What frustrates me the most in all this is the fact that many jobs could have been saved if only a portion of top dogs' salaries had been cut. It would not surprise me if their salaries become even higher in the future, while the company keeps on sinking further and further.
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If you’ve been with the company for over a decade and are a leader, ask your HRBP. You’ll likely get more info.
If you’re not a leader, unlikely you’re going to learn more.
Pretty simple.
@1lkw+1jEADPvb Unions exist only to feather the nest of the Union and wield political power.
How do you retain a job that is being removed? There are two different issues. The job and the person.
There is no protection of jobs, if the job is made obsolete. A union may advocate for placement of workers in other jobs, but a union can’t change the business direction or needs. Not every nurse has the same background or skill and you can’t assume that every nurse is right for every role. I have been with the company for over a decade and this is the first I’ve heard of a union, do share….how do we get more information?
You do realize there is a small union of nurses at Humana and that they’ve been there for years.
Wait. You didn’t know, did you.
Smdh. Some of you need to do some research.
Unions give employees to bargain for better working conditions, pay and severance. They can also help protect jobs. Yes, outsourcing can happen—but that can happen now with no union protection. And you’ll end up in the same boat people are in now, with no ability to bargain for more jobs being retained or different conditions.
Why do you think employers fight so hard not to have unions spread? Who benefits more from being anti-union, employees or employers? How have workers historically gotten rights?
More important: What’s the alternative? How do employees bargain for better pay, conditions and to retain their jobs without collective bargaining?
There will be no unionized Nurses at Humana. Just as soon as there is another RIF those potential 'union brothers and sisters' will be throwing colleagues under the bus to protect their own position. Happens every time. As a manager I have had to RIF associates. They will be your best friend until they get cut and then you become a s-xist, misogynistic bigot, and yes I have been impacted.
Outsourcing is happening all the time. Some may not consider it outsourcing but even the nursing is outsourced. Much of the customer complaints are due to the friction incurred with these outsourced areas and those representatives. You can see it in the poor documentation and hear it in the quality checks on the calls with the customers.
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A union. Hilarious. You fellow employees clearly have NO CLUE of how many jobs have been and continue to be outsourced off shores. Saves money. We no longer have a customer service department. Its outsourced. IT calls, outsourced. Go/metadata to view how many employees versus contractors.
I’m pro union, but collective bargaining won’t help with the change in direction of service needs
No way in he-l that the nurses of humana are going to rise up to form a union
The nurses are all over the country
They can replace nurses in the blink of an eye
And most of the nurses are women and they don’t play well together
Look this is corporate America
No job is guaranteed
What I heard today told me they’re not interested in saving jobs. They’re interested in market position and shareholder value. If it takes cutting more jobs to achieve those goals, they’ll do it. Because that’s what matters to the board and key investors.
That’s the uncomfortable reality. That’s corporate America. That’s Humana. We all have to find a way to live with that reality, much as I wish we didn’t.
I’ll be interested to see how things play out in the future. Humana is ripe for unions with nurses, call center employees and others in hourly jobs. Why? Employees who feel mistreated eventually rise up. And it’s obvious a lot of people feel aggrieved. Unions happening at Starbucks, Amazon and other companies. Unions give employees collective bargaining rights.
Collective bargaining with management is the only thing I can see that might change how this company compensates and lays off employees. Otherwise, we’re all ants getting stepped on with little recourse.
It’s not an issue of the jobs being saved, but where those jobs are and where the roles are needed to be filled