I noticed lately they are hiring a lot of young females in AI/ML/Data science/Data engineering type roles. I noticed that they don't anything. They use AI and one junk analysis a day. They are gone by 4 pm because..kids, School pickup or whatever reason. They don't acknowledge any messages and find a way to deflect any responsibilities. I reported one to my director and he terminated one contractor that was not not doing much. But we are stuck with a couple of FTEs we can't simply RIF, he's citing legal/HR . There seems to be a pattern emerging with these hires. They are using proxies to pass interviews. One girl refused to come in camera and after i insisted she did the next day and she looks different than the one in remember in the interview. Interestingly the video was blurry both times, lighting was off, and hair party covering sides of face. Since I don't have 100% proof I can't report to HR. What are my options? Director says just to build up a case n put them on PIP in a few months n layoff next year to avoid legal is issues. Is he being overly cautious? Now I don't have funding to hire 2 more and stuck with 2 useless duds, scam artists
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@2ge where are you moving to?
@dd by not doing their job. They can't do it even if they wanted to coz they lack IT skills needed as they faked their way in. This has nothing to do with s-xism, just reporting the pattern I noticed. And from some of the comments I think I am not the only one that's seeing this. Oh well, I am moving to a new company tomorrow so not my problem anymore.
@gd I am 30, higher side of my range. Thank you. These fake new hires won't even last 2 layoff seasons let alone advancing, lol
Won't wade into the seksism issue, but i will say it's very common for mediocre people that show a penchant for brown-nosing get promoted over smarter, hungrier folks. No leader wants their incompetence exposed.
And, there are plenty of overachievers that can do more in 3 hours than many do in 8 + commute, so I will NEVER hold it against any parent or caregiver that is taking care of others... or someone that just wants to check out as long as they're performing well. UHG is a low bar.
gone by 4.... i would hope so
I just wish they would hire people in the USA and have given up on seeing white straight males join the ranks.
They know how to play the game you clearly don't. Thats why you'll be stuck raging and mad. My guess is youre a grade 26-30 whose been there awhile you'd probably be even more enraged if you saw how low your salary is
The men aren’t lonely enough…
Why does their gender matter? An incompetent hire is an incompetent hire. You just sound jealous.
@OP I bet you thought you were going to get a standing ovation with your post...what a GROSS write up.
People have families and obligations. Enjoy your 6am to 7pm life slaving away for this job. Some people choose to have boundaries and lives outside of this job.
"They are gone by 4 pm because..kids"
Maybe they're in a different timezone? I'm only asking because I know that's a novel concept to many of my Minnesota colleagues.
Don't do their jobs, that is your time to do you job
They should be going to the hiring manager either questions
You do realize they are hiring more women because corporate pays them less, right? We can discuss merits, but a female new hire next to a male new hire is always cheaper. The wage gap always perpetuates itself.
Oh no, some people aren't working hard for cruddy Optum, the horror! 😱
Stick to your lane and don't worry about things beyond your pay grade. Performance management is someone's job but it's not yours.
Every time ive interviewed someone ive been required to screenshot their face and send it to HR. you didnt do that?