Started layoffs on 02/04 and running through 02/12 as first wave layoffs begin.

Years ago when I joined Anthem it was one of the better places to work for in our industry. Now it's a place everybody is looking to leave as soon as they can. How did we get to this point? When did the leadership team start thinking employees are a... — read more 

More than 250 workers at Indianapolis-based health care insurer Anthem Inc. have lost their jobs after work was shifted overseas and are eligible for federal benefits, an investigator has determined. Workers in Anthem’s benefits administration and... — read more 

Ask your Leadership team about CSBD G&A and their so called SVP? She is going to have everyone walk out and go to the media soon if she keeps up !!

Todays all hands call with Gail should be interesting. We will see 'cuts' soon

from another post I left in March on my own , right after the AIP had cleared my back account , no notice, just resigned. With what I have followed on this forum, I would have been clipped soon after my most excellent exodus. No regrets here.. .. — read more 

Positions within the company are all political. To survive you have to know someone important that likes you. Too late for me, they laid all those folks off. The 2nd way to survive is to stay low and quiet. Working hard to impress means more work... — read more 

Anthem executives would rather make employees work hard and dumb rather than hard and smart so that the responsibility will always lie on their shoulders to deliver results. That's why you see some positions work 60 Hrs and some work 40 for the same... — read more 

Always look for a new job after one year. Only apply to jobs you know you have a good chance at getting- otherwise if your boss knows about it and you don't get the job- you'll be on the yearly layoff list. Never go to Anthem HR to complain-... — read more 

Serious question. Please answer honestly.

I have a great job. I'm considered very valuable but I can tell my VP three levels above me is annoyed by me. Basically the issue with anthem, is that these executives operate as if it's beneath themselves to communicate to you directly to fix... — read more 

Has anyone else heard about onshore FTEs being blocked from recording overtime worked in the new reporting tool, but the offshore Legato workers are being told to record 45 hour work weeks. What's up with that? Another tactic to cover themselves... — read more 

Are there any RIFs coming up this month? If so what areas.

So, now that the "new" Medicaid sites are being launched (with some hacked-together coding because the requirements and time crunches were ridiculous and leadership didn't understand the product or know what they were doing), when do you expect the... — read more 

Gail said we were going to reduce rework, and then they hired even more people from overseas? She's such a jokester!

After laying off thousands due to COVID, how many executives will use the savings to skip the line and get vaccinated. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-18/wealthy-patients-scramble-covid-19-vaccine

Anyone else get the email about the Wellness Day (New Year’s Eve, “company wide holiday”) only to be told today we can take it as a floating holiday between Jan - March, as it’s kinda sorta suggested that we work on our “Wellness Day”?

California is pretty much shut down. Stay safe, healthy and make wise decisions. Holiday and New Year blessings..

Just wondering if there was a round today , like most Thanksgivings people are served their notices

We are having major attrition in the middle of a raging pandemic at the end of the year when nobody is hiring. Imagine how bad of an employer do you have to be to have people walking out under these conditions? And of course, we are not hiring... — read more 

If the market makes a turn soon, do you think there will be Antthem Layoffs 2021? Any news or rumors?

Here we go... all started with emails last week about the new strategy and changes from Gail and Gloria.. today is the day where once again several associates and high level leaders are being RIFed to make room for the new ones and several positions... — read more 

If they want to talk about culture, stop with the psychological therapist junk. These are the culture talks we need: Forcing long term wfh people back in the office. Why? What reason do you have beyond your own paranoia about people not doing... — read more 

Will I be required to pay back my tuition Reimbursement if I Ieave?

Can someone please explain exactly what the GBD email today from Felicia is about? "Redesigning to win?"

There were layoffs in September and October, and there are more layoffs planned for November (right before Thanksgiving). and still more in December (right before Christmas). and just wait till 2021; that'll be the REAL bloodbath. Basically, you... — read more 

Does anyone knows why we are given a deadline to do our self assessment before Thanksgiving Holidays? Are they planning to pay Incentive earlier?

Let's go Gail. Just updated wallstreet...

Anything new?

Not sure exactly how many people have been impacted, but at least 6-8 were RIFFED last week from the Medicaid/Medicare corporate marketing communications team due to the latest unnecessary reorg. So sad, right before the holidays during a pandemic... — read more 

Is anyone familiar with a plan to fold Medicare programs into Commercial CDT? There has been much chatter recently about RIFing Medicare positions and moving the work to Commercial.

Finding a better job than this is great, but does it come with guaranteed job security? A pandemic is still raging and I don't care what industry we are talking about, nothing is 100% safe from layoffs. And if you are the last person to join a... — read more 

Just wondering if anyone else out there finds this system as frustrating as I do.

Who else is hearing this? Getting this from a lot of sources, even in Digital where the money typically flows. Sounds like this is a big push from Rajat and has Gloria and Gail's blessing to even get out of contracts that Anthem would pay upwards of... — read more 

In our department those who work in the states where you cant carry over more than 40 hours...with the covid and everything shut down, are compiling an email to Gloria asking to have the ability to carry them over, with the agreement to use them by a... — read more 

Government benefits admin team RIFed a few folks last month and continues to RIF employees monthly. i heard several impacted this month. moving as much as possible offshore and getting rid of all team members on shore. continues to be the theme of... — read more 

Manager hinted that there might be layoffs then and/or seeing who has other talents and move elsewhere. I can’t believe this. My anxiety is through the roof.

There is only so much a person can accept working for a company that has as many issues as this place before it starts to take its toll. From our company culture to ethics and compliance to so much more. Also, we have a CEO who apparently thinks... — read more