Thread regarding Optum layoffs

We did our best to prepare everyone for this week, so these calls shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. Given the radio silence on my emails and pings, it's clear my time here is coming to an end. Wishing you all the very best!

@1ea you can decline an internal position without losing your severance if the salary is less than 90% of your current base pay.

What they don't tell you is the can claw back your seperation package if you accept an interal position within so many days of your seperation date. Remember everyone who works in human resources is out for the company and never for the employee.

@1cm Yes!

@13w RCM by chance?

@13w Same here in OI product. I'm as prepared as I can be for this RIF. All signs point to no future for our product or team. Optum has everything can do to remove a path to success between defunding and moving most support to overseas teams who are not qualified.

I know our team is on the list for Thursday. They haven't said it but they hinted that we should make sure we have our resumes and sktill up to date this month.

@yy I have a zero balance. Used everything. I am in a non payout state

I am using my PTO this week as my state only pays out 40 hours for a layoff. Use it or lose it.

@wa??

I know something you don't know...

RED NOVEMBER 🍒

What time is the cooking lesson tomorrow?

@hh in my experience with being on teams that have had impacted colleagues RIF’d, my Director has pulled the safe-for-nows in to a separate call after to advise what occurred to who (I’ve only seen 2-3 colleagues impacted at a time, so not sure if there is a different protocol when there is a larger team impact).

Let’s assume you are someone who is “safe.” Do you wait for everyone to get called one by one and find out if you keep your job solely by NOT getting called into a last minute teams call? Or does anyone let you know that you’re not going anywhere?

What times the show start?

@OP All signs point to “yes” gird your loins

Due to RIF training there are strict limits on what your manager can and cannot say. If you notice hints about where your team can staff or your team's pipleline of work, take them as clues as to what is happening.

Even if you aren't actively job hunting, you should always keep your resume ready. The most effective way to land a new opportunity is through an employee referral, which can at least get you to a recruiter screening call in most cases.

@cb what do you know? It’s like watching a storm forming and coming our way for weeks and the weather man telling us everything is fine, it will not get to us.

Nothing will happen.

A fair severance policy should either offer 2 weeks of pay per year of service or 1 week of pay per year of service with no cap, rather than combining a low weekly rate with an arbitrary maximum limit that penalizes long-term employees. Just saying. Offering 2 weeks per year of service reflects standard market benchmarks.

Count on it. The only reason the 10/15 RIF didn’t happen at the magnitude expected is because the offshore staff are underperforming

@OP Yep, we will be getting a trick and no treat in OI!

They always need to RIF before the end of the year to save money!