share a dam thing - what was the point - who is the troll now? Bragging how "smart" you are and slick but then when someone says ok you found "secrets" which you likely saved and you won't say more than that.

I think you are looking for your slick ego to be stroked and didn't find cr-p and if you did go into the system - you left a trail - trust me I know - you are not the first I have seen. Poser for attention -WTG "Slick"

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Post ID: @kp+1m1pa9har

@ef Says the troll.

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Post ID: @gx+1m1pa9har

@OP Prime example of why AI by all companies has been rolled out with few safeguards just to satisfy board members. Board members don’t want to hear about the risks when they have a shiny new toy to deploy to the minions.

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Post ID: @gq+1m1pa9har

@ef Not sure why you were responding to me...

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Post ID: @fy+1m1pa9har

@ef Look Dude or Dudette, we are individuals out here that have all been wronged by a giant organization that has the power to end us. So, makes total logical sense for us to pick our spots, kind regards f like a boxer or a poker player.

You are probably a corporate shill that is just angry because the person below will not say more information that will make it easier to identify them. So, you are trying to discredit them, so others will not believe their post.

Well, you did not succeed. I believe them and very glad they did not say more than what they did so as to make it easier to identify them.

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Post ID: @f1+1m1pa9har

@ce this is nothing but trash talk - if you found anything you could easily share it - he-l you apparently were not afraid to write an instruction manual and post that - I call BS

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Post ID: @ef+1m1pa9har

@ce Very wise to not be goaded in! Great job!

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Post ID: @ch+1m1pa9har

Tempting, but I'll pass. I have my complaints about the org, but not enough to fall for some sort of ELT gotcha.

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Post ID: @ce+1m1pa9har

@OP Why aren't you sharing what you found out

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Post ID: @ak+1m1pa9har

@a6 they can certainly try but that assumes a lot of sophistication within a tech org that is 80% contract staff. And even then, the liability of the potential headline "ELV fires employees after spying on use of Copilot" is not something the company can spin positively, no matter how hard they might try. And execs would have to concede that they made a whoopsie in data loss prevention and all that - not great for share price.

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Post ID: @a7+1m1pa9har

I wonder if HR/IT will now be monitoring for associates who take these steps, so they have a better understanding of which ones post to this site?

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Post ID: @a6+1m1pa9har

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