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UnitedHealth’s ‘great opportunity’ for its employees

Screenshot obtained by Tara Bannow/STAT

The corporate-speak was thick during UnitedHealth Group’s employee webinar last week, when it announced buyout offers for thousands of employees who work in the UnitedHealthcare insurance division. In a recording of the Feb. 17 meeting shared with my colleague Tara Bannow, a UnitedHealth executive told workers the buyouts were a “great opportunity” that would minimize the emotional and financial toll of job changes and “preserve the culture we’ve worked so hard to build.”

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