Thread regarding Optum layoffs

So only a few people got laid off today?

Don't get me wrong, it's still devastating for each of them, and I really feel for those affected. Every job loss hits a family, not just a person. But this wasn't the bloodbath everyone was expecting. Does this mean the big round is still ahead of us?


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Post ID: @OP+1ksr6grqk

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@ah lol there are no 50k people to layoff in IT.

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Post ID: @rj+1ksr6grqk

@eb Wow and on a Friday. Sorry to hear. Can you share what division?

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Post ID: @ef+1ksr6grqk

Got me today. 5 weeks severance at least.

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Post ID: @eb+1ksr6grqk

@dy yea ~50k in OT is accurate

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Post ID: @e8+1ksr6grqk

@ah 50k in IT sounds roughly about right. Before we moved to GHEC that was roughly the count of users on our GitHub.

I think people often forget how massive this company is and how easy it is for a ton of people to get laid off and for you to not even notice it because it doesn't impact the teams around you.

Yet.

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Post ID: @dy+1ksr6grqk

I personally know 8 people that were laid off, it was a bloodbath. Red Wedding type.

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Post ID: @c9+1ksr6grqk

@ag WTH does played off mean?

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Post ID: @ar+1ksr6grqk

@a5 Lie

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Post ID: @aq+1ksr6grqk

Optum Infusion leadership is changing the titles of pharmacy directors, another reorg? I'd gladly take one for the team at this point. Had a meeting where our manager said head count is too high for what we produce despite hitting metrics and working like dogs. When asked for clarification she just said leadership is looking closely at individual performance... We are short staffed imo.

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Post ID: @ap+1ksr6grqk

Big is relative....In an meeting it was stated there 50,000 in IT .A few hundred still fly way under that radar...

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Post ID: @ah+1ksr6grqk

I got played off today;on the automation team. How many people got played off? This is so sad

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Post ID: @ag+1ksr6grqk

Did anymore of the former Allina staff get let go from the EP(mpp)?

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Post ID: @aa+1ksr6grqk

@a8 You think they care about later? What matters is the grift leaders can do right now.

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Post ID: @a9+1ksr6grqk

They even went after 26's... if you don't foster young folks, what will happen to the next generation?

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Post ID: @a8+1ksr6grqk

@a1 No way that was only a hundo. We had a few dozen just in my area. We get the list too in our package.

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Post ID: @a7+1ksr6grqk

@a5 was that from ETIPS?

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Post ID: @a6+1ksr6grqk

50 people from just my team.

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Post ID: @a5+1ksr6grqk

@a1 Maybe 116 in a division. Seems very low for the people I know across different divisions of Optum.

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Post ID: @a4+1ksr6grqk

It seems like a few hundred at least. Multiple areas across Optum have been impacted. I'm sure you will see a lot of Optum people posting they are looking for new opportunities in the next few weeks on LinkedIn.

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Post ID: @a3+1ksr6grqk

It was big. But not everyone is posting. Not everyone checks or is aware of this site. So I wouldn’t let silence mean today wasn’t significant.

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Post ID: @a2+1ksr6grqk

@OP 116 people. I guess it's up the individual way BIG is...

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