Thread regarding United Healthcare layoffs

I was told we don’t have to go to meeting if we do not want to do it and that we are safe and the company is fine and we got the email we are eligible

If I do get laid off, do they offer a severance package?

@15n it’s dooms day . No one will survive the layoffs

Let me ask you something. Mike Baker . Have you ever gotten your paycheck and been so defeated because your bills outweigh your income that you Lock your card and wait til Monday to begin paying bills, so that you can strategize and pay minimums and float payments to GET you thru till next payday ?? OF course you haven’t. UHC is. About to harm a lot of families and cause a lot of damage all because the GREED !YOU MFERS sent out job over seas and half these racist a-s Americans complain that they can’t understand the foreign reps !! YALL are a-s backwards . Class action lawsuit NOW

Do NOT voluntarily give up your job in the worst economic times arguably since the GREAT DEPRESSION , Let them lay you off and get unemployment

@ae that’s my question is will anyone survive ???or is it bullsh-t ! Mind you I was out on a cap today for quality . My manager told us he would grade one call that we select .. this mfer LIED . Didn’t grade the call and when I called him out he said some bullsh-t about ooh I picked the call that day . Fu-k UHC !! We need to find a way to sue these bi--hes for mental distress , gaslighting and making hostile work environment

@a7 the reason ppl are grumpy is because of the job….I hope you won’t be eating your own words!

After reading both VRSP emails, I’m becoming increasingly concerned about the future of our positions and the direction UnitedHealthcare is heading. The first email discusses adapting to new technology, reassessing workforce needs, reskilling employees, and making staffing adjustments. Then the second email confirms that certain employees are eligible to voluntarily leave with severance. I don’t think that’s something we should overlook.

What concerns me most is everything employees have already experienced. Responsibilities continue to expand, workloads have become increasingly complex, and employees are expected to take on more while dealing with constant changes and increasing expectations. Now, suddenly, voluntary separation packages are being offered. It raises serious questions about whether UHG is preparing to downsize departments, consolidate positions, eliminate specialized roles, or replace certain responsibilities through automation.

I also find it concerning that UHG has the final say in whose voluntary separation requests are approved. It makes me wonder whether leadership already has specific workforce reduction targets and a plan for which positions they intend to retain.

I’m not saying mandatory layoffs are guaranteed, but these announcements certainly raise concerns about what may be coming in 2027. Are departments going to be consolidated? Will remaining employees absorb even more responsibilities? Are certain positions eventually going to be eliminated? And what happens if not enough employees volunteer to leave?

What bothers me most is the lack of transparency. Employees are being asked to make major decisions about their careers, financial stability, and health insurance without knowing what the company’s long-term staffing plans actually look like.

I find it difficult to believe that a company would offer voluntary separation packages to selected employees without a larger workforce strategy behind the decision.

Is anyone else concerned that this voluntary separation program could be the first step toward broader restructuring or potential involuntary layoffs in 2027? Has anyone received any clarification from leadership about what happens if employees choose not to participate?

@OP this is simply terrible. I was one of the people who got multiple jobs thrown on me, which made it impossible to do my job because it was things I had never even asked to do so. I’m no longer with United I didn’t get an offer of a package. They let me go the day before they offered them that was convenient huh? I only been there eight years so a lot of people been there longer anyway best of luck to everyone.

@an And if you are spared be prepared for your workload to quadruple and you will wish you had taken the VRSP.

i don't think an extra 4 weeks is worth it if you can't get unemployment. in MN you wouldn't be able to get unemployment if you take it.

Workers 40+ have legal notifications and rights during a layoff under OWBPA.The entire goal and only point of VRSP is for these workers to VOLUNTARILY RESIGN before a mass layoff so the company isn’t sued.Thats all.This lowers the average age of people who will be laid off after VRSP.Think about it.Why is VRSP only offered in departments where the average age and length of employment is decades higher like operations.It has nothing to do with giving opportunity like mike baker said.The company doesn’t care about paying an extra 4 weeks, they care about preventing a class action lawsuit.VRSP reduces the age and # of people laid off because they’re agreeing to quit.

Take it if you get the chance! This is coming from a 30 year employee that didn’t take it in 2025 and when United healthcare didn’t get enough participation they did a mass layoff in May and on the same day they did the layoff everybody they took the VSRP package was let go at the same time. And after that the ones that are “spared “your life becomes even more a living he-l than it was before, you get shuffled around to new managers ,expectations of the workload become overwhelming and unrealistic. I ended up walking away three months after all this went down and it was the best decision ever made.

Last time this happened approximately 80% of my team was laid off after the buyout and I went from being on an amazing team to one that was awful. Everyone who does not accept the buyout needs to be prepared for layoffs. Maybe you’ll be lucky and be spared.

@a8 sooo will anyone survive this or will the whole entire departments be laid off ?? Are they selling us the same BS from last VRSP???

1000% pro! Great opportunity for those who maybe are looking to retire early. Maybe make a career change.

if you want to leave, pro
if you don't, con

that simple.

Now all the grumpy people can leave, with severance. BYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee

pro