r/unitedhealthgroup

I am planning to have a surgery soon. Do I need to have PTO to cover it or can it be unpaid leave?

UHG sent the box today with instructions for returning equipment and it only mentioned returning the laptop and power cables. Will another box come later for the remaining equipment?

Is there a way to put in unpaid time off in time off manager? I don’t see the option for it, unless it’s TAFW UNKWN. I need a day off for an event and really don’t want to use my hours for it. I don’t being unpaid for a day.

Hello,

As the title states I will start in August, I havnt used any thc in 2 weeks, that being I will start in August. Will they drug test me right after I sign the offer or will they delay until like Late July? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Is it common for leadership groups to take 4+ hour lunches (several times a year say for bdays/anniversaries)? Is this reportable? It feels wrong lol.

Hello,

I am an applicant, I accepted the job offer and now I have to do my drug test. It is really confusing as the email is giving me 2 places I need to schedule with, (on top of other questions I have like my estimated annual salary doesn't make sense for the hourly rate and hours they're giving me, why I keep getting duplicate emails, and general questions like whether or not I'm missing anything bc everything is confusing me) but onboarding only mentioned the one company that will do the drug and infectious disease testing. I called yesterday morning and the automated voice said they were closed due to an emergency after waiting on hold for like 10 mins. I called again today because the drug testing is time sensitive and I couldn't get ahold of recruitment services or my "go-to" recruiter. Is anyone else struggling with this? What should I do?

Has anyone in this role been laid off? Pretty paranoid about it.

I work in the wellmed side for UHG. I have to complete this survey today. I'm actually doing it now. I am also transferring out starting Monday. I REALLY want to give honest scores because this team I'm in is messed up, and leads and sups are pretty useless. I'll probably just do the neither agree or disagree option. I'm out of here, so why do I care.

I had my teams status set on busy as I was doing work. My lead messaged me asking me to switch it to green as workforce does not like it when it’s not green. Is this really a thing? If so why do they care so much?

Is anyone willing to refer me? I can DM. Help is greatly appreciated

I just had my Teams interview with the hiring managers today. Does anybody know a turnaround time for when I could hear something back or should I keep an eye on the status on the dashboard?

Checked status this morning and it says under review as of May 14, 2026

I was wondering if anyone could share their experiences or any advice on navigating our FMLA and more specifically short term disability benefits through Sedgwick. I’ve gone through everything fairly thoroughly, as I was helping someone on my team prepare for an upcoming leave for surgery, however I’m looking at taking a mental health leave and I’m wondering if anyone has anyone can share personal experiences with that.

If this is helpful to know, I have a very supportive psych mental health provider, PCP, and therapist. I was already experiencing burnout in my role (aren’t we all though?) and have been trying to manage my anxiety and depression and then in recent months I’ve taken on more caregiver responsibilities for my parents. I have a health a non-life threatening health condition I’ve been trying to manage and my insurance (aka us 🥲) keeps denying my medication. This weekend a friend of mine took her own life and I feel like I simply cannot handle anything else.

I’m going to talk to my provider this week about taking some time away, but honestly the thought of dealing with Sedgwick is only adding to my stress. I also have the supplemental short-term disability insurance.

I had a replacement laptop sent to me and I returned the old broken one. I dropped it off at UPS and got a receipt for it. Mind you i dropped this off on 3/28. It got delivered back to them on 4/1. This week they have been harassing me that it’s missing and that I still have it. I sent them proof that I don’t have it and that it was delivered. Anything I can do? Thanks.

Recently was laid off from Optum but applied to a couple positions within UHG. I was just notified from the hiring manager at UHG that they would like to setup and interview.

I recently learned that Optum does layoffs every single month, I’m not sure if this is also the case at the UHG level?

For reference this position would also be one GL higher than my Optum position that was eliminated.

I’m at a crossroads of what to do . Any suggestions?

A sign of what’s to come? Or an isolated incident of a company cutting cost to stay in business?

Either way I hope they get the backlash they deserve in this particular cold move.

i work for optum and we have iex and a cisco vpn required to connect for work, i have been able to move around some at my families or friends homes with private internet but i need to emergency travel for two days and will be in a hotel.
will i be able to connect to the hotels wifi (assuming its one you enter room info and access?) in this type of vpn? im worried ill get there and the vpn wont connect.

I got an offer for a customer rep in the empire section of the company and I’m at the drug screening part and it says it’s testing for THC. I smoke regularly to help with anxiety and bi polar. No med card cause I’m in NY where it’s reck. So I’m just trying to see if anyone in the same situation and still got the job.

Here is what it says it test for on the paper it’s a 8 panel test

Urine Collection - 8883 - 8883 -
9DSP/OPA/NO
THC,PPX/OXY100/6AM/PHN