GuessWhat??
I got called into a 7am meeting and my shift starts at 7. Of course this meeting wasn’t on my calendar when I logged off at the end of my day the night before.
The Asst. Director starts talking and then I ask her: “Am I being let go?” She never answered, just kept talking and reading off a script I’m sure they told her to read. I immediately started crying, because it was a shock and completely unexpected.
I also think I blacked out for a minute. Because I don’t remember a lot of what she said after her not answering to my questions and listening to the rest of the BS she was saying. You know, we appreciate everything you’ve done for us and your contributions.
You appreciated it so much that my position was eliminated. Then wished me the best of luck on my endeavors and offered to help me find a job before my official last day of 05/02.
The job was increasingly stressful, I thought my team appreciated my hard work. Not that my job was ‘safe’ but that my work was valued. Experience means nothing and neither does dedication. I asked my manager if I could get a letter of recommendation and I didn’t even get a response. Like dead cricket silence. But he gets to continue to work with his folks that he brought over. And now there’s no longer a woman of color in that team.
I’m competing with much younger people for the same jobs and I’m scared for my future and what it holds. But I guess I’ll be grateful that I have a small severance and can collect unemployment for a while.
But the way it was handled. I feel anger and disrespect. I even think the reasons why no one has really reached out to see if I was ok is because they’re relieved it wasn’t them.
This. Time.
Good riddance #optum and #unitedhealthgroup
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Sorry you had to experience this. It doesn’t feel good and could be a kick in the gut. But I do want to encourage you from someone that had a similar experience and probably in your age bracket, it may get worst before it gets better. So at the times when it’s gets dark- be encouraged. Because it WILL GET BETTER.