Thread regarding Humana Inc. layoffs

https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/doj-hits-aetna-humana-elevance-health-medicare-advantage-kickbacks-complaint

@ca two friends terminated in the last year. Both had great performance reviews and had been with the company for years. Over 50 and started using their PTO, called out once and bam, they’re gone for some silly reason . Lawsuit time.

@c8 anytime your terminated your not eligible for rehire. the least Humana could do is give the person a reason for termination. very in- humane to leave someone in the air not knowing why they lost their job. I think Humana is just firing people in general for any reason at this point. just my opinion

@ac I’m sorry you were fired without notice. For that to happen—no PIP, no coaching, no disciplinary actions, access immediately removed, marked ineligible for rehire—someone has evidence of a critical offense.

Think whether you saw info you should have, exposed PHI, were rude to a member, said something highly inappropriate in an email or chat, etc.

A critical offense is only reason I know at Humana for being immediately terminated and marked ineligible for rehire.

You can appeal the decision—and should if you plan to possibly sue. The reason: You have to exhaust your administrative remedies to bring an action. Call HR4U and ask for someone to email a termination appeal form to your personal email address. You’ll likely lose the appeal but that’s part of exhausting your administrative remedies.

I hope this helps.

@ac what dept did this to you?

They are firing left and right to get rid of people so they don't have to do a WARN notice. We know what they are up to. They should be held accountable.

In big companies like Humana , the “weekly one-on-one” is less about progress and more about performance art. Twice a week? That’s not management — that’s a hostage situation with coffee. Lazy managers like it because it feels their ego.

These meetings are the corporate equivalent of talking about the weather with your dentist: small talk, forced smiles, and zero actual benefit. Managers cling to them like a security blanket, packing their calendars so they can brag about being “back-to-back all day” while accomplishing absolutely nothing.

And let’s be honest — half the time, they’re fishing for gossip, not solving problems. “So… how’s the team really doing?” Translation: “Feed me juicy drama so I can look engaged.” By the end, you’ve lost an hour you’ll never get back, gained no solutions, and left wondering if their job description is just “Professional Meeting Haver.”

If they scheduled fewer one-on-ones, they might have time to actually manage. But then, who would host the weekly gossip hour disguised as leadership?

These comments make me so. HUMAN-a treats humans like garbage. I hope this company implodes for the sake of all, especially the real humans we serve (badly).

I was ambush terminated on Monday. Thought I was dialing in to a regularly scheduled one on one with my manager. He was on the line with an HR lady. Said he was terminating my employment, handed the call over to HR for her to read me the process and what to expect. She handed it back to him, and he literally just hung up. I’ve been here 10 years. Worst part? I wasn’t even given a reason, and had just received a positive mid year review less than a month ago. Was told to log off immediately. This was a pre textual/retaliatory termination. Called and wrote HR - they played d-mb. Wrote HR - I got an AI chatbot response. I’m without a job now, thrown out like garbage to figure it out. Oh yeah, I finally got an email two days ago saying I was ineligible for re-hire. How crazy is that? 10 year tenure, no reason given, and blacklisted. No PIP, no progressive discipline, no formal agreements. Literally nothing.

I’ve been scanning these posts off and on and I value seeing the ground truth here. (Aside from a few HR stalkers who act like Humana’s creepy HOA) I was at Humana so long; there are some amazing individuals who work there. I have had multiple managers, and survived many o’ re-orgs. Once you are here long enough you will learn that there is a cycle. Those of you reading this now already know what I’m talking about.

The contradictory Humana “rah-rah!” culture posture LIVING THE VALUES where you go to town halls and have your time be wasted by uppers is hysterical. Watching them laugh and be all fake only to talk about what is exciting THEM which rarely has to do with YOU. People are not stupid. This company is bleeding and their worst fear is a PR nightmare. Anyone else find it odd you have to look REALLY hard just to find anything negative on Humana? It amazes me to see the leadership and the c-suite laude themselves on LinkedIn, for receiving some award that has nothing to do with human health.

This only scratches the surface; but I have a job to find.

Use your time to up-skill yourself. Do the absolute bare minimum if possible. Treat them like they treat you, and just make something up if you don’t know — or say you’ll do something: and never do it. Because that’s what THEY do.

Protect your mental health and stand up to bullies. This isn’t right, but at least now I’m not in their psyop spin cycle anymore.

@OP You are 10000% correct. I have been at Humana for almost 20 years. The rifs have only escalated. Terminating (ERP) folks with knowledge to hire others at lower pay is not what grows or even sustains a company. I took ERP because I see the bl**d spatter on the wall and it's only going to get worse between now and November. Just watch the Leader Town Hall from 7/31. Especially the Q&A section. CEOs excitement over terminating underperformers was sickening when he did not even acknowledge it could be a leader issue.