DUmmy union monkey Siwsan gets fired

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Star Member Siwsan (2,880 posts)

I have "walked away " from my job in the health insurance industry

I was at the company for 29 years. When I hired in, it was relatively small, independent, not for profit HMO and a fantastic place to work. Our service area was not extensive, but still nothing to frown at. Then they decided they wanted to be a BIG health insurance carrier, they added some for-profit lines of business, tried to expand the service area and went a little nuts in the promotion department. In the middle of all of this change and growth, the ACA was enacted.

Being a very vocal fan of healthcare reform didn’t make me very popular with certain employees, in and out of management. (Being an asshole probably didn't help you, either)Even as a “peon” with no Masters Degree in business or healthcare (You got fired, Dummy.), I knew there was a sizable population that made too much money to qualify for Medicaid and not enough to afford health insurance. Once they fit into either category, people with a whole lot of unattended health issues, some pretty serious, would finally be able to get help. There were a whole lot of cost, pricing and business issues that should have been taken into consideration, because it will take a number of years before things even out. I’d bring this up and eyes would roll.(Because that's public policy, not insurance, you numbnuts.) The administrative and board positions were more than peppered with some deeply conservative people who were pretty convinced that the ACA would be struck down by SCOTUS, so why prepare?

And now the company is struggling, lines of business are being sold and jobs are being cut. (To be fair, a lot of the smaller healthcare plans are struggling, right now, I suspect for somewhat the same reason. No foresight.) I had high enough union seniority that my job was safe, but the thought of working in such an uncertain atmosphere made my decision pretty easy. I was already dealing with the loss of my mom and sister and really didn’t have the emotional reserves to cope with that kind of uncertainty and stress. And, it didn’t seem worth the risk to stay, only to have the company shut down by the State, with little to no notice or severance, or have a bigger fish gobble us up and have jobs disappear in the takeover. (Pus they were starting to notice that you show up to work drunk and leave for home even drunker)

So, I opted for an ‘early retirement’, a good three to five years before I had planned. (That's a euphemism for YOU GOT FIRED, dipshit)It is still a risk but our latest union contract contains federal language that mandates should the company be sold, the current union contract has to be honored for its duration so my retirement benefit is protected. In the unlikely event it is dissolved, well, then I start shopping for health insurance because the odds of me finding a job that offers it are remote.(Those are the anxious words of the recently-fired, not the musings of the recently-retired.)

On the up side, I'm now sleeping for more than 3 hours a night and have stopped throwing up.(Because you can drink all day now instead of only at mealtime.)

Here is to hoping the 2nd half of my 2015 is much less upending than the first half has been.

The Mona Lisa isn't framed this well. Enjoy your delusion, unemployed asshole.

[Carl]

A union job at a local insurance agency? 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

How do people take so much pride in being so ****ing infantile?

[BannedFromDU]

How do people take so much pride in being so ****ing infantile?

    I'm always entertained by their sense of their own importance. This person was a drone, nothing more, but they wrote the thing like they founded not just the company, but the concept of insurance itself. They "walked away." Now they can stop vomiting. Yeah, for 29 years or whatever, all they did was vomit all day because of the awful injustice insurance represents to the average person. "I tried to warn them about ACA!!!" Yeah, sure you did, DUmmy. They needed a drone-assed union monkey to lay it all out for them. Whatever, dude.

[BannedFromDU]

How do people take so much pride in being so ****ing infantile?

Star Member Siwsan (2,880 posts)
11. It's a slow but sure recovery

Now that my stress level is on the down slide, a number of physical signs of being over stressed have disappeared.

The financial uncertainty issue, and what I considered to be really irresponsible management decisions, were really just a part of my reason for leaving so before I left, I sat down with the new CEO and the director of HR with a 4 page long list of observations and recommendations. Both meetings lasted about 90 minutes because they asked a lot of questions. My work record and reputation gave me some weight and credibility, so hopefully what I said had some impact. And they both realized that my decision to leave was not made lightly.

     
             

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Star Member Siwsan (2,880 posts)
11. It's a slow but sure recovery

Now that my stress level is on the down slide, a number of physical signs of being over stressed have disappeared.

The financial uncertainty issue, and what I considered to be really irresponsible management decisions, were really just a part of my reason for leaving so before I left, I sat down with the new CEO and the director of HR with a 4 page long list of observations and recommendations. Both meetings lasted about 90 minutes because they asked a lot of questions. My work record and reputation gave me some weight and credibility, so hopefully what I said had some impact. And they both realized that my decision to leave was not made lightly.

What is it you'd say you do here exactly, Siwsan?

[Carl]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RvNS7JfcMM[/youtube]

[SVPete]

Welcome to Oh-Bummer!-Care, fool. Were it not for the other schlubs at that company I'd wish it went under, and its little pension fund, too!

[GOBUCKS]

More proof that DUmmies lie, all the time.

[I_B_Perky]

When did "walked away" become a euphemism for "fired"?

One other thing... dummie claims he was union. I thought being in the union meant that the dummie should have no stress? 

[SVPete]

So, I opted for an ‘early retirement’, a good three to five years before I had planned.

"(O)pted" sounds like a euphemism for being frog-marched out the door fully under his own power instead of being forcibly lead.

[98ZJUSMC]

A union job at a local insurance agency? 

.....and a (formerly) non-profit HMO?

On the up side, I'm now sleeping for more than 3 hours a night and have stopped throwing up.

Here is to hoping the 2nd half of my 2015 is much less upending than the first half has been.

Strange.  Those, usually, are not the by-product of a stellar work record and a solid reputation?   

[Ptarmigan]

This sounds like a bouncy to me.